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Revision as of 11:52, 9 January 2013 editMrt3366 (talk | contribs)22,207 edits The source is neither talking about partition only nor is it pointing to only muslims women's rape.← Previous edit Revision as of 11:56, 9 January 2013 edit undoDarkness Shines (talk | contribs)31,762 edits Yes it does, I added this content. I just checked again to be sure and it most certainly says this.Next edit →
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During the ] rape was an extensive issue.<ref name=Žarkov>{{cite book|last=Žarkov|first=Dubravka|title=The Body of War: Media, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Break-Up of Yugoslavia|year=2007|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0822339663|page=172}}</ref> It is estimated that during the partition, up to 100,000 women were kidnapped and raped.<ref name=Butalia>{{cite book|last=Butalia|first=Urvashi|title=Writings on Human Rights, Law and Society in India: A Combat Law Anthology|publisher=Human Rights Law Network|isbn=81-89479-78-4|editor=Harsh Dobhal|page=598}}</ref> During the ] rape was an extensive issue.<ref name=Žarkov>{{cite book|last=Žarkov|first=Dubravka|title=The Body of War: Media, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Break-Up of Yugoslavia|year=2007|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0822339663|page=172}}</ref> It is estimated that during the partition, up to 100,000 women were kidnapped and raped.<ref name=Butalia>{{cite book|last=Butalia|first=Urvashi|title=Writings on Human Rights, Law and Society in India: A Combat Law Anthology|publisher=Human Rights Law Network|isbn=81-89479-78-4|editor=Harsh Dobhal|page=598}}</ref> The rape of Muslim women by Hindu males during this period is well documented, with women also being complicit in these attacks.<ref name=Chowdhry>{{cite book|last=Chowdhry|first=Geeta|title=Women, States, and Nationalism: At Home in the Nation?|year=2000|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0415221726|edition=1st|editor=Sita Ranchod-Nilsson, Mary Ann Tétreaul|page=107}}</ref>


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During the Partition of India rape was an extensive issue. It is estimated that during the partition, up to 100,000 women were kidnapped and raped. The rape of Muslim women by Hindu males during this period is well documented, with women also being complicit in these attacks.

References

  1. Žarkov, Dubravka (2007). The Body of War: Media, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Break-Up of Yugoslavia. Duke University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0822339663.
  2. Butalia, Urvashi. Harsh Dobhal (ed.). Writings on Human Rights, Law and Society in India: A Combat Law Anthology. Human Rights Law Network. p. 598. ISBN 81-89479-78-4.
  3. Chowdhry, Geeta (2000). Sita Ranchod-Nilsson, Mary Ann Tétreaul (ed.). Women, States, and Nationalism: At Home in the Nation? (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 107. ISBN 978-0415221726.

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