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Thursday, March 15, 2012

[mukto-mona] Fakhrul Islam Asks Show proof of ISI money allegation: These Accusations Can Not be Proved--editorial



Fakhrul Islam Asks Show proof of ISI money allegation: These Accusations Can Not be Proved

Daily Star and other news papers have reported that BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday asked the prime minister to show the documents regarding her allegation that Khaleda Zia received money from Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).He said it is Awami League who has the record for going into power through 'back door'.“Our leader [BNP chief] never received money from abroad. The allegation about it is absolutely false and we are looking into it. We will give our reply in time,” Mirza Alamgir said while talking to reporters at the party's central office in Nayapaltan.

He said the prime minister herself was living in India in the past. The Economist wrote that Awami League took bags of money prior to the 2008 general election while Indian newspaper Anandabazar wrote that India would always stand beside Hasina. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that Khaled Zia received money from ISI before the 1991 election and asked Khaleda to leave Bangladesh and go to Pakistan. She further said that the constitution has been amended so that none can seize power illegally.“She (PM) made such statements several times in the past. Bangladesh is not the property of anyone's father and people don't expect such statements from a prime minister,” Mirza Alamgir said.

Reiterating the demand of restoring caretaker government system, he said the ruling party has created political crisis in the country by scrapping caretaker government system and they have to resolve the problem by passing a bill in the parliament to reinstate the non-party neutral government. Alamgir also said the ruling party came into power with the help of Fakhruddin-Moinuddin government.Criticising the government for interfering in media freedom, he said all TV channels broadcasted the ruling alliance rally while they were forced not to broadcast the March 12 rally of the opposition.

We feel such accusations can not be proved. We know that many intelligence agencies of many countries try to influence politics of other countries by money. This is nothing new. We have heard that some of our own intelligence agencies do the same inside the country, if not outside.We ask all not to continue these accusations and rather re-enforce patriotism to avoid such things.

 

 



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RE: [mukto-mona] Fw: [KHABOR]: ভাষা আন্দোলন ও মুক্তিযুদ্ধ নিয়ে জামায়াতে ইসলামীর ভেলকিবাজি - ব দ রু দ্দী ন উ ম র



Jiten sahib and other brothers and sisters,

 

Maulana Maududi gave up Jamaat Amir post and then party elected Tofail Muhammad, a senior party leader and secretary General, as Amir. Maulana Maududi continued to be in the party as a member and all time Advisor till death. He never disagreed with Jamaat policies which was adopted by the Shura.As I keep watch over developments of all major Islamic parties around the world, I know these facts.

I do not know what Haider  sahib has said and in what forum. I will check up this from some friends. I am BCCing these friends to inform me about him and his points.

 

Shah Abdul Hannan

 

 


From: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jiten Roy
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 5:30 AM
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: [KHABOR]:
ভাষা আন্দোলন মুক্তিযুদ্ধ নিয়ে জামায়াতে ইসলামীর ভেলকিবাজি - রু দ্দী

 

 

This is quite interesting information, whichI did not know before. Let me process the information for you. Here - we have an extremely popular Islamic Preacher and founder of an international religious political movement, called Jamat-e-Islamia, and none of his 9 children follow his brand of Islamic-party. This interesting fact tells a lot about the Moududi-bad and the Jamat-e-Islamia Party.

I am inclined to believe Mr. Haider Moududi's account of his father's statements, as he has kindly revealed to us. Mr. Haider's statements are supported by the fact that none of his siblings joined Jamat-e-Islami party, which is almost absurd in a region where a well established tradition exists to inherit parent's political ideology by the progeny, especially when parent is a head of a political party. No wonder we never heard of them before, and that includes our very own Mr. Hannan.

Jiten Roy

 

Jiten Roy


--- On Thu, 3/15/12, Muhammad Ali <man1k195709@yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Muhammad Ali <man1k195709@yahoo.com>
Subject: [mukto-mona] Fw: [KHABOR]:
ভাষা আন্দোলন মুক্তিযুদ্ধ নিয়ে জামায়াতে ইসলামীর ভেলকিবাজি - রু দ্দী
To:
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012, 4:18 PM

 

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: SyedAslam <syed.aslam3@gmail.com>
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [KHABOR]:
ভাষা আন্দোলন মুক্তিযুদ্ধ নিয়ে জামায়াতে ইসলামীর ভেলকিবাজি - রু দ্দী

 

Mr. Haider Maududi has shown that he has courage to speak the truth....

