Christian teenager Huma Younus, who was kidnapped and forced into an Islamic marriage last year, is now pregnant and being confined to one room by her abuser.
Recently, Tabassum Yousaf, a lawyer representing Huma’s parents, informed them by phone that she was pregnant after being repeatedly raped by the man who abducted her.
“Asked by her father if she could leave her abductor’s house and return to her parents’ home, she told him that she is not allowed to leave the house and that her life has become still more difficult,” Yousaf was quoted as saying. “She is now imprisoned within the walls of one room.”
Younus was taken from her home in October 2019, at the age of 14, and later forcibly married to a radical Muslim man named Abdul Jabbar.
In February, the high court ruled the marriage was legal under sharia law. There has been a delay in the appeal due to the pandemic.
The marriage violates the Child Marriage Restraint Act, which forbids the marriage of girls aged 18 and younger. Although the law was passed in 2014, it has not yet been applied.
Sources: The Christian Post, Aid to the Church in Need
- Pray for Huma and her family who have been forced to endure this unbearable situation. Uphold Huma’s physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
- Ask the Lord to intervene and change the heart of her captor.
- Pray the authorities will do more to ensure justice and mercy for Huma and her family. Pray for the protection of vulnerable girls and women throughout Pakistan.
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Dear Heavenly Father prayers upon Huma for strength courage and endurance as she is in the hands of her abuser. Prayers for justice and mercy to prevail. Protect all innocent girls in this nation Amen 🙏
Oh Father, I pray for Huma. Thank you for the faith that You have given to our sister in Christ. Might You strengthen and sustain her, give her hope, Lord. Don’t let her lose heart, but deliver her, by Your Spirit, in Your grace. Lord, please comfort her family. Give them peace and strengthen their resolve, help them to keep fighting the good fight in faith, for justice for their daughter. Lord I pray that You will take away fear, and replace it with hope and trust. Lord, please intervene and change the hearts of her captors. You are the God of Heaven and Earth, You raise up kings and You take them down, You are the giver and taker of authority and wealth and spirit, so we pray that You will be near and that Your justice might be dealt. But Lord, we pray for mercy, we pray that You might be merciful to Huma and rescue her, and we pray for her captors, please be merciful to them, too. Show them Your love, might Huma be a light that You might be an undeniable presence. Lord, we pray for the authorities, we pray that You will give them insight and that they will govern justly. Please protect vulnerable women and girls, we pray. May they be valued and honoured. Please build Your kingdom here, that this would be so. Father, we thank you that You are never far from each one of us, and we pray that as a global church, we might grieve with our brothers and sisters who grieve, and rejoice with those who rejoice, and in all things, Lord, help us to be doing all things by the strength and for the glory of Christ. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Pray for peace of God upon Huma’s life n her family…
Amen and amen. Thank you Father for your mercy and grace and comfort. May your Holy Spirit indeed intervene and may the little one to be born be as Moses and Paul; mighty In leadership and meek in character. May he or she be your instrument to the salvation of many! Have mercy O Lord. Have mercy!
Thank you Lord the faith and trust Huma have in you..I pray my father for your holy sprit to move and intervene into abusers heart..and he set free Huma..
And may he also find you christ..convict his heart..so he will know there is no other god but only you..In Jesus wonderful name I pray Amen
Amen
Amen. Yes Father.
O God and our Lord Jesus in whose\ name we pray please release this young girl from her present situation. I plead with you my Lord and Saviour..
Amen