In a country where Hindu-dominated India is widely reviled as Enemy No. 1, Pakistan's Hindu community endures extortion, disenfranchisement and other forms of discrimination.

These days, however, Hindus are fixated on a surge of kidnappings of teenage girls by young Muslim men who force them to convert and wed. Pakistani human rights activists report as many as 25 cases a month.

By Sara Schilling, Herald staff writer WEST RICHLAND -- The Hindu priest sat on the ground in front of a brick fire pit, called a kunda, and chanted in ...