A Christian teenager in Pakistan was beaten, forced to convert to Islam and married off to a 45-year-old Muslim man, a disturbing new report has claimed.



Neha Pervaiz, a 15-year-old who lives in the Ittehad Town neighborhood of Karachi, recently told ucanews.com about how she was forced into an Islamic marriage last month when she went to her aunt's house with the intent of taking care of a sick relative.



"I was taken by my aunt, a Muslim convert, to her house on April 28 to help her look after her sick son," Pervaiz told ucanews.com, an outlet that exclusively covers Catholic news in Asia. "But there I was asked to marry a Muslim man named Imran. When I refused, they beat me up and threatened to kill my minor brother who was with me."



Pervaiz alleged that she was taken to a room where she was raped by Imran, a divorcee.



"They then pressurized me to convert to Islam and marry Imran," she added.



The next day, Pervaiz said that she was taken before an Islamic cleric, where she was forced to recite the Quran and was given a new name: Fatima. Then on April 30, Pervaiz said she was taken to a court where she was legally married to Imran.



With the help of her captor's daughter, Pervaiz was able to escape from the home on May 5.

