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Secular Activist Inspirational Quotes (19)

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I’m an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women’s rights.
Taslima Nasrin
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I dont agree with those who think that the conflict is simply between two religions, namely Christianity and Islam... To me, the key conflict is between irrational blind faith and rational, logical minds.
Taslima Nasrin
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I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.
Taslima Nasrin
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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.
Taslima Nasrin
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All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.
Taslima Nasrin
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Religion, society and state - from none of these do women get their proper honor. It is religion, which has created an unparalleled disparity between men and women.
Taslima Nasrin
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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?
Taslima Nasrin
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If any religion allows the persecution of the people of different faiths, if any religion keeps women in slavery, if any religion keeps people in ignorance, then I can't accept that religion.
Taslima Nasrin
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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.
Taslima Nasrin
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Governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology.
Taslima Nasrin
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Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman.
Taslima Nasrin
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Sheikh Hasina's government is one of the best Bangladesh has ever had. She is taking action against fundamentalists. But even she refused to let me return. I don't think I can ever return home.
Taslima Nasrin
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We (atheists) act in good conscience because we believe in moral principles, not because we expect a reward in Heaven.
Margherita Hack
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When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
Taslima Nasrin
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When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.
Taslima Nasrin
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I was well acquainted with the Calcutta literary circle since I was 17, when I lived in Bangladesh and published and edited a little magazine called 'Sejuti,' for which young poets from both Bengals wrote. If you look at my life, there is no question of using anyone for anything. I have only got banned, blacklisted and banished.
Taslima Nasrin
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I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author. My pen is my weapon.
Taslima Nasrin
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Us atheist people, we believe we have to act properly and honestly for a moral principle and not because we expect an award in Paradise.
Margherita Hack
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I support the rights of all people to practice their religious beliefs privately, but I oppose the idea of respecting religions. In truth, I have no respect for any religion. I believe religion is not compatible with human rights, women's rights, or freedom of expression.
Taslima Nasrin