Rapes of Christian Girls in Pakistan Reflect Hidden Trend
I have discussed on this blog before the problem of Christian girls and women being raped. And today I wanted to just remind you that it's really easy to look at the word rape and not feel anything. Yet, it is vital that we remember that rape is a horrific act that not only violates the body of a woman or girl, but also her mind, and her very soul. Victims of rape often suffer for a lifetime from this vicious act, and so when you see the word rape and read about our sister being raped by brutal thugs, please PRAY for these women and girls.
With that said, today, Compass Direct has a report about Christian girls and women who are being raped frequently by Muslims and how the government of Pakistan doesn't do much to protect these women and these brutal crimes are rarely reported. Click here for the full article.
Here's a snip...
Sexual assault by Muslim extremists is commonplace but rarely reported.
FAROOQABAD, Pakistan, August 16 (CDN) — The vulnerability of Christian girls to sexual assault in Pakistani society emerged again last month as a Muslim landowner allegedly targeted a 16-year-old and a gang ofmadrassa (Islamic school) students allegedly abused a 12-year-old in Punjab Province.In Farooqabad, Shiekhupura district, three Muslim co-workers of a Christian man allegedly raped his 16-year-old daughter at gunpoint the night of July 21; the following evening in Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi district, more than a half dozen madrassa students decided to “teach these Christians a lesson” by allegedly gang-raping the 12-year-old girl.
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A school teacher who said she was witness to the alleged rape told Compass that when she came across the madrassa students the evening of July 22, she overheard one saying, “We will teach these Christians a lesson they will never forget.”
“Three or four Christian girls were washing dishes near a pond,” Rana Aftab said. “These guys ran towards them, and the girls started running. One of them fell on the ground, and these madrassa students got hold of her and took her in the fields. I tried to stop them, but they were 15-16 in number.”
Seven or eight of them raped the girl, whose name is withheld, while the others looked on, Aftab said.
“She kept yelling for help, but no one heard her cries,” Aftab said.
They left the girl in the field, and some villages took her home to her father, Pervaiz Masih, Aftab said.
Masih was devastated, and the girl’s mother fainted when she saw her, Masih told Compass.