Congo: Pakistan colonel changing UN mission workers to Islam
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A Pakistan Army Colonel deployed within the central African nation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for United Nations duties has been discovered making an attempt to transform the UN mission workers to Islam.
Islam is the minority faith in Congo, the place a majority of the inhabitants is affiliated to totally different sects of Christianity.
According to stories, Colonel Saqib Mushtaqi, a deputy commander of the Pakistani contingent of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), is accused of making an attempt to transform the native workers into Islam. The Pakistani Army personnel official reportedly approached a couple of Christian UN mission workers, asking them to embrace Islam.
An inquiry has been launched in opposition to a Pakistani Army Colonel after allegations of proselytisation have been levelled in opposition to him. The General Headquarters (GHQ) has launched an inner inquiry to determine the reality behind the incidents. However, it isn’t clear but what motion shall be initiated in opposition to the official if he’s discovered responsible of making an attempt to proselytise UN workers into Islam.
Not simply changing UN mission workers to Islam in Congo: Pakistani forces tasked with UN duties below scanner for his or her illicit actions
It can also be pertinent to notice that this isn’t the primary time that the Pakistani peace-keeping forces for UN missions have been accused of wrongdoing. In the previous, too, Pakistani Army officers, who have been part of the UN missions, have been accused of gross violations. In 2012, two Pakistani officers have been accused of repeated sexual harassment of a 12-year-old mentally challenged boy. The incident had compelled Islamabad to provoke court-martial proceedings in opposition to the officers. They have been sentenced a yr in jail by a Pakistani tribunal for raping an underage boy in Haiti.
During this revelation, it additionally got here to gentle that Pakistani forces have been concerned in incidents of sexual exploitation since 2005.
