Taslima Nasrin Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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.”
-- Taslima NasrinSource : Interview with Matt Cherry and Warren Allen Smith, www.secularhumanism.org. December 31, 1998.
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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.”
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“I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.”
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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.”
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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?”
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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.”
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“All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.”
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“I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.”
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“I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.”
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“I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.”
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“It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.”
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“Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
-- Taslima NasrinSource : "Exiled writer says: 'I am dying every day in the west'" by Taslima Nasrin, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2009.
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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!”
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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.”
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“Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions.”
-- Taslima NasrinSource : Interview with Kerry O'Brien on "Lateline", ABC TV, 1995.
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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.”
-- Taslima NasrinSource : "Film: Taslima Nasreen- One Woman Against Islam". www.journeyman.tv.
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“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.”
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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.”
-- Taslima NasrinSource : "One Brave Woman vs. Religious Fundamentalism: An Interview With Taslima Nasrin". Free Inquiry interview, www.secularhumanism.org. December 1, 1998.
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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.”
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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.”
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“... governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology ...”
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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.”
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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.”
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“When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.”
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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.”
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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.”
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