He didn't speak on behalf of Jammat .... He exposed Jamaat's thuggery 

per se.    .....

Undoubtedly, Haider Maududi  has high self-esteem and he relies on his own

self-esteem ..... not on the Jamaati propaganda ...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9EEAX7ubYo&feature=youtu.be

Maududi's son says: "May Allah's curse be upon the Jamaat-e-Islami. My father has created a monster which will destroy Pakistan. We are Nine brothers and sisters, IF we cannot get justice in Pakistan, who can? Jamaat-e-Islami of Pakistan has forcefully taken over our father's properties. We have been waiting for justice for the last 35 years. Even the Supreme court Justices are afraid of Jamaat's thuggery and goondaa-gerdi. Our father told us that he made the greatest mistake of his life. That is why he never allowed his nine children to join the Jamaat. In 1940, Mowlana Abul Kalam Aazaad asked my father, 'what is the purpose of this Islami Jamaat'?  Moududi replied a fascist state where nobody should be able to challenge the leader of the Jamaat. Jamaat chielf is like chief of staff of the army ; nobody should be allowed to criticize him. Hamudur Rahman commission said, Jamaat leader  Mowlana Khurram Murad slapped Mowlana Bhaashaani repeatedly and lined up 15 Bengalis at a time and shot them at close range. My father sent Goondaas and did not allow Mujibur Rahman to have meeting in Golbaag Karachi. Mujib told my father, I will never allow you to come to East Pakistan. These Mowlana's are the monsters, creation of my dad. ....

2012/3/15 S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>

 

I do not know much about Haider Maududi.However the Jamaat is not a family based party.The Jamaat and Sayyid Maududi are  represented by its members and its'Shura.

 

Shah Abdul Hannan

 


From: khabor@yahoogroups.com [mailto:khabor@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of SyedAslam
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 4:22 AM
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [KHABOR]:
ভাষা আন্দোলন মুক্তিযুদ্ধ নিয়ে জামায়াতে ইসলামীর ভেলকিবাজি - রু দ্দী

 

 

Mr. Shah Abdul Hannan

 

How about Haidar Maududi (Son Of Maulana Maududi) when he speaks against Jamaat-e-Islami:

http://www.siasat.pk/forum/showthread.php?75182-Haidar-Maududi-(Son-Of-Maulana-Maududi)-Speaks-against-Jamaat-e-Islami                  ??????

 

Did  Mr. Haidar Maududi lose his balance too, when he exposed Jamaate Islami ????

 

When the so-called  Islamists raised the slogan : "Amra sobai hobo Taliban

Bangla hobe Afghanistan did Bangladesh Jamaate Islami  condemned

the Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islam (Huji) ????

As matter of fact: "In Bangladesh, the HUJi-B is also known to have enjoyed 

the patronage of mainstream political parties such as the Bangladesh 

Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami"

[http://www.globaljihad.net/view_page.asp?id=992  ]

 

Syed Aslam

 

2012/3/10 S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>

 

To praise Taliban as honest Islamists and condemn democratic Islamic party jamaate Islami is madness of the writer. Mr Umar loses his balance when it comes to mainstream Islamists who want implementation of Islamic laws and values.

As regards Gulam Azam sahib and language movement, I have no comment myself. Historians will judge his place.

Shah Abdul Hannan

 

Shah Abdul Hannan

 


From: khabor@yahoogroups.com [mailto:khabor@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Muhammad Ali
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 11:01 AM
To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: [KHABOR] Fw: [Progressive-Muslim] Fw:
ভাষা আন্দোলন মুক্তিযুদ্ধ নিয়ে জামায়াতে ইসলামীর ভেলকিবাজি- রু দ্দী

 

 

 

 

 



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To 'educate' on Islam, I would like to paste here an earlier posting on Muktomona by Mohammad Asghar.  He might have a few mistakes, but his articles are worth reading.

MUHAMMAD & ISLAM: Stories not told before.

 

By Mohammad Asghar 

E-mail: MSA40@aol.com   

 

 

PART - 1

 

Long time ago, a tiny spot in the midst of the Arabian Peninsula, became a focal point for all the Pagan Bedouins of the desert for the reason that it had on its bosom the House of God, also known as the Ka'aba, along with a well, the pagans called Zumzum, which helped them quench their killing thirst. 

