“ When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country. Taslima Nasrin
“ I was born in a middle class Muslim family, in a small town called Myonenningh in a northern part of Bangladesh in 1962. My father is a qualified physician; my mother is a housewife. I have two elder… Taslima Nasrin
“ All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home. Taslima Nasrin
“ Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion. Taslima Nasrin
“ I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law. Taslima Nasrin
“ Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. Taslima Nasrin
“ I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended. Taslima Nasrin
“ Sheikh Hasina's government is one of the best Bangladesh has ever had. She is taking action against fundamentalists. But even she refused to let me return. I don't think I can ever return home. Taslima Nasrin
“ The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is… Taslima Nasrin
“ Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no! Taslima Nasrin
“ Jonathan Swift: ‘We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. Taslima Nasrin
“ It is said that peace is the basic tenet of all religion. Yet it is in the name of religion that there has been so much disturbance, bloodshed and persecution. It is indeed a pity that even at the clo… Taslima Nasrin
