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

— Taslima Nasrin

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

— 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

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

— 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

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

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

— 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

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

— 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

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

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

— 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

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

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

— Taslima Nasrin

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

— 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

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

— Taslima Nasrin

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

— 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

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

— Taslima Nasrin