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.
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Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!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.
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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.
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Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.
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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.
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Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?
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