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Paris opens door to author fleeing Islamist threats
The Guardian, ^ | 5 January 2009 | Angelique Chrisafis

Posted on 01/05/2009 8:10:12 AM PST by george76

The award-winning feminist writer Taslima Nasreen, who is under death-threat from Islamist extremists, is to be housed in an artist's studio paid for by the city of Paris, more than a decade after she was forced into exile from her native Bangladesh.

Nasreen's outspoken stance on what she calls the inherent misogyny of conservative Muslim society in Bangladesh has sparked protests, riots and warrants for her arrest as well as a cash reward for her decapitation by religious fundamentalists.

In 1994, the former doctor was accused of blasphemy over her novel Lajja (Shame), which described the life of a Hindu family persecuted in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. The book was banned for offending Muslim religious sentiments.

She was quoted by an Indian newspaper saying the Qur'an should be rewritten because it was "unfair to women" and was forced to flee Bangladesh, even though she denied the comments and said she had been referring to sharia law.

After travelling across Europe and the US, and living in exile in India, where her presence led to threats and violent protests, and more recently in Sweden, she applied for housing in Paris six weeks ago. She is expected to move in next month.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1994; bangladesh; bookdeals; censorship; deaththreats; feminism; feminist; islam; islamictyranny; islamistextremists; islamonazism; kufir; muslim; muslims; nasreen; quran; shame; taslimanasreen

1 posted on 01/05/2009 8:10:12 AM PST by george76
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To: george76
She was quoted by an Indian newspaper saying the Qur'an should be rewritten because it was "unfair to women"

The koran should also be rewritten as it is unfair to kufir (non-muslims).

But if you go to the ORIGINAL biblical text and reject Mohammed's koran (itself a rewrite of the Bible)...

2 posted on 01/05/2009 8:12:24 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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To: george76

In other words, the Muslims want to kill her because she says Islam is not peaceful.

Unfortunately, this passes for logic nowadays.


3 posted on 01/05/2009 8:15:52 AM PST by Boiling Pots (The USA has become one huge pyramid scheme. Thanks George, John, Nancy and Harry.)
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Actually because she wants to rewrite the koran.

Islam is a death cult and does not permit any defusing. No reformation movement is permitted and muslims are not even permitted to convert away from the faith.


4 posted on 01/05/2009 8:22:45 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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To: george76

How is this going to help? She’ll still be surrounded by Muslims.


5 posted on 01/05/2009 8:24:47 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: weegee

I have seen several instances of the scenario I described.

Point is, any negative word about Islam/Mohammed, especially from a Muslim, results in a death threat.


6 posted on 01/05/2009 8:25:21 AM PST by Boiling Pots (The USA has become one huge pyramid scheme. Thanks George, John, Nancy and Harry.)
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This ought to be good for another few thousand torched vehicles.

Maybe even a museum or two.


7 posted on 01/05/2009 8:31:00 AM PST by Dick Bachert
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“How is this going to help? She’ll still be surrounded by Muslims.”

...and be unarmed.

Yeah, that don’t sound like all that much of a safe haven to me.

I’d be checking out vacancies in Oklahoma City, OK or Charlestown, WV ~ if either have conceal and carry laws ~ under my new name Kelly O’Brien or Wanda Krystowiak.


8 posted on 01/05/2009 8:31:22 AM PST by incredulous joe ("No road is long with good company. " - Turkish Proverb)
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To: Dick Bachert

It’s only a matter of time ~ why not move the timeline forward.


9 posted on 01/05/2009 8:32:10 AM PST by incredulous joe ("No road is long with good company. " - Turkish Proverb)
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Maybe they were just trying to eliminate bad genes./s

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Pro-Choicer: People with “bad genes” shouldn’t have kids
Clinic Quotes ^ | July 11, 2019 | Sarah Terzo
Posted on 7/22/2019, 10:54:28 PM by Morgana

Taslima Nasreen, a pro-abortion feminist, tweeted:

“Men and women who have bad genes with genetic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancer etc should not produce children. They have no right to make others suffer.”

Another tweet by Nasreen:

“I love food. I love fish and meat and sweets. But i have to be a vegan in order to reduce the risk of early death. I got bad genes from my parents.”

Cassy Fiano-Chesser “Pro-abortion feminist echoes Planned Parenthood founder: People with ‘bad genes’ shouldn’t reproduce” Live Action News June 20, 2019


10 posted on 06/03/2025 7:49:00 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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