"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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"Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.“
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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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"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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"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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"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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