Taslima Nasreen, Poet, Attacked in India: Men Attack Her; Other Men Try to Sheild Her

Published: August 10, 2007, 5:06 pm

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I wrote on TMV about Taslima, a poet and doctor, against whom a fatwa to behead her had been called ….for she dared to write poetry about “honor killings”; she was imprisoned for writing about women taken to the stadium and stoned to death while the mullahs present were laughing. Read on TMV May 18, 2007: Four Arrested In Honor Killing and a New Call for Beheading Taslima Nasrin http://themoderatevoice.com/?s=taslima Yesterday she was attacked at a book signing of her work. To me, it is AS noteworthy, that men tried to protect her as that men tried to attack her. There are few stories about the men of the world who have unbitter and heroic hearts despite all reason to be bitter. I know that for many, this is non-news. For many women, they don't want a man ‘intervening.’ But, for a person like myself who has had many challenges in the world, these are the kind of men, the kind of people, that I most admire. Ever. Always. Brothers by bloodline of the

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