On September 9, a court in Lahore delivered a verdict in the case of two preteen Christian girls, Saba Younis and Aneela Younis, who were kidnapped by Muslims in late June (click here for more details). According to a September 10 report from Asia News, the court ruled that Saba's forced conversion and marriage was "voluntary," since they claim she is 16 years old and therefore an adult. Her family insists that she is only 13. Requests for Saba to be returned home have been denied and the family plans to appeal to the Supreme Court for her custody.
The alleged conversion of Aneela, however, was ruled "invalid" because she is only 10 years old. She has been returned to her family.
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