Pak fundamentalist group declares minor Hindu girl apostate

AMRITSAR

: While declaring the minor Hindu girl

Mehak

a murtad (apostate), a group of fundamentalist in Pakistan have threatened to move Sharia court if the girl is returned to her parents and embraces Hinduism.


In a video uploaded on social media on Friday , a group of moulvis, identified as Maulana Nasurulla Ghunnio, Moulana Abdul Jabbar Rind and Hamad Ullah Ansar , all leaders of Jamait-e-Ullama Islam, address the Pakistan media and are heard saying that as per Sharia, the girl was murtad and was wajib-ul-qatal( liable for death) if she reconverts to Hinduism.

The group is also heard saying that they would oppose court’s decision if the girl was sent back to her parents and would move Pakistan’s supreme court and Sharia court against the decision.

They also objected to the court recording the statement of Mehak on Thursday, saying that the girl had a already given her statement on January 21 in the court.

When contacted, the All Pakistan Hindu Panchayat (APHP) general secretary Ravi Dawani refused to comment on the video of Islamists and their threat to move Sharia court.

However, APHP has expressed concern over sending minor Hindu girl Mehak back to Dar-ul-Aman,

Larkana

by the Jacobabad court on Friday.

Ravi said that the court had recorded the statement of Mehak on Thrusday wherein she had stated that she had not embraced Islam. The girl had also stated that she didn’t want to live with her so called husband Ali Raza.

“Today we, the Hindu community had reached the court at 9 am but after seven hours the judge held a meeting with the girl’s parents and a few Moulvis, following which he directed the girl to be sent back to Dar-ul-Aman which has disappointed us” said Ravi.

Rajesh Naraindas Kapoor, counsel for Mehak, said court had fixed February 18 for next hearing of the case.