I don't find any difference between Islam and Islamic fundamentalists. I believe religion is the root, and from the root fundamentalism grows as a poisonous stem. If we remove fundamentalism and keep religion, then one day or another fundamentalism will grow again. I need to say that because some liberals always defend Islam and blame fundamentalists for creating problems. But Islam itself oppresses women. Islam itself doesn't permit democracy and it violates human rights.

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

Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

Every religion oppresses women. I talk about the Koran because I know this book best. It allows for torture and other mistreatment, especially for women. And I despise the Sharia laws. They cannot be changed. They must be thrown out, abolished.

I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author. My pen is my weapon.

I’m an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women’s rights.

All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.