Same Islamists forced Hasina to leave country: Exiled Taslima

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Updated At : 08:32 AM Aug 07, 2024 IST

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New Delhi, August 6

The same Islamists who threw her out had forced Sheikh Hasina to leave Bangladesh, said author Taslima Nasreen, exiled from the country in the 1990s following protests over her book “Lajja”.

Nasreen wrote on X: “In order to please Islamists, Hasina threw me out of my country in 1999 after I entered Bangladesh to see my mother in her deathbed and never allowed me to enter the country again. The same Islamists have been in the student movement who forced Hasina to leave the country today.” Nasreen has been living in exile since 1994 after she faced criticism from Islamist fundamentalists for her writings on communalism and women's equality in Bangladesh. — PTI

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