Taslima Nasrin

Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.

— Taslima Nasrin

When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.

— Taslima Nasrin

I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.

— Taslima Nasrin

All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.

— Taslima Nasrin

Governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology.

— Taslima Nasrin

I’m an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women’s rights.

— Taslima Nasrin

I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author.…

— Taslima Nasrin

Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?

— Taslima Nasrin

Sheikh Hasina's government is one of the best Bangladesh has ever had. She is taking action against fundamentalists. But even she refused…

— Taslima Nasrin

In traditional societies, we have a long legacy of men controlling the body and mind of women. Such societies have valorised motherhood…

— Taslima Nasrin

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion…

— Taslima Nasrin

Religion, society and state - from none of these do women get their proper honor. It is religion, which has created an…

— Taslima Nasrin

The focus of my research is how secular movements originated in West Asian countries and subsequently changed to pan-Islamic movements. The role…

— Taslima Nasrin

I dont agree with those who think that the conflict is simply between two religions, namely Christianity and Islam... To me, the…

— Taslima Nasrin

The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move…

— Taslima Nasrin

Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest.…

— Taslima Nasrin

Religion is now the first obstacle to women's advancement. Religion pulls human beings backwards, it goes against science and progressiveness. Religion engulfs…

— Taslima Nasrin

Every religion oppresses women. I talk about the Koran because I know this book best. It allows for torture and other mistreatment,…

— Taslima Nasrin

It is said that peace is the basic tenet of all religion. Yet it is in the name of religion that there…

— Taslima Nasrin

I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to…

— Taslima Nasrin

I was well acquainted with the Calcutta literary circle since I was 17, when I lived in Bangladesh and published and edited…

— Taslima Nasrin

I support the rights of all people to practice their religious beliefs privately, but I oppose the idea of respecting religions. In…

— Taslima Nasrin

I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is…

— Taslima Nasrin

I don't find any difference between Islam and Islamic fundamentalists. I believe religion is the root, and from the root fundamentalism grows…

— Taslima Nasrin

It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.

— Taslima Nasrin

I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.

— Taslima Nasrin

I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.

— Taslima Nasrin

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

— Taslima Nasrin

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

— Taslima Nasrin

Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions.

— Taslima Nasrin

There is no such thing as a 'superior' or 'inferior' culture, there are only various cultural patterns which make up this beautiful,…

— Taslima Nasrin

I strongly believe that no one can be a true feminist without being an atheist. All religions are anti-women. No one can…

— Taslima Nasrin

When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid…

— Taslima Nasrin

Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out…

— Taslima Nasrin

Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a…

— Taslima Nasrin

If any religion allows the persecution of the people of different faiths, if any religion keeps women in slavery, if any religion…

— Taslima Nasrin

I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali,…

— Taslima Nasrin

I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by…

— Taslima Nasrin

I was born in a middle class Muslim family, in a small town called Myonenningh in a northern part of Bangladesh in…

— Taslima Nasrin