Rinkal Kumari, a 17 year old Hindu girl was abducted from interior Sindh and forced to change her religion after which she was forced to marry Naveed Shah. When the eyes and ears of the people were glued to the supreme court of Pakistan to have some decision on 26th March on this important case, the body of an innocent Pakistani woman who committed suicide in Italy was flown back to Pakistan. Fakhra Younus was the victim of another heinous crime on the Pakistani women which has strengthen it’s roots in the Islamic republic of Pakistan.
These two stories are not linked together but share the same root causes, reasons and victims. There are no regrets, no justice and no punishment on these cases where the crime scenario remains the same but the names and characters changed from time to time. Some times these characters belong to the feudal lords of Punjab and other times they are the well known and powerful waderas of Sindh. Bilal Mustafa Khar is the son of feudal lord and ex-governor Punjab Ghulam Mustafa Khar where as Mian Mitthu is the powerful land lord and MNA from Pakistan people’s party.
12 years ago, the beautiful and smiley face of Fakhra Younus was severely burnt when her husband Bilal Khar threw acid on her face. This face which was full of life, joy, energy and ambitions turned into the most disfigured face, a face which reminded us of the ugliness and extremism of our society. She was shifted to the hospital in Italy for her treatment but even after 39 surgeries in 12 long and painful years, the doctors failed to recover her face. The spirit and courage of Fakhra did not fail for a single moment; the failure was of the Pakistani society which even after a whole decade did not hang the culprits. Fakhra did not commit suicide because she lost hope to recover her face but the only reason behind this desperate act was that she lost her faith on the judicial system of Pakistan. She was subjected to extreme torture and severe pain on her body but who could feel the wounds on her soul, except the innocent Fakhra herself. She survived with the reality that she will not get her real face back again, she was ready to go through with 39 surgeries to heal her wounds but she decided not to compromise on her right to get fair trial and justice. She lost this challenge by committing suicide from the 6th floor in Italy and the state of Pakistan failed once again to save another innocent and oppressed woman from committing suicide.
The pillars of the Pakistani state are failing again and again to deliver justice to the common and poor people of Pakistan. The most important organ of the country “Judiciary “ has collapsed in Pakistan with police, lawyers and judges turning into the survival force and shield for the feudal lords, corrupt politicians, extremist forces and oppressors.
Rinkal Kumari was abducted on 24thFeburary 2012 from Mirpur Mathelo, Sindh at gun point by the people belonging to Mian Mitthu, MNA from ruling party PPP. She was then threatened to change her religion and converted to Islam where as her family was pressurized not to file any case. She was not only forced to change her religion against her will but her marriage took place against her will as well. She was produced in the lower court under the strict surveillance of armed men from Mian Mitthu and later appeared in the press conference saying that she wants to live with her so called husband Naveed Shah.
As the cases of forced conversions of Hindu girls to Islam increased in Interior Sindh, it came into the limelight of national and international media and human rights organizations started to raise their voice on this issue. Today, Rinkal was produced in the supreme court of Pakistan after CJP Iftikhar Chaudhary took suo motu action on her case. All the allegations made by her family came true when she told the court that she wants to go with her mother but Mr. Chaudhary sent her to the shelter home once again for 3 more weeks to re-consider her decision.
This is a chance given to her abductors once again by our supreme law commander to impose their decision against the will and desire of Rinkal Kumari.
Rinkal is Hindu but Fakhra was a Muslim woman but both met the same fate and destiny. No justice for Hindu, no justice for Muslim, no justice for women and no justice at all in Pakistan.
Yes, we can proudly say that our justice system is not partially but completely blind !!
