Free speech, ban and “fatwa”: a study of the Taslima Nasrin affair
Of the many feminist voices in Bangladesh, Taslima Nasrin is the best known for the censorship, fatwa and subsequent legal intervention against her. Of all her banned books, Lajja drew the widest international attention, and that, as many commentators argue, was especially because of the involvement...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/2575/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2575/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2575/1/Free_speech%2C_ban_and_%27%27fatwa%27%27.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/2575/3/Free_speech_Mahmudul.pdf |