Posted on 01/17/2026 2:25:42 PM PST by xxqqzz
The abduction and trafficking of women and girls from religious minority communities in Muslim dominated countries is widely recognized by concerned groups as a major problem for these communities. This came to the world’s attention for a time in 2014 when 276 school girls were abducted in Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria, which gave rise to a world-wide movement for their recovery. At least 130 of these girls have been recovered, but the remainder are still missing. This is actually a substantial recovery rate relative to what can be expected where abduction is a problem.
Commonly, a young woman is targeted for abduction by an extremist group, groomed with contacts on social media, by Muslim classmates and neighbors, or by a Muslim boyfriend, and a degree of social isolation from their families established. Then suddenly they are abducted, forcibly converted to Islam, and married to a Muslim man. Alternatively, a young woman might be suddenly abducted without warning, or as part of a terrorist attack. The targeted woman may be either single, engaged, or married. In the great majority of cases, these women are not recovered, as authorities are complicit and dismissive of claims of abduction or even threaten families who are insistent that the case of abduction be pursued.
The advocacy organization Coptic Solidarity has some of the most extensive reporting on this, as it is quite a severe problem in Egypt, where it is perpetrated by Salafist groups against the largest Christian minority in the Middle East. In Egypt, as elsewhere, police and security services seem complicit in these abductions, conversion to Islam, and forced marriages. Coptic Solidarity observes that “little has been done to address this scourge by the Egyptian or foreign governments, NGOs, or international bodies,
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Horrific experiences.
These Christians deserve asylum, not the Muslim pirate Minneapolis Somalis….
In Egypt about 60 Christian women and girls are abducted every year. They are forcibly converted to Islam and married, often as a second wife of an older man.
Egypt was predominately Christian when conquered by Muslims around 700 AD. It was still about 50% Christian in 1000 AD. Methods like these gradually caused the mideast to convert to Islam.
Muslims come to Europe and they think it is OK to rape and abduct Christian women. The authorities agree that it is OK because it there culture. They don’t usually try it in the US.
That is partly why Muslims were kicked out of Spain and Portugal. They were a minority, but thought it was OK to do that sort of thing and disrupt Catholic processions, etc.
Someday down the road certain people are going to pay a heavy price for this disrespect of others. It is guaranteed.
Muslims are going to get some harsh lessons about their so-called culture. Not sure when this will happen,but sooner or later it will happen if they don’t change their “customs & culture”.
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