Muslim Man Is Sentenced To 25 Years For Killing Christian Woman

Muslim Man Is Sentenced To 25 Years For Killing Christian Woman

Muslim Man Is Sentenced To 25 Years For Killing Christian Woman: A Muslim man by the name of Muhammad Shahzad was given a 25-year prison term by a Pakistani court for killing a Christian woman who rejected his marriage proposal.

The Muslim man, who is also known as Shani, was sentenced to jail by Judge Azam Khan of the Islamabad Session Court for the murder of Sonia Allah Rakha, a 24-year-old Christian woman.

The murder took place on November 30, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. in Islamabad at Fazaia Chowk when Shani shot Sonia because his marriage proposal was rejected by her family because of religious differences. Shani fatally murdered Sonia while she was going to work. He first escaped the scene, but authorities eventually caught up with him.

Sonia had told her mother about Shani’s marriage proposal. Her mother declined the proposal, citing religious differences as the reason.

The victim’s family also claimed at the time that Sonia had been the target of the accused’s harassment for the six months before that and that he had made advances toward sexual relations, but that Sonia had turned him down because of their different religious backgrounds.

As a “solution,” Shani proposed that Sonia should marry him and convert to Islam, but she refused. This rejection angered Shani, leading him to commit the act of violence.

Sonia’s father, Allah Rakha, expressed relief at the verdict but highlighted the emotional and financial toll on the family. Sonia had been a significant support for her family, and her loss shattered their dreams. He revealed that his wife, Teresa, recently suffered an electrical shock that left her bedridden, adding to the family’s hardships.