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

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

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.

Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions.

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 studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.