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Samreen Aftab

  • Parents Accused in Kidnapping Case
    A Muslim bride sits with her head down. She is dressed in brightly coloured clothing and henna decorations cover her hands.
     

    In a situation that has become far too common in Pakistan, a young Christian girl was abducted on August 22nd and then forcibly converted to Islam and married against her will to the abductor. The victim, Samreen Aftab, was a ninth-grade student at a school in Jaranwala where her father is employed as the principal. According to her father, Aftab Joseph, she was abducted by a Muslim man named Muhammad Amir.