Taslima Nasrin
Taslima Nasrin
Taslima Nasrinis a Bangladeshi author and former physician who has lived in exile since 1994. From a literary profile as a poet in the late 1980s, she rose to global attention by the end of the 20th century owing to her essays and novels with feminist views and severe criticism of Islam...
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth25 August 1962
CountryBangladesh
islamic writing law
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.
atheist believe rights
I’m an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women’s rights.
religious book bangladesh
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
country bangladesh used
When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
college medical graduates
I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.
crush names humanity
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.
government defense legitimacy
... governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology ...
ignorance people atheism
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.
country islamic focus
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.
mother brother father
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.
commitment writing past
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.
circles looks magazines
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.
men being-me cry
Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!
motherhood men years
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.