It should not be forgotten that allegations of the forcible conversion of non-Muslims to Islam and their subsequent marrying off to older Muslim men is not something confined only to the shithole that is Pakistan. This sort of thing appears to be happening in India, in West Bengal province as well.

An Indian online news source, Swarajwa, (h/t ROP), has said that a 14 year old Hindu girl was abducted and forced to read the Koran before being married off against her will.

Swarajwa said:

A 14-year-old Hindu girl from West Bengal who was kidnapped a month ago by a much older Muslim man and was rescued from Gujarat this week, has revealed that the man forced her to read namaz and Quran during the confinement.

This correspondent has an audio recording of a conversation between the girl and a counsellor from a non-government organisation that helped in the rescue. The girl is heard saying that the man, Sohidul Rehman, forced her to read namaz and recite ayats from the Quran in Arabic.

She also says that though they did not go to a mosque to formally have a nikah ceremony, Rehman called a man home and, in his presence, read the nikahnama and made her do the same. Rehman also told her that he is her husband from now on, and repeatedly entered into physical relations with her.

Unlike in Pakistan where the non-Muslims there have no worth and little in the way of rights, as this is India, there has been action. The girl has been rescued and the ‘husband’ has been arrested and charged with abduction and sexual offences. This case shows that the sort of predatory behaviour engaged in by some Muslims in Islamic countries is not just confined to these countries but are taking place in Hindu India as well.