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Communal violence is not a recent phenomenon in South Asia. The trajectory of modern communal violence in India can be traced back to the colonial period, which resulted in the division of the subcontinent into Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority India in 1947. ....
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KARACHI: ‘From Attire to Desire’, an online conference organized by UK’s Research Centre here on Saturday had several women journalists, writers and academics of the country share their views on the issue of women’s dress code and whether it is the real reason or motive for rape. Senior journalist Nasim Zehra said that blaming the dress code for something as heinous as rape weakens the victim. “It puts the blame on the victim, and empowers the perpetrator,” she said. “Suddenly, the focus moves from the perpetrator to the victim, her character and how she conducts herself and how she deserves what happen to her. And it is all linked to what she wears, making pardah a safety mechanism. It makes rape kosher. It diverts blame from the crime,” she believed. ....