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
Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no! – Taslima Nasrin
Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. – Taslima Nasrin
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
Im always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, Im called a bigot. – Rick Santorum