Skip to content

Every ban and censorship hurt. But banishment hurts the most. Banishment took away the ground from beneath my feet. What I need now most is a firm footing to stand up somewhere to fight for the freedom of expression. I was banished from both East and West Bengal.

— Taslima Nasrin Inteview with Firstpost (2016)

Another quote →

More quotes by Taslima Nasrin

They defend rapists. Mamata di says ‘sometimes boys become naughty.’ Mulayam ji says ‘sometimes boys make mistakes’.

Lajja is a humanist appeal so that unpleasant things don’t happen any more. So that people can manage to coexist in mutual respect and to help religion truly embrace humanity.

Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions.

I was born in a Muslim family and Muslim women suffer under Islam.

Facebook has banned me for writing Islamists destroyed Bangladeshi Hindu houses & temples believing that Hindus placed Quran on Hanuman's thigh.

All Taslima Nasrin quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Taslima Nasrin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.