Taslima Nasrin Quotes
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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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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 is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions.
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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.
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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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I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.
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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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It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
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I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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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 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.
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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 am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
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I’m an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women’s rights.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.
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I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
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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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