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Violent protest erupts over 'anti-Islamic' bookStaff and agencies
Thursday August 9, 2007Guardian Unlimited
The poet and novelist Taslima Nasrin has been attacked at the launch of her book Shodh (Getting Even) in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Reports suggest that a crowd of between 20 and 100 protesters, led by three local politicians (MLAs) belonging to the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) party, burst into the Hyderabad press club shouting slogans describing Nasrin as "anti-Muslim" and "anti-Islam". They ransacked the venue, throwing chairs and overturning tables, as well as reportedly slapping the writer in the ensuing melee.
Nasrin escaped unhurt after being surrounded by journalists and organisers of the event, but told television reporters that she was in a state of shock.
"The people who attacked me are a minority," she said. "I got support and sympathy from the majority of people."
Speaking after the disturbance, the MIM politicians involved remained fiercely critical: "Our protest is against Taslima Nasrin because of her writings ridiculing Islam," said Ahmad Pasha Quadri. "We want the Indian government to send her back to Bangladesh."
According to police, all the protesters were detained, including the three politicians.
The Indian minister for information and broadcasting, Priyaranjan Dasmunsi, called the attack "shameful". "We criticise this incident in the strongest of terms," he said.
Since the 1990s, Nasrin has faced numerous threats from Islamic groups for her writings.
Nasrin fled Bangladesh in 1994, when Islamic extremists threatened to kill her after an Indian newspaper quoted her as saying changes must be made to the Islamic holy book, the Qur'an, to give women greater rights. She has vehemently denied making the comments, but still faces death threats from Islamic hardliners in Bangladesh, where the government banned her book Shei Shab Andhakar (Those Dark Days) for "objectionable comments" about Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.
She has been outspoken in defence of minority and women's rights, and was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought from the European Parliament in 1994.
After fleeing Bangladesh, Nasrin lived in Sweden for several years but eventually moved to India, where she has lived in Kolkata for the last two years. She has applied for Indian citizenship or permanent resident status.
"I believe in democracy," Nasrin said. "I hope to live safe in this country as a democrat."
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