Taslima Nasrin: Difference between revisions

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Nasrin has spoken out in favour of [[women's rights|equal rights for women]] and has expressed opposition to the oppression of non-Islamic [[minority|minorities]] in [[Islam|Islamic]] societies, such as in her home country [[Bangladesh]]. In her autobiography, Nasrin mentioned that she was sexually assaulted by her relatives and other men in her early years. These incidents had a strong influence on her later life to become a staunch feminist.

She initially gained fame as a poet and columnist. However, later she gradually became popularfamiliar for being a courageous woman through a series of books that she wrote. Some of her critics believe that part of the reasons of Taslima Nasrin's popularity is because of her critical views on religions, especially Islam.

In [[1993]], sparked by a series of [[newspaper]] columns in which she was critical of the treatment of women under [[Islam]], Islamic [[fundamentalists]] pronounced a [[fatwa]] against her and offered a bounty for her death.

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In March 2006 a letter she co-signed entitled ''[[MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism]]'' with eleven other individuals (most notably [[Salman Rushdie]]) was published in response to violent and deadly protests in the [[Islamic world]] surrounding the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]].

Her return to BANGLADESH is impossible as she is not a popular writer among the most of the people.

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