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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I came from a country where religious fundamentalists, including governmental authorities, denied my freedom to have thoughts that are different from their own. As a punishment, they demanded my execution by hanging. I was forced to leave my own country. I had to pay heavily for the sole reason that I believe in human rights and freedom of expression.Taslima Nasrin
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.
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
The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.
Taslima Nasrin
I don't believe in God. The religion mongers segregate women from the human race, I too am divided, I too am defrauded of my human rights.
Taslima Nasrin
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.
Taslima Nasrin
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