یہ دونوں کیسز الگ ہیں اور بھارت سمیت پوری دنیا میں اس قسم کے واقعات عام
ہیں۔ حیرت کی بات ہیں جہاں اسلام یا پاکستان کا لفظ آجائے وہاں امریکی
ٹکڑوں پر پلنے والی این جی اوز اور کماشتے سیاست دان اور قلمکار فورا ہی
اسلام اور پاکستان کو بدنام کرنا شروع کردیتے ہیں ، فریال شاہ ( جن کا ہندو
نال رنکل کماری تھا) نے خود کراچی پریس کلب میں پریس کانفرنس کرتے ہوئے
کہا کہ انہوں نے خود اسلام قبول کیا ہے ، انکے وکیل جنید فاروقی کئی بار
کیہ چکے ہیں وہ مسلمان ہوگئی ہیں کیونکہ وہ مسلم ماحول میں پلی بڑھی ہیں وہ
اسلام سے متاثر تھیں اور وہ دین حق کی طرف خود گئی ہیں۔ اب کیس سپریم کورٹ
میں ہے عدالت بہتر فیصلہ کرے گی ، اس اسٹوری کو گھڑنے والے عمران حسین کون
ہوتے ہیں یہ کہنے والے کہ سپریم کورٹ نے انکی مرضی کے بغیر شیلٹر ہوم
بھیجا ہے، حقیقت تو اس کے برعکس ہے اسکے والدین کی اور سپورٹرز کی جانب سے
اسے قتل کرنے کی دھمکیاں دی گئی ہیں۔ عمران حسین آپ کو وہ خاندان کیوں نظر
نہیں آتے جنہیں کرسچن اور قادیانی بننے کیلئے نہ صرف دولت کا لالچ دیا جاتا
ہے بلکہ جرمنی ، امریکہ فرانس اور اٹلی میں رہائش اور کاروبار کا جھانسہ
دیکر مذاہت تبدیل کرنے پر مجبور کیا جاتا ہے۔ وہ کیونکہ اسلام چھوڑ رہے ہیں
اس لئے آپکی زبان اور ہاتھ شل ہوجاتے ہیں، کسی لڑکی نے اسلام قبول کرلیا
تو تم غلط رپورٹنگ کرنے لگے ہو۔
Who told u that Frayal Shah changed her religion by force.. She by her choice chose islam as her new religion and married a person who she loved.. Faryal is an educated lady and doctor by profession, her husband is an engineer,she could better decide the way she wants to live as she belongs to a well educated family.. U are missing that statement in which she mentioned that Islam is her new religion and she was never forced to do that..
Dnt be so biased, the situation in pak for women is not the one which shows on international media..
Besides that i seriously condemn the suicide of Fakhra.. May allah rest her soul in peace and punish those culprits who did this to her..
Dear Ahsan Jameel,
Who has told you that (Faryal) Rinkal is a Doctor and her husband is an Engineer??? Rinkal is 19 Year Old Girl From Mirpur and has only Done 10th Standard, and his so called husband is not a Engineer either, He is a Tailor at Mirpur Mathelo…. So, Please Check with your information….
The Situation is Not that good in pakistan for minorities and women, as you think off living in the Urban Areas, Just Go to Sindh and check out what is happening with the Women and Minorities their and how they are treated!!!!
The Blogger is not the Bias, he has portray the Real face of Pakistan.
Ahsan Jameel is the illiterate person he does not know that Rinkal Kumari is college intermediate student and not doctor by profession, these are the people who don’t know anything and, try to show then that that are liberal.. He is the paid Commentator by Mian Mithu
Totally incorrect and biased article. Rinkal Kumari’s marriage is a love marriage and you can see her interviews with TV Cahnnels and what Fakhra has to do with the Rinkal. Off course there is injustice with Fakhra but in case of Rinkal she married with her own free will.
Seems you are blind and can not see, She is innocent girl and got kidnapped by Mian Mithu people. this is not the first time Hindus of sindh are facing, Even Cheif justice is not trying to understand and thats why extended the date of final decision, Shelter Home is not a secure place where both girls are, Its another place of mian Mithu custody, Because cheif Justice does not want to give Justice to Hindus.
Raheja. Accept the reality ..she
has married to Naveed with her own free will. Love is love it has no
religion and boundaries.
