Total polulation in Bangladesh 158,570,535 (July 2011 est.). We make a chart from the data (source: others (source: 07.11.2011 - http://www.indiandefence.com/forums/f13/latest-religiousdemographics-bangladesh-12574/). Religion % Total quantities Female (considering halp of the total) Muslim 90.43%, 143,395,334.8005 Approx. 72 mln Hindu 8.39%, 13,304,067.8865 Approx 6.5 mln Chirstans 0.56%, 887,994.996 Approx. 0 .5 mln Buddhist 0.37%, 586,710.9795 Approx. 0.27 mln Others 0.25%. 396,426.3375 Approx. 0.19 mln Hence, talking about the rights of the minority women means considering the rights of approxmately 7.5 mln people of the country. This is nearly as much population as the cuntry I am now (Sweetzerland). Nearly 140 countries of the world has less population that the ethnic and religious minority women Bangladesh. Hence, we strongly demand the world conciousness to put significant importance towards the the humanrights issue of the Bangladeshi Minority Women. There is less codified stastical and reliable sources to quantify rights of minority women in Bangladesh, because a huge number of facts are unpublished, unreveiled and in certain sence, unfelt. We state so, because in many rural and tribal areas, the minority women have been becoming the subject of persecution so long that this seems to become their routine as part of life and they do not realise well that these are just graves infringment of their legitimate rights. Religious Minority Women: The Hindu: The Hindu who once upon a time had been the only, then the major religious population in Bangladesh, since 1971 have been being the main target of persecution by the Muslims. For different political gains, they are being eliminated from the country. Eliminating the minorities took place since August 14, 1947. But they have gained unprecedented momentum ever since the Islamic hardliners assumed power with an absolute majority in the parliament in October, 2001. (Source: Dr. Rani Santayana. http://www.mayerdak.com/root/syspersec.htm). And for the unfair aim of ethnic cleansing, the Hindu women just become the principal victims. They are being abused by rape for the solely biological purpose of the purpetrator. So some rapes are just animal-minded persecution. However, it is not a one day single incident, rather it just became systematon, which must alarm the humanity. But a huge number of rape towards the Hindu women are motivated for three main reasons: 3

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