Hyderabad:
The controversy of three Hindu sisters and their smaller cousin who embraced Islam was settled by a court in Sanghar -District on Friday apparently to the parents’ dismay.
The court allowed the two adult sisters to live independently and practice their new religion, while the police were told to hand over the minor sister and cousin to the parents with a condition that the two will not be forced into religion.
The court releases the arrested computer teacher Farhan Khaskheli, who was blamed for allegedly kidnapping of the complaints children with gun and forcing them to change religion and his brother Zulfiqar Khaskheli. In addition to two others, they were booked in a four filed on June 18 on the parents’ complaint.
The parents of Dashina Bai and Harjeet Kumar, whose Muslim names are Sidra and Abdul Rafay, were instructed to submit a company with a personal recognition (PR) bond of RS10 million each and assured that they will not push their children to return to their old religion. “… [a] The person’s religious beliefs are not tangible and could not be seen or touched, as such faith is the question of heart and conviction, therefore no court declare the said conversion as invalid and invalid, “Judge Asif Ali emphasized.
The court also ordered the police to move the adult sisters Jiya and Diya, who also renamed themselves as Mariam and Khadija, as well as minors to Gosha-E-Aafiat Trust of Jamia Masjid al-Falah in Karachi. Minor’s custody will be given to the parents after submitting the per -bond.
During the hearing, the three sisters and their male cousins to court deposited that they accepted Islam without coercion or greed. They also exempted the accused persons from the charges of kidnapping. “The statements from 17 -year -old Dashina and 14 -year -old Harjeet have been registered, and both minors have set aside that they have embraced Islam with their own free will,” the judge noted.
The judge quoted verse number 256 by Surah Baqrah from the Holy Book, and the judge declared that Islam banned forced conversion. But he separates the case in question from what the element of power becomes clear.
“… It may not be out of the box to say that minors lacked legal capacity to abjury their religion, and the change of religion did not, IPSO Facto, deprived of a parent of custody of a child, and applicants who are the real parents of minors are entitled to custody.”
Three sisters and their cousin left their homes and accepted Islam on June 18. The Hindu community responded to the incident by claiming their children have been kidnapped.
However, the sisters and their cousins released their video statements on social media and said they have embraced Islam. Still, police filed a kidnapping fired on the parents’ complaint, and on June 19, they restored all the fours from a shelter near Katti Pahari area in Karachi and brought them back to Sanghar.
On Friday morning, they were all produced before the court in question to devote.
