Fatwas. Court cases. Now an FIR against me for telling the truth.

Fatwas. Court cases. Now an FIR against me for telling the truth.

Barbarism

by Taslima Nasreen

AnFIR was registered against me last night.

Yes, it is done.
 
An FIR has been lodged against controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen for allegedly hurting religious sentiments following a complaint by a prominent Muslim cleric in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh.

The case was lodged last night at Kotwali police station by Hasan Raza Khan Noori Miyan, son of the ‘sajjadanasheen’ of Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat Maulana Subhan Raza Khan Subhani Miyan, who objected to certain tweets by Nasreen against clerics on November 6, police sources said here today.

In the complaint, it was alleged that with her remarks against clerics on Twitter the writer had hurt the feelings of the Muslim community.

Earlier, during a meeting last evening, Noori Miyan said a fatwa is issued in the light of Hadees and Quran. It was demanded that the passport of the writer should be seized and she should be arrested.

Mr. Hasan Raza Khan Noori Miyan did not at least say that a fatwa was not issued or a price was not set on my head. He said it was issued ‘in the light of the Hadith and the Quran’. Here are some old fatwa-news:

Times of India. 

The Hindu

DNA

Nobody is allowed to set price on anyone’s head in India. The fatwas are illegal here. It is against the Indian constitution. But it seems Noori Miyan does not care.

The cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan is wrong if he claims that I am wrong, because I say he is anti-free speech. Didn’t he already prove that he was anti-free speech by issuing a fatwa against me in 2007? Didn’t he already prove that he was against my freedom of speech?

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Noori Miyan is now trying to say that I have committed a crime. Am I a criminal because I tell the truth? He also believes I hurt religious feelings of the entire Muslim community. Did I commit a crime or hurt Muslim community by telling the truth about Tauqeer Raza Khan that he was against free speech, so he issued a fatwa?

The truth only hurts liars and hypocrites. All Muslims in India are not afraid of truth, nor are all of them liars and hypocrites. Some are, of course. And they always use the name of whole community for their own political interests. Should it be continued? And fatwas continued to be issued, Court cases continued to be filed and FIRs continued to registered against writers, artists and women, specially courageous women?

Ref:  Business Standard

Ref: The Hindu

Source:

http://freethoughtblogs.com/taslima/2013/12/05/fatwas-court-cases-now-an-fir-against-me-for-telling-the-truth/