Let her enjoy her life with her love..
Can you see this video and tell if she is being forced to convert?? Shame on those who think like that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okev2ojehLw
check This out Man
http://www.facebook.com/InjusticeWithHindusInSindhPakistan
Raheja. This Facebook page is created by the people who do not want a Hindu girl to marry with his love. Anyone can create pages like that. The real truth is the video of Rinkal in which she has accepted that she has married to Naveed with her own free will. Love is love it has no religion and boundaries.
Let her enjo her life with her love..
The Blogger is absolutely right that there is no justice for women in Pakistan. They are treated as slaves in the Pakistani society and the cases of Rinkal and Fakhra are just the few expamles of discrimination. Yes, Rinkal Kumari was forced to become Faryal Shah. Are we inventing some new version of Islam where the forced conversion of religion is allowed ?
Please dismantle this feudal system in Pakistan ASAP which is the root cause of extremism in Pakistan.
What about women. My wife tortures me daily by spending my hard earned money on futile shopping. She do not want to do the job
where I can complain
Brother you are not alone..Other husbands are also being tortured..This is our bad Quismat..
wait till she throws acid on your face then you can claim to be oppressed
dear fatima your comment is right but rinkal accepts THE ISLAM on his choice not any forced….thx
Choice? Seriously if I put a gun on your head and ask you to say that I want, you will say it
Indeed it is a choice between being dead or convert.
dude go check the facts first. Dont just sit back in ur couch and say what u r listening to. If you want to comment thn have the courage to find the facts first. I am a muslim and i live in the same neighbour hood and I know all the reality. she was kidnapped and forced to convert.
First think. read defination of Muslim thn tell me R U Muslim? not by saying only Alhamadullah or just doing littlebit practices. you do realy practices what Quran says?
Quran is saying that Maan ke qadmo ke neechey janat hai or mian mithoo ne ek ko uski maa se uski olad ko juda kia pata nai mulims kon si janat ki talash main hain mujhe tou lagta hai ke janat unko milegi jo hindu ki beti ya or uski ki bhain kidnape karengey or unki maa ki dil dukahyengey or uski maaa nai soyegi din or raat or usko kidnape karkey uski videos usko blackmail karo or usko bolo ke yeh tumari videos internet pe rakhengey or tumara kahee rishta nahin hoga us threats do bolo ke tumarey maa baap key tukrey karkey kuto ko khilayengey or gun hathiyaro ke sath bolo fir tumain main janat doonga. or maa ki baduao pe khuda bi samney nahi aata or jab maa ki dil roti hai tou khuda rota hai nai nai koi masla lekin main tou fir bi tumain janat dooonga. Islam ka matlab hai peace or sab se ziyada duniya mai jagrey fasadat muslims kar rahey hain or socho duniya ka sab se barey se bara religion samney nahin aayega jab maao ki badua hogi or Pakistan ho hee nahin sakta ke tarqeee karey.
if i put gun on your and your loves head you can say you blast the gen zia’s plain
how can you say she accepted on her will when she was abducted from her home? use common sense fo God’s sake… you muslim men are insulting islam everywhere and making your own female population run away from islam… i’m disgusted to see what my fellow muslim men have made of islam now… Rinkal said whe wants to go to her mother which clearly tells she is forced to live with those “muslim” idiots
That was force fully conversion and this is common in Pakistan. Minority are not safe in Pakistan
The world sees you for what you are by what you do. Over 100 of my countrymen have died trying to save the Afghan people while you supplied our enemies. We are on to your games now. Your two faced lies .You will pay for your deception, see how much aid you will receive in the future..the Canadian people have awakened
I’d like to see blogger’s responses to the claims and the video below that this was a case of love marriage. What do you think Imran?
This is very sad to read, Their are Hindus/Christian/Jews/Buddhas in Pakistan and they are Pakistani they should be treated like rest of Pakistanis, Islam does not allow force conversion this is a sin in Islam those who force other religion people to convert into Islam are much more sinner than a murderer.
