There are roughly 1,000 young girls from Christian families in Pakistan each year who are kidnapped from their homes and forced into marriages with Muslims.
International Christian Concern, a ministry that draws attention to the worldwide persecuted church, released a report on May 13 giving examples of the trend.
“These girls are often found months later, after they’ve been forced to convert to Islam and marry older Muslim men,” the organization said.
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“When a girl’s parents attempt to claim their daughter in court, they are often unable to provide a birth certificate to prove that she is underage. As a result, the judge often grants the man custody of the girl, denying the parents any chance of seeing their daughter again.”
One such girl was Adan Sabir.
She rejected a marriage proposal in July 2025 from a man named Usman Ali, who then kidnapped her at gunpoint.
Ali offered a
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