SUKKUR: Faryal, previously known as Rinkle, appeared before the court in Ghotki on Saturday with her husband Naveed Shah, a day after converting to Islam.
On Friday, the 19-year-old grade XII student went to Daharki with Naveed, where she converted and solemnised her nikkah with him. All of this took place of her own free will, according to Mian Mohammad Aslam, son of Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Mian Abdul Haq. He commented on the case as he said that he had called up her parents to inform them that she had eloped. Rinkle had asked him not to and just help her convert so she could get married. Her family, however, is adamant that she was kidnapped by Naveed and forced to change her religion.
The couple was presented before the Ghotki second civil judge, Hassan Ali Kalwar, on Saturday. The court allowed Faryal to meet her parents and siblings in a separate room for two hours and then submit her statement. Faryal requested the court for two more days to decide about her future. When she refused to go to a Darul Aman shelter, the court ordered a lady inspector to take custody of Faryal and bring her to court on Monday (today).
Advocate Mohammad Murad Lund represented Rinkle’s uncle Daya Ram, who registered a case with the Mirpur Mathelo police. He and Rinkle’s father Nand Lal allege that Naveed was responsible for kidnapping Faryal. The court ordered SHO Mirpur Mathelo to take Naveed into custody.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the court, including men from Bharchoondi Sharif, Hindus and political workers. The Jeay Sindh Mahaaz’s Riaz Chandio condemned what he said was the kidnapping of a Hindu girl.
He alleged that the Pirs of Bharchoondi Sharif have defamed the Dargah by using their power to force a girl to convert. On Sunday, in reaction, there was a strike in Ghotki, Mirpur Mathelo and Sarhad.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 27th, 2012.
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If it was based on her free will, than why Muslim people maily from BHARCHUNDI shareef has AK-47 guns? In every part of the world the democracy & freedom doesnot allow guns within/during decision time.
@Kumar: I do agree. But Kumar we have to do something rather than just making posts over internet.
dear leave everything.. have u noticed that there were hunderds of armed men over there.. but did our so called police (our Law & enforcement agency) checked their licences? y would they do so. why they only allowed the feudals to go inside court? while it was only right if her family & accourding to law judge must give alteast 30 mins to meet her family ina separate room & she should think for her future.. but nothing happened like that. so itz not justice itz one sided decision but media is happy with their TRP & Viewer not with the reality..
the fact is that hindus himself know islam is the religion for peace. and anyone converting to islam has its right to do. whatever religion he chooses...... and the otehr thing in islam is that if someone has become muslim and then he reverts to the same religion. he is called murtid. murtid means wajib-ul-qatal. actually the reality is hindus expended 3-4 crores to revert back the decision of judiciary.
I am also a Hindu from Mirpur Mathelo, although I have been living abroad for a long time. I think to some extent the fault lies with Hindu community. They only unite when there is a big issue. They should use their unity against these fuedals. Take an example of Jews (I am not saying they should follow them). Jews being such a small community, control US foreign policy. Once the issue is resolved the same Hindu community will cuddle up with the same fuedals to make money which is more important to them than their pride. We should unite against the system (I know it will require some sacrifice). I support the current strike action by the community and they should continue this strike until the girl is returned to her parents.
First of all our media is corrupted too which is showing only one side story. girl did not demand two days even she said in court that she has been kidnapped but judge said that he will finalize the report on monday and sent the girl for two days custody under sukkur police (an other corrupted institution). police misguided the girl's relatives that hearing would be at Ghotki but actually the it did in mirpur mathelo court. People of Bharchoondi were there with guns and no hindu was allowed to go inside. Judge was not the same it changed on the last day and disappeared after hearing. If you media ppl have courage then report reality, u ppl say HAR KHABAR PAR NAZAR and you only look at Jhoot ki Khabar. Shame on you too.
Hmmm I also belong to same place and have heard the same events as Sunny Vaswani mentioned. They forced a girl in front of Govt officials and in front of hundreds of ppl (including Girls parents). No one was able to stop them.. Worst of all they are doing this in the name of religion... and in Sindh which is of place laal shahbaz and Shah Latif Bhatai.
So now Who are the Victims here... Poor gril/her famil (who were forced) laal shahbaz , Shah Latif Bhatai. (whose land was used to do this sin and their message of tranquility was bulldozed ) Islam (.... :( .... , In name of religion)
So Winnes are Mian Mohammad Aslam, son of Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Mian Abdul Haq and the pepoles with them.
I know this is not 1st time this thing thing has happened but I m feeling very sorry today.. I feel very sorry (Poor Gril ,laal shahbaz , Shah Latif Bhatai and Islam).
@ Asif Khan,
Dear Same Happened as you stated in your comment, today in my City Mirpur Mathelo Hundreds of Armed Persons with the local Wadera who is the sitting MNA of PPP inside the court presurised the girl to sign the document of converison. none of the family member of girl was allowed to enter in the court. the hearing was supposed to start at 11 am today but it started at 8:45 Am ( Before the official time ) and it was announced at sharp 9:05 am that the girl has accepted to convert.
This is what happens in Pakistan !!!!
we were very hopeful from judiciary and so called secular PPP but history repeated itself as it does always.
I Know all this because i belong from this city and i know this girl and his family very well
Regards,
Sunny Vaswani
ofcourse she'll say she did it out of free will.what choice does she have? this is not a new phenomenon.hundreds of hindu girls have been kidnapped in sindh over the las t decade,raped and then converted to islam.by raping the hindu girls,the kidnapper knows that in our regressive society the woman has no alternative but to marry the man who defiled her,who took away her izzat.that's the sick society we live in,where women have to marry their rapists because no other man would want to marry them now.this is a regular occurrence in interior sindh,sadly,too many hindu girls have had to go through this kidnap,rape and conversion process.