{"id":48280,"date":"2019-03-05T16:53:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T15:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2019\/03\/05\/pakistani-christian-lawyer-i-had-to-stop-studying-because-a-muslim-wanted-to-kidnap-me\/"},"modified":"2019-03-05T16:53:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T15:53:00","slug":"pakistani-christian-lawyer-i-had-to-stop-studying-because-a-muslim-wanted-to-kidnap-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2019\/03\/05\/pakistani-christian-lawyer-i-had-to-stop-studying-because-a-muslim-wanted-to-kidnap-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Christian lawyer: I had to stop studying because a Muslim wanted to kidnap me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tabassum is a Pakistani lawyer who defends cases and people like this: <strong>a Christian girl who was thrown out of a window because she did not want to convert and marry a Muslim.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TABASSUM YOUSAF<br \/>\nLawyer, defends religious persecution victims<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cThe only case highlighted is the case of  Asia Bibi's, but there are many that are not reported.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>When she was studying, Tabassum suffered first-hand religious discrimination the minorities in Pakistan experience daily. As the only Christian in her school, it cost her dearly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TABASSUM YOUSAF<br \/>\nLawyer, defends religious persecution victims<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cA Muslim guys, I can't reveal his name, he said that you're a christian girl and I am in love with you. I said, 'okay.' He said 'I want you to marry me but first you will be converted.' I said 'no, I am Catholic. So why should I convert. He was making the situation so bad for me that I can't continue my studies. He said 'you don't know who I am,  I am a rajah.' It is a caste in Pakistan. He said 'When you go to your college, me and my friends will kidnap you'.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>For Pakistani Christians, the definitive liberation of <strong>Asia Bibi<\/strong> has been a milestone in the country's history, in order to eradicate religious fundamentalism. <strong>However, important measures still must be implemented so the anti-blasphemy law does not punish the innocent. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TABASSUM YOUSAF<br \/>\nLawyer, defends religious persecution victims<\/strong><br \/>\n <em>'Who has falsely charged someone must be imprisoned. It's a good step, but if it is taken It is her saying that we should take this step. necessary but this step is not taken yet. ' <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since it was approved in 1986, it is estimated that 224 Christians have suffered the consequences of the anti-blasphemy law. <\/strong>It is often used as an instrument of personal revenge or as a tool to discriminate against minorities. Twenty-five Christians are still in prison after being convicted and 23 others have not been tried, since they were murdered immediately after being accused.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 5, 2019. She defends persecuted Christians in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bfongMbMtQM","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstabogadapakistaneng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstabogadapakistanint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}