Feminist Profile: Taslima Nasrin

I stumbled across this woman's name in an Op-Ed profile written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former member of the Dutch Parliament who was exiled to the US due to her outspokenness against radical Islam. According to Ayaan, Taslima is a "45-year-old Bangladeshi writer who bravely defends women’s rights in the Muslim world." Sadly though, her opinions have come at a price.

Forced to flee Bangladesh, she has been living in India. But Muslim groups there want her expelled, and one has offered 500,000 rupees for her head. In August she was assaulted by Muslim militants in Hyderabad, and in recent weeks she has had to leave Calcutta and then Rajasthan. Taslima Nasreen’s visa expires next year, and she fears she will not be allowed to live in India again.- (Ayaan Hirsi Ali, NY Times Op Ed, December 7, 2007)

Inspired by this description, I visited Taslima's website and wanted to put up the link:
http://taslimanasrin.com

Here is a link to all of her work available on amazon:
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