"In traditional societies, we have a long legacy……" — Taslima Nasrin
"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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Taslima Nasrin
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28 Quotes by Taslima Nasrin
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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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It is said that peace is the basic tenet of all religion. Yet it is in the name of religion…
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Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men…
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I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be…
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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.…
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Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like…
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I was born in a middle class Muslim family, in a small town called Myonenningh in a northern part of…
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The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make…
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Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside…
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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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