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Taslima Nasrin is a Bangladeshi author known for her controversial writings on social issues, particularly those affecting women and minorities. Born on August 25, 1962, she has written numerous novels, essays, and articles that have garnered both acclaim and criticism.

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“I felt so inadequate as Haroon fell over me, hungry as a tiger mauling a doe, delving deep into my body.”

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“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 the source of fundamentalism.”

People Moving Difficult Issues Source Mouths Sensitive Fundamentalism

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“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.”

Home West South East Oppressed

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“All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.”

Want Home Return India Adopted Bangladesh Motherland

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“I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.”

Writing Book Scared Publish

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“I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.”

Writing Firsts Has Beens Book Writing Poetry

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“I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.”

College Medical Graduates Qualified

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“It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.”

Islam Atheist Labels Humanist Secular Unfair Anti Islam

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“Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.”

Book Religious Bans Bangladesh

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“Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman.”

Long Struggle Achievement Highest Titles Fallen Awards Life Struggle

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“I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.”

Want Giving Humans I Can Wish Poor Rights University Human Rights Gender Inequality Oppressed Lectures Battlefields Showcase Gender Inequality

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“I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali, and I need to be surrounded by the Bengali language and culture.”

Want Needs Writing I Can Culture Language Europe Bengali

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“In traditional societies, we have a long legacy of men controlling the body and mind of women. Such societies have valorised motherhood and fabricated concepts like chastity. Women have been the victims of these notions for thousands of years.”

Men Years Mind Long Has Beens Body Concepts Victim Notion Motherhood Traditional Legacy Mind And Body Chastity Long Legs

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“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.”

Thinking I Can Home Government Action Return Let Me Taking Action Bangladesh

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“The focus of my research is how secular movements originated in West Asian countries and subsequently changed to pan-Islamic movements. The role of Western countries in this aspect is also a part of the research.”

Country Roles Focus Movement Changed Research Aspect West Western Islamic Secular Asian Asian Countries

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“When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.”

Ifs Way Writing Past Process Pay Commitment Consequence Paid Prepared Interfere Writing Process Living My Life I Live My Life

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“I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to go backwards instead of forward, who are for tradition not innovation, who oppose individualism and plurality of thought - then the world would become a truly civilized world in which to live.”

Ifs World Want Believe I Believe Tradition Innovation Blind Majority Silent Protest Civilized Individualism Irrational Backwards Blindness Blind Faith Silent Majority

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“Religion, society and state - from none of these do women get their proper honor. It is religion, which has created an unparalleled disparity between men and women.”

Men States Religion Atheism Honor Men And Women Positive Atheism Disparity

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“I don't find any difference between Islam and Islamic fundamentalists. I believe religion is the root, and from the root fundamentalism grows as a poisonous stem. If we remove fundamentalism and keep religion, then one day or another fundamentalism will grow again. I need to say that because some liberals always defend Islam and blame fundamentalists for creating problems. But Islam itself oppresses women. Islam itself doesn't permit democracy and it violates human rights.”

“I dont agree with those who think that the conflict is simply between two religions, namely Christianity and Islam... To me, the key conflict is between irrational blind faith and rational, logical minds.”

Thinking Mind Two Religion Christianity Atheism Keys Conflict Agree Blind Islam Rational Logical Irrational Blind Faith Christianity And Islam Two Religions

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“I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author. My pen is my weapon.”

Believe I Believe Prayer Atheism Weapons Atheist I Believe In Positive Atheism Pens

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“There is no such thing as a 'superior' or 'inferior' culture, there are only various cultural patterns which make up this beautiful, multicolored mosaic.”

Beautiful Culture Patterns Various Superiors Inferiors Mosaics

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“Every religion oppresses women. I talk about the Koran because I know this book best. It allows for torture and other mistreatment, especially for women. And I despise the Sharia laws. They cannot be changed. They must be thrown out, abolished.”

Knows Book Law Religion Changed Torture Thrown Despise Sharia Mistreatment Sharia Law

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“Governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology.”

Government Defense Theology Legitimacy

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“I support the rights of all people to practice their religious beliefs privately, but I oppose the idea of respecting religions. In truth, I have no respect for any religion. I believe religion is not compatible with human rights, women's rights, or freedom of expression.”

People Believe Humans Ideas Belief I Believe Religious Practice Support Rights Expression Human Rights Womens Rights Freedom Of Expression Religious Belief Compatible No Respect

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“I strongly believe that no one can be a true feminist without being an atheist. All religions are anti-women. No one can be pro-woman while supporting anti-woman dogmas.”

Believe Atheist Feminist Dogma

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“If any religion allows the persecution of the people of different faiths, if any religion keeps women in slavery, if any religion keeps people in ignorance, then I can't accept that religion.”

People Ifs I Can Different Accepting Atheism Ignorance Slavery Persecution Different Faiths

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“I’m an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women’s rights.”

Believe Humans I Believe Rights Atheist Human Rights Womens Rights

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“Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.”

Inspirational Humans Motivational Democracy Rights Expression Atheist Human Rights Freedom Of Expression Rights And Freedoms

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“I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.”

Believe I Believe Expression Absolutes I Believe In Offended Freedom Of Expression Absolute Freedom Offended You

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“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.”

Ifs Want Writing Humans Law Human Beings Islamic Women Want Islamic Law

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“When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.”

Country Used Documents Passports Bangladesh

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“I was well acquainted with the Calcutta literary circle since I was 17, when I lived in Bangladesh and published and edited a little magazine called 'Sejuti,' for which young poets from both Bengals wrote. If you look at my life, there is no question of using anyone for anything. I have only got banned, blacklisted and banished.”

Ifs Wells Looks Littles Young Poet Circles Magazines Banned Calcutta Edited Bangladesh

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“Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions.”

Spiritual Science Rights Atheist Womens Rights Oppressed Agnostic

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“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 close of the twentieth century we've had to witness such atrocities because of religion. Flying the flag of religion has always proved the easiest way to crush to nothingness human beings as well as the spirit of humanity.”

Way Humans Wells Has Beens Said Spirit Humanity Names Human Beings Century Flying Pity Witness Crush Flags Nothingness Persecution Twentieth Century Atrocities Disturbance Bloodshed

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“Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!”

Men Humans Made Human Beings Cry Deny Being Me

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“I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.”

Fighting Three Five Rights India Threat Bangladesh

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“Religion is now the first obstacle to women's advancement. Religion pulls human beings backwards, it goes against science and progressiveness. Religion engulfs people with a fear of the supernatural. It bars people from laughing and never allows people to exercise their choice.”

People Firsts Humans Religion Choices Human Beings Laughing Atheism Exercise Obstacles Bars Backwards Advancement

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“Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?”

Stills Earth Moving Teach Sun Atheism Teaching Positive Atheism

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“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 brothers and one younger sister. All of them received a liberal education in schools and colleges.”

Two School Mother Father Born Class Middle College Brother Towns Middle Class Physicians Small Town Elders Qualified Housewife Bangladesh Liberal Education Younger Sister Muslim Family

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Born: August 25, 1962
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