I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law.
Meaning of the quote
This quote suggests that the writer believes women cannot fully live as equal human beings if they follow certain religious or legal rules. The writer thinks women need to exist outside of these religious and legal systems in order to have the same rights and freedoms as men. The quote implies the writer sees these religious and legal frameworks as restricting women's ability to live freely and independently.
About Taslima Nasrin
Taslima Nasrin is a renowned Bangladeshi writer, physician, feminist, and activist who has faced controversy and exile due to her outspoken criticism of religion and support for women’s rights. Her writings have gained global attention, leading to bans and death threats, but she continues to advocate for secular humanism and social justice.
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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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Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!
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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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Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion.
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