Hindu girl says conversion to Islam, marriage, was voluntary, as police stand guard

From People of Shambhala.
For a newly-wed that has allegedly embraced Islam of her own free will Rinkle Kumari, 18, looked strangely unhappy as she spoke before the Karachi Press Club today.

To say the proceedings were unusual would be an understatement. Kumari was unable to answer journalists’ questions. During the conference she was also passed notes by two people who said they were from an Islamic organization. And she acknowledged that she had never met her husband before marrying him — at that point the conference was abruptly ended.

Her parents allege that Kumari was kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam, and married to a Muslim man against her will.

Abdul Haq (alias Mian Mitthu), a Member of the National Assembly, has been accused of orchestrating the kidnapping. Police appeared to stand guard during the press conference, and a police escort waited outside.
Visibly shaking, Kumari told the conference: “My name is Syeda Faryal Bibi, I have embraced Islam without any force and have married Syed Naveed Shah of my own free will. Earlier my name was Rinkle Kumari.”

Two bearded men, who said they were from Dargah Bharchundi Sharif, kept passing notes to Kumari, as if… read more.

2 Replies to “Hindu girl says conversion to Islam, marriage, was voluntary, as police stand guard”

  1. This is damn ridiculous.

    How can anyone tolerate this cult that forces people to join and threatens to kill them if they leave.

  2. because they can’t believe what it actually is until it’s too late. Even the people who lived in what is now Saudi Arabia, the people of the city of Yathrib thought Mohamed was OK and didn’t believe the stuff they heard about it till he was actually cutting off 700 to 900 of their heads with his own hands. The Jews of Banu Koriza. The actual people who built the city of what is now known as ‘Medina’. In fact, it could easily be argued that Jews have 1000 times more right to Medina than Muslims have to Israel.