Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. -Taslima Nasrin Freedom
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. -Taslima Nasrin Family
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 Government
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 Home
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. -Taslima Nasrin Education
I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended. -Taslima Nasrin Freedom
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 Women
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 Home
All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home. -Taslima Nasrin Home
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 Religion
Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. -Taslima Nasrin Women
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 Women
When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country. -Taslima Nasrin Travel
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 Religion
