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UK sanctions notorious Pak cleric known for forced conversions, marriages of minor Hindu girls

Hindupost | 11/12/2022 05:54 PM | Click to read full article

A controversial cleric from Pakistan’s Sindh province was placed on the British government's sanctions list, making it one of 11 countries where rights violators will be punished. Mian Mithu is notorious in upper Sindh for his alleged involvement in the forced conversion and marriages of minor Hindu girls.  In 2021, activists on Twitter called out the PTI government after he was invited by the Council of Islamic Ideology to deliberate on legislation around forced conversion.

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