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Posted on March 2, 2010 at 09:07:47 PM by mb2
Protests by Muslims leave 2 dead in southern India over an article critical to Islam' by Taslima Nasrin
March 2, 2010
The strict Islamic laws restricting movement of women, takes preposterous dimension in Saudi Arabia where men and women are treated in a manner as if they are two different species.
Does Islam expect to control all its people forever ~ as Muhammad once did ?? How long can these outburst really have an effect ~ the message is simple ~ if anyone questions this religion its members will fall into a murderous rage. It tells people only that Islam wishes to gain respect through fear and terror ~ and though a few forced apologies might be forthcoming ~ they will always be joined by the raised eyebrow.
Bangladesh writer Taslima Nasrin challenging the Islamic tradition of wearing veils as an infringement on women's freedom.
The death threats came after an Indian newspaper quoted her as saying changes must be made to the Islamic holy book, the Quran, to give women more rights.
Taslima Nasrin: Born as a Muslim she became an atheist over time +
The human mind belongs to no one unless it is freely given ~ the rest is an illusion.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of Muslims protesting a newspaper article they say was critical of Islam clashed with police in southern India, leaving at least two people dead and dozens injured, police said Tuesday.
One person was killed by police gunfire and another succumbed to injuries caused by rocks thrown by the protesters during Monday's gathering in Shimoga, a town in Karnataka state, said Vinod Kumar, a police officer.
Nearly 3,000 Muslims took to the streets after a local daily published an article it said was written by controversial Bangladesh writer Taslima Nasrin challenging the Islamic tradition of wearing veils as an infringement on women's freedom.
Police fired at the protesters and used bamboo sticks to disperse them, he said.
Authorities imposed a curfew in the town after protesters burned some shops and damaged dozens of vehicles, Kumar told The Associated Press. The area is about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) southwest of New Delhi.
Similar protests Monday were reported in Hassan, another town in Karnataka state.
On Tuesday, The Press Trust of India news agency quoted Nasrin as saying she had never written an article for Kannada Prabha newspaper.
"I suspect that it is a deliberate attempt to malign me and to misuse my writings to create disturbance in the society," the PTI quoted her as saying.
Nasrin arrived in India last month and got her visa extended until August.
Kannada Prabha said that contents of the article were taken from a book written by Nasrin, according to the CNN-IBN television news channel.
Nasrin left Bangladesh in 1994 after Islamic extremists accused her of insulting Islam in her writings and threatened to kill her. She has lived in exile since then, mostly in Sweden, France and India.
The death threats came after an Indian newspaper quoted her as saying changes must be made to the Islamic holy book, the Quran, to give women more rights.
She has vehemently denied making the comments but still faces threats against her life from Islamic hard-liners in Bangladesh, where one of her books is banned.
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