I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law.

I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.

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

The focus of my research is how secular movements originated in West Asian countries and subsequently changed to pan-Islamic movements. The role of Western countries in this aspect is also a part of the research.

I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.

Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.