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An author who has received death threats in Bangladesh for some writings said to offend against Islam. She left for Sweden in 1999.

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Taslima Nasrin A Bangladeshi poet, syndicated newspaper columnist, and novel writer. She has received awards in India and Bangladesh for her work. www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/news/nasrin.html

Taslima Nasrin News account of her flight to Sweden in 1999. www.secularhumanism.org/nasrin

Taslima Nasrin: Struggle Taslima Nasrin is a Bengali physician, writer and poet who has been under continual attack from the religious leaders of her country and throughout the world for her widespread efforts in defense of women's rights. www.secularislam.org/skeptics/taslima.htm

Taslima Nasrin She is either the bravest or most foolish person I've ever met," a friend of Nasrin's is quoted as saying (Weaver 49). www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Nasrin.html