"Religion is now the first obstacle to women's……" — 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 people with a fear of the supernatural. It bars people from laughing and never allows people to exercise their choice."
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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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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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I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.
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