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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 08/13/2007 : 15:20:33
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Taslima Nasrin is a staunch atheist and feminist, novelist and poet from Bangladesh. Like Salmon Rushdie, she had to flee to Europe after writing a novel - "Shame" - because Islamic extremists were offended and called for her death.
Personally, I'm a huge fan, I have a signed copy of her autobiographical book "Meyebela" (Girlhood), and I even had a pet Sudan plated lizard named Taslima in her honor. I don't always agree with everything this brave, passionate, and articulate woman says and writes, but I truly admire her, and this attack disgusts and infuriates me. Thankfully she was not hurt.
Here's the article about the attack: http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2145541,00.html
And here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkegL2C7XSQ
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"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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Edited by - marfknox on 08/13/2007 15:21:20
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 08/13/2007 : 16:25:13 [Permalink]
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 08/13/2007 : 19:03:08 [Permalink]
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Good for Taslima Nasrin for having such courage! And good for CFI and journalists for protecting her. I think these fanatics would have killed her if they could have.
Sometimes I think the Jihadis are in a conscious competition to prove themselves the most crazed and barbaric religionists in the world. Despite strong competition, they're winning that reputation.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Taslima Nasrin, secular heroine, attacked in India