The pagans were a deeply religious people. They held the view that there was a god to cover each aspect of their lives. Consequently, they believed that there was a god who gave them life. They also believed that the same god gave them sustenance and protected them from all hazards of their lives. They further believed that there were other gods who rained water from the sky and made them successful in their battles.
There was a tribe, called Quraish, among the pagans, which was intelligent and enterprising. Its members preferred sedentary life to a nomadic life.

Capitalizing on other Bedouin tribes' religious devotions as well as their lack of preference to a sedentary life, the members of the Quraish tribe installed themselves in Mecca, around the House of God and the well of Zumzum, with the aim to cater to the religious needs of their nomadic and sedentary brethren. They had the inside and outside of the House of God staked with three hundred and sixty idols, which all of the pagans venerated and worshipped.

Over a period of time, the spot first came to be known as Bakka (3:96) and then Mecca. The Quraish tribe was its virtual occupants due to the fact that some of its powerful members perpetually controlled the supervision, and the religious rituals, of the House of God.

The members of the Quraish tribe consisted of three groups. One was the priestly group, which controlled the House of God, and sustained itself on the income that the House generated for it from the pilgrims. The second group consisted of a small number of the Quraish people who engaged themselves in trade. The third group was large, and it consisted of the people who sustained themselves by providing water and other services to the pilgrims. This occupation of theirs did not guarantee them a regular income; when they had a large number of pilgrims, they earned a good living, but when the number of the pilgrims declined, so did their income. Those people can be compared with our modern-day day laborers; they get paid only when they are employed for active service.

Over 1,400 years ago, there lived in Mecca a man by the name of Abdullah. He belonged to the third group of the Quraish people. His wife's name was Amina. Because he did not have a consistent income, his household often suffered from deprivations. Many a times, the couple had to go to bed without food. Persistent poverty took its toll; the couple frequently fought and argued on their financial condition as well as on what was likely to happen to them in future.

Recognizing the fact that she and her husband did not have the means to feed another mouth, Amina always forced her man to ejaculate his semen outside her vagina. This practice helped her to avoid pregnancy for sometime, but one night Abdullah failed to control himself, and she ended up being a pregnant woman.
Amina was angry. She tried her best to destroy the pregnancy, but failed.

Unable to do anything else with her conception, she resigned to her fate and decided to carry her pregnancy to its full term. Abdullah, her husband, felt for her discomforts and sought to help by providing her with the services of a slave-girl, named Barakat.

But as misfortune would have it, Amina's husband died when she was about six months into her pregnancy. This tragedy increased her hatred towards the child she was carrying in her belly. She considered it to be the harbinger of a bad luck. She feared that many more mishaps would befall her after she delivered the jinxed baby.

At the time of his death, Abdullah is believed to have owned five camels, a few sheep and a female slave of Ethiopian origin, named Barakat.

Not being able to do anything else to alleviate her fear, she carried the fetus until it was ready to take birth as a baby-boy. When the time finally arrived, she delivered the baby without a hitch.

Amina called the baby-boy Kothan, but his grandfather changed it to Muhammad at a later date (see R. V. C. Bodley's The Messenger, p. 6).

Contrary to the general belief, Muhammad is not a Muslim name; rather, it is an Arabian pagan name that was in use even before the birth of Islam's founder.

Genealogically, it is claimed that Muhammad was a descendent of Ismail who, as the Bible implies, was an illegitimate son of Abraham, born of Hagar, an Egyptian handmaid of his wedded wife, Sarah (Genesis, 16:1-15). It was this son, the majority of Muslims believe, whom Abraham attempted to sacrifice upon God's command in a dream, and who, as a consequence, earned the heavenly title of "Zabi-Ullah," i.e. "the one to be sacrificed in the name of God" - - - not his legitimate son Isaac, as claimed by the Book of Genesis.

The actual date of Muhammad's birth is not known, nor can it be ascertained now. The scholarly hypothesis on this issue is at some variance. Philip K. Hitti says that he was born in or around 571 AD (History of the Arabs, p. 111). Abdullah Yusuf Ali maintains, "The year usually given for the Prophet's birth is 570 A.D, though the date must be taken as only approximate, being the middle figure between 569 and 571, the extreme possible limits."(The Holy Quran, V. 2, p. 1071).

The discrepancy in the year of Muhammad's birth notwithstanding, some Muslims categorically maintain that he was born in the early hours of Monday, the 29th day of August, 570 A.D (See Ghulam Mustafa, Vishva Nabi, p. 40).  - - an occasion that they observe each year with great fanfare. Contrary to this, and as is the case with Jesus Christ, the year of Muhammad's birth cannot, in fact, be established with reliable historical evidence. The celebrations that are held now to celebrate Muhammad's birth, therefore, have no Islamic basis and these are mere traditions only.

