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.

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

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.

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

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

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

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