New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- These three Hindu girls converted to Islam in Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan. But can any Islamists enlighten us on why all these conversions end up with marriage into Islam? Is marriage mandatory?

A recent report by Pakistan's National Commission on the Rights of the Child (NCRC) sheds light on the severe discrimination faced by minority children, particularly Hindus and Christians in Pakistan. Hindu girls are frequently abducted, forcibly converted to Islam. The girls are married to older men, with their families receiving little to no legal support. Many Hindu children remain trapped in bonded labour at brick kilns and farms, a consequence of poverty and deep-rooted social exclusion. In schools, they endure bullying fro...