At the time of Muhammad's birth, the Arabs lived in a state of moral decadence. Though the institution of marriage existed among the Arabs for its namesake, they pursued extramarital sex at whim. On the subject of the Arabs' fornication, Maxime Rodinson quotes Rabbi Wathan:

Nowhere in the world was there such a propensity towards fornication as among the Arabs, just as nowhere was there any power like that of Persia, or wealth like that of Rome, or magic like that of Egypt. If all the sexual license in the world were divided into ten parts, nine of these would be distributed among the Arabs and the tenth would be enough for all the other races (Muhammad, p. 54, as translated by Anne Carter) 

R. V. C Bodley tacitly concurred with Wathan, saying:

There was Amr Ibn al As, the son of a beautiful Meccan prostitute. All the better Meccans were her friends, so that anyone, from Abu Sofian down, might have been Amr's father. As far as anyone could be sure, he might have called himself Amr Ibn Abu Lahab, or Ibn al Abbas or Ibn anyone else among the Koreishite upper ten. According to Meccan standards of that time, it did not matter who had sired him (In his book, The Messenger, p. 73).

According to historians, Muhammad was born during this period of time, and in one of the ten upper class Quraish families of Mecca. To these people, it did not matter who had fathered whom. All children born under this condition must have always faced the question over the legitimacy of their mothers' conceptions!

In spite of becoming the mother of a son, whom her society greatly valued, Amina continued to maintain her hatred towards the newborn boy. In order to take her vengeance out, she refused to suckle him, even when he was hungry.

Seeing the child's suffering and to help him survive, Thuwaibah, a slave-girl of the child's uncle Abu Lahab, took upon herself the responsibility to breastfeed him for a few days (see Adil Salahi's Muhammad: Man and Prophet, p. 23) until someone else was found to take him into her permanent custody.

In the period Muhammad was born, poor Bedouins from the desert used to flock, from time to time, to Mecca to collect alms from those few who could afford to give it to them. Following the tradition, Haleema, a poor Saadite shepherd woman, came and knocked at Amina's door. Being herself a poor widowed woman, Amina had nothing to offer Haleema; instead, she wished to unload her own burden by putting her newborn son into her lap.

Haleema was dumbfounded, for, in her judgment, no mother would ever dispose of her baby in the manner Amina wanted hers disposed. Knowing well her own situation, Haleema, at first, refused to accept the custody of the child, but when she considered the fact that she would have, in due course of time, two more hands to help her family out in its dire circumstances, she took the baby and left for her home.

Haleema's tribe lived in one of the pastoral valleys of Northern Arabia. Though they were poor, yet they always maintained their industrious and bold characters. Unlike the people of the Quraish tribe, the people of the Saadite tribe excelled in the use of sword and lances. Their dexterous use of swords and lances always earned them triumphs in the struggles that they had to face almost regularly, and perpetually, in order to survive in the harsh conditions and environments of their surroundings.

The people of the Saadite tribe were also renowned for speaking the most refined Arabic in all of Arabia. The similarity of the Quran's language with that of the Saaditic Arabic is the indication that the writer of the Quran must have been one of the Saadites, or that he must have lived among them during his formative years.

The entire population of the Arabian Peninsula believed in the existence of angels. They also believed that angels pay visits to people who were destined to receive special favors from Allah. This deity lived in and around the Ka'aba along with other 359 gods. Because the Arabs believed in the angels' closeness to Allah, many of them took up their worship with the hope that once pleased, the angels would have no difficulty in convincing Allah to grant them relief from their endless sufferings.

Haleema's son, Masroud, was almost of Muhammad's age. She began rearing up both the infants in her right earnest. She suckled both of them and cared for them equally. She looked forward to the day when those two infants would grow up and provide her with the help she always needed to make her life somewhat pleasant.

In the interlude she rarely enjoyed, Haleema, being a loving and caring mother, often used to mull over the future of Masroud, her own son. She was the product of the Bedouin life; she herself had been living such a life. Her long experience convinced her that no matter how industrious and brave her son was, the bareness of the desert and the conditions that obtained in it, would never afford him an opportunity to live a life that could even distantly be compared with the one that some people of Mecca lived. She, therefore, wanted her son to go to Mecca to live there a comfortable life.

