Marriage of Kidnapped Christian Girl Who Was Forced to Convert to Islam Annulled | EWTN News Nightly

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A court in Pakistan has annulled the marriage of a 17 year old Christian girl. This after she was kidnapped and forced to both marry her captor and convert to Islam. The case involves Reema Saleem. She was abducted on the way home from 8th grade and later in 2019 was forced to marry a neighbor. A family court says the marriage was not done willfully. This is not an isolated case. According to UNICEF, over the next decade 100 million girls are at risk of being forced into child marriage. There also are threats for young women from religious minorities of being forced to change their religion. Director of Advocacy in Asia for ADF International, Tehmina Arora, joins to tell us about Reeha's case and the significance of this victory. Arora discusses whether Reeha's captor will face any criminal prosecution and how far forced conversion and marriage is becoming illegal in Pakistan. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf

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