[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] A 13-year-old Christian girl was kidnapped in Pakistain and forced to marry a 44-year-old man who made her convert to Islam, campaigners say. Arzoo Raja was kidnapped from her home in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
on October 13, and two days later her 'husband' produced a marriage certificate saying she was 18 and had converted to Islam.
The case has led to protests in Karachi and Lahore but a Pak court has upheld the marriage after her husband claimed she had converted of her own free will.
Arzoo tried to run to her mother during the court hearing but her husband held her in a tight grip to stop her from leaving, it is alleged.
Arzoo's father Raja said that his daughter had been kidnapped from the family home in Karachi's Railway Colony after her parents went to work.
When police contacted the family two days later they said that the 'husband' had already obtained a marriage certificate, according to a Christian group called the Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS).
'Very often maiden of tender yearss are threatened into giving statements to the court saying they have married and converted to Islam of their own free will,' said CLAAS UK director Nasir Saeed.