Religion, society and state - from none of these do women get their proper honor. It is religion, which has created an unparalleled disparity between men and women.

When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.

The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.

Governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology.

Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.

It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.

I strongly believe that no one can be a true feminist without being an atheist. All religions are anti-women. No one can be pro-woman while supporting anti-woman dogmas.