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...people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped." PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, Pakistan's President, in an interview with the Washington Post, in which he claimed that rape has become a "money-making concern" for its victims and that his country is being unfairly singled out for violence against women. He later said the Post had misquoted and misinterpreted...
...large number of women are molested and insulted in the country. How many of them have made money?" MUKHTAR MAI, Pakistani rape victim who gained worldwide attention after demanding justice against her attackers, responding to Musharraf's statement...
...wave of change that has swept Asia has affected nations eager to put their past behind them. In China's Nanjing, archaic buildings that housed "comfort women" will be dismantled to erect skyscrapers. Japan tried to whitewash its militaristic past by culling mention of the rape of Nanjing from history textbooks. Despite the Asian tendency to celebrate the new, many cities have resolved to preserve their traditions. We all need to salvage the best elements from our past before urbanization transforms historic and cultural sites beyond recognition. Victoria Ip Hong Kong...
...Shalimar the Clown could also have been called "Fury", but the anger in this book is of an entirely different kind. The novel is an allegory of the rape of Kashmir, told as a story of love's betrayal and vengeance. When we first land in it, Rushdie's Kashmir is paradise. In this bucolic valley, Muslims live in peace with their Hindu neighbors and share a common culture, woven of Indian and Islamic traditions. Embodying this syncretic culture is Pachigam, a village of theatrical performers and cooks, where a tightrope walker nicknamed Shalimar has fallen in love with...
...them all in, that would be fine," says Sjodin's mother Linda Walker), but the growing movement to limit where past offenders can live, work or even set foot has begun to draw increasing criticism from civil-liberties groups, sex-abuse experts and even some child advocates. Reports of rape and attempted rape have plummeted some 70% since the early 1990s, and reconviction rates of child molesters are estimated at 13%, compared with 47% for all non-sex criminals. Some critics question whether tougher laws are needed--and whether they really work. "By socially ostracizing these people and making...