Sexual Assault on Christian Mother Goes Unprosecuted

1/16/2024   (Morning Star News)

Police in Pakistan refused to file charges in the case of a Christian mother who lost her unborn child in a Muslim co-worker’s attempt to rape her. Rakhil Nadeem Masih was eight months pregnant when a co-worker at a brick kiln where she works attacked her on Nov. 6, said her husband Nadeem. He found her bleeding, but after he took her to a government hospital, a doctor who stated that the violence led to her baby’s death refused to sign the medical report due to the influence of the Muslim kiln owner. The kiln owner also influenced police. The couple’s three children witnessed the attack. Doctors performed an emergency C-section on her to remove the couple’s dead son. When Nadeem went to the police station to file a complaint against the Muslim worker, he was told he need a legal medical certificate from the doctor, but when they went to get it the doctor refused to sign the document due to pressure from the Muslim kiln owner. Cases of sexual violence against women and children are common at brick kilns in Pakistan.

Please pray…

• Pray that the Lord will heal Rakhil of the emotional and physical trauma she has experienced.

• Pray, too, that her husband Nadeem and their children will be healed of the emotional trauma they experienced.

• Pray that they will be able to find legal counsel and help in their fight to have this case go to court.