But the worst is the societ as a whole who never took sreong stand against those idiot dirty filthy muslims and Mullas who go on doing all such beastliness out of desperation to conver all minoritioes in Muslim.Even chief justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan is not least criminal in not adopting unbisedness in judgement
Now look at the language of Mr. Arjun…
peoples are accept Islam with thier on choice.
when one pakistani marraid with french girl why not she change her religous and when this guy bring her daughter pakistan why lahore high court send this girl to france to her mother wher was the your molvies and mian mithoo died that time .
I wish, she had the used the word “Love” some where. She
did not. Her husband seems a nice gentleman. Wish he had the balls to
say: we got married because we loved each other, not each others
religion.
They are all Indians “inhabitants of Indus Vally”. This religion
thing has to be parked aside, which is dividing humanity than uniting
any longer. The very purpose of religion is being dumped in garbage.
Ummm…. she was kidnapped… and FORCED to marry him… there was no “love” did you even READ the article??
i belong to near the city of rinkal kumari (faryal) . Naveed and rinkal have relationship before that case . so wait for 22 april .thx
Mr.Imran It was heart
touching, going through your article that you have unveiled brutality, the innocent Pakistani
women face.
It was not just one
leap that ended Fakhra Yunus life. It was three years of a violent marriage,
one acid attack, 12 years of living with the scars, 39 plastic surgeries with “ZERO”
justice. While the
country still revels in this year’s Oscar glory for “Saving Face” – a
documentary on acid attack victims in Pakistan – and parliament’s passage of a
historic bill on acid attack victims, Fakhra’s death will be a strong reminder
that Pakistan still has a long way to go in completely ridding society of such
acts of violence.
Muttahaida
Quami Movement chief Altaf Hussain condemned Fakhra’s death and the acid attack
at the hands of her husband. He said that such feudal lords should be arrested
and hanged but I suggest that such culprits (Feudal Lords) must undergo the same
turmoil of reality so that they may feel
lifeless every second of a day…………..
I must say “SHAME
ON YOU JUDICIARY”
It saddens me to read comments on this post and seeing the denial, resentment and anger toward the WOMEN mentioned in this article. Instead why are you angry that if put into this situation yourself, where it was your mother, aunt, sister, cousin or wife that got acid thrown in her face or was kidnapped and forced to marry or even you allow her to marry and her husband is abusing her… How would you want to seek justice for YOUR mother, aunt, cousin, sister or wife? I am certain only then would you be shamed yourself for allowing your government and judicial system to get away with CONSTANT injustice, scandal, corruption and even murder.
Instead of denial, why not come together as a COUNTRY leaving age, religion, gender, and social status aside and DEMAND Pakistani Government be held accountable for their ignorance to the needs of the citizens of their country. I am not only talking about issues of women’s rights. I am talking about COMPLETE ACCOUNTABILITY for ALL corruption in Pakistan.
Corruption happens because the citizens allow it. Common citizens don’t realize that THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE FEARING THE PEOPLE and NOT the people fearing the government.
Power in numbers my friends… power in numbers…..Consider the recent events in Egypt, Libia and other countries in the Arab world. See link here for a full list of countries and facts about the “Arab Spring” in 2011: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring
“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” -Thomas Jefferson
In another related article about Fakhra Younus posted on YAHOO written by Associated Press with writers Zarar Khan and Asif Shahzad.
http://news.yahoo.com/prominent-pakistani-acid-victim-commits-suicide-063149605.html
This was the quote at the end of the article…
“I think this whole country should be extremely embarrassed that a foreign country took responsibility for a Pakistani citizen for 13 years because we could give her nothing, not justice, not security,” said Durrani. You completely focused on the wrong part of this article… more worried about if a woman agreed to marry or not angry or frustrated with this article for talking about injustice of a once Hindu woman… instead of being angry at your government… it is this constant focus on the wrong issues that is keeping Pakistan in it’s current state of chaos….. YOU FAILED…shame on you!
