Taslima Nasrin

Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?

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.

In traditional societies, we have a long legacy of men controlling the body and mind of women. Such societies have valorised motherhood and fabricated concepts like chastity. Women have been the victims of these notions for thousands of years.

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.