Amazing description of the Blogger absolutely right, our justice system is completely blind !!
If Rinkal Kumari would accepted Islam with her own willingness, then why
she was crying on Supreme Court and requesting them that she wanted to
go with her parents,,,, Why? Its simple that she converted by force…
You are unaware of the sequence of events…under which she was converted
to Islam. Even after conversion, she was brought in court by hundreds of
arms-carrying people, threatening her of bloodshed if she gave any
statement in favour of her parents! When she was given free atmosphere
at Supreme Court, she bursted into tears and pleaded to let her go with
her mother.
RINKAL WANTS TO GO WITH PARENTS.
Rinkal wants to go with her parents .
justice is to be for human beings not for their religion, Bad people are bad for all and good people are good for all(even for their enemies), May God bless you Imran for bringing out such truth out, I wish Rinkal Kumari all the best, Only God can save her in Pakistan, i don’t know whether Pakistan is in control of God.
Even though Rinkal is allowed to go with her parents, the culprit is so strong that, he even can kill her whole family or torture them again with some problems, only thing the family can survive is, leave Pakistan, there is no point in living in a country where there is no law and safety, after all law and safety are the basic requirements of life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UkNlGLnklY&feature=BFa&list=LL3pAWvtT5gm-Qm_d9KgLj6A&lf=mh_lolz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVmn7s8Cbdo&feature=BFa&list=LL3pAWvtT5gm-Qm_d9KgLj6A&lf=mh_lolz must watch please
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5BPHlxrmjnY
this is true face of islam .. no justice
This fanaticism has to stop now… I am tired of defending my country on foreign soil. Each day I am asked questions regarding stupidity of Pakistanis, torture, murders, crime against women, pedophilia, religious fanaticism and each day I have to respond that this was not us, some are bad but most are good.
Listen Pakistanis, I know you hate moderates and liberals but first hear me out. Liberals say Pakistan should be secular, pseudo intellectuals disagree and say Pakistan should be a religious state, you people fully support religious society (Kia ukhar lia religious state ne)
Liberals say Pakistani minorities should be treated equally and there should be no clause in constitution which ban non-muslims to become President or Prime minister of country, Pseudo Intellectuals say there should be a clause to stop non-muslims from becoming President and Prime minister.. YOU people agree with pseudos (Kia ukhar lia tum ne non-muslims ko ban ker kay)
Liberals say religion should be separated from the politics, Pseudo-intellectuals say religion should remain a key factor in politics, YOU ALL support this stance. (Kia Ukhar lia religion ko politics ka hisa bana ker)
kash aap jesi soch sabki hoti imran sahab to kyon aaj islam itna badnam hota
Rinak kumari is nomore……………
Rinkal*
Thank you Imran for writing on this issue ..pakistan has become a living hell for its women and muslims expect God to help them when they know God doesn’t help injust societies
pakistan is failed state, shame on whole leaders, at least high court should have some decency and terror for criminal, it is shameful how islam is being tarnished and poor, helpless women are being married ,then divorced it is shame,whole pakistan establishment is behaving like joker,shame on whole bigots of socalled madarsha which is totally radicalised the society,
i am also a muslim girl and i hate islam , i hate pakistan here women are dominated like slaves , my husband used to hit me with a iron stick , some time he pull my hair to hard , my biggest mistake is i born in muslim family , i hate islam and i know rinkal forcefully converted in to islam .
the eyes of people of pakistan are on politics and really don’t know about the mafia siting ruling on politics and this mafia is non other the the judicial system who is corrupted. and the corruption starts from here and it does not ends on danish kaneria.the system from top to bottom is fully corrupted.people are crying for involvement of some cricket players in spot fixing had damaged our pride.all Pakistani es should should ask them selves that why are we called the third world countryand try their best to make the government and judicial system to follow the Sharia’a law. as Pakistan was made under the name of Islam.