But how was she going to send her son to Mecca? she consistently asked herself.

Haleema thought and thought. Lost in it, she spent many, many nights without sleep. Even during the day, her mind remained occupied with her only thought: how to induct Masroud, with a secured base, into the Meccan life.

Her constant and persistent exploration of possibilities eventually paid the dividend. It dawned on her that she could achieve her ambition easily, if she arranged to return Muhammad to his mother in Mecca with an undetectable switch. The switching plan required Haleema simply to have Muhammad substituted by Masroud and plant him in Amina's house where, she knew for sure, there was none who could ever suspect or question his identity. 

Pleased with her plan, Haleema began working on its implementation. First of all, she needed to call Muhammad Masroud, and Masroud Muhammad. At the beginning, the infants appeared a little confused, but after a short period of time, they got used to the change. And this change proved hugely instrumental in turning around the destinies of two innocents infants; one of them was going to change, undeservedly, the face of the earth; the other was going to live, undeservedly for him, too, the life of an anonymous Bedouin.

The second step of the plan required Haleema to create a situation that would facilitate her son's plantation in Amina's house. This step required her to conceive a scenario that would not only fit in the pagans' age-old belief, it would also soften Amina's attitude towards her son whom she despised from the core of her heart. And what could be a better scenario than the following, which she made use of in order to convince Amina that her son was really a prodigious child.

No sooner had Muhammad stepped into the fifth year of his life, Haleema began telling everyone she came across about the prodigious nature of her adopted son. She took special pleasure in narrating the child's encounter with two angels whom, she claimed, her own son Masroud, had seen with his own eyes, surrounding Muhammad in a broad daylight.

Pressed for details, she used to tell her listeners that one day, Masroud and Muhammad were playing in field. While they were engrossed in their play, from nowhere, two angels appeared before Muhammad.

They laid him gently on the ground, and Gabriel, one of the two angels, opened up the boy's heart. He cleansed it from impurity; wrung from it those black and bitter drops of the sin that we inherited from our forefather Adam, and which lurk in the hearts of the best of his descendents, inciting them to the commission of sin. When infant Muhammad had been thoroughly purified, Gabriel filled his heart with faith and knowledge and prophetic light, and then he replaced it in his bosom.

During this angelic visitation, Haleema told her listeners, the angels also impressed between Muhammad's shoulders the seal of prophecy. To prove her claim, she used to make Muhammad bare his body so that those people who doubted her sanity could see with their own eyes the mark that existed between his shoulders.

Haleema had to resort to this cunning tactic in order to hide a serious problem: The child that was born to Amina bore no mark at the back of his body; whereas Masroud had a distinctive birth mark between his shoulders. Now, if Haleema had not invented the story of the angels who, she had to claim, impressed Muhammad's body with "the seal of prophecy," her entire scheme would have been jeopardized, and her desire to plant her son in Amina's house frustrated.

The ground thus prepared for his return to his mother, Haleema carried Muhammad to Mecca and sought to deposit him on Amina's lap. Seeing her reluctance, Haleema narrated to her all that that had happened to Muhammad, and also the affixation of the seal of prophecy by the angels on his back. Considerably mellowed down by Haleema's account of the child's supernatural expositions, Amina took back her son.

Haleema returned to her home in the desert, with the satisfaction that she succeeded in placing her son in a Meccan home where he would grow into a man and then find for himself a place to lead a life, filled with relative abundance and peace.

Muhammad remained with Amina until his sixth year, although he often missed Haleema, his biological mother. He played with the local children; joined them in their merrymaking games; watched pilgrims praying at the temple of Ka'aba and welcomed and said goodbyes to the caravans that halted at the city before departing for their trading destinations. All the activities of the city fascinated him, for he found them to be quite different from the ones he saw and grew up with in the land of his birth.

Despite the antagonism that Amina had harbored against him following his birth, she treated him fairly well after his return from the desert. She fed him to the best of her ability; clothed him to the extent it was necessary and took care of his well being as well. She also took him around in the city and introduced him to his near as well as distant relatives.

After a few months of his return to Mecca, Amina took Muhammad to Medina and introduced him to her maternal relatives there. On her journey homeward, she died and was buried at Abwa, a village that lied between Medina and Mecca. Barakat, the slave-girl, now acted as a mother of the orphan child and delivered him to his grandfather Abd al Mutallib in whose household he was destined to spend three years of his life.



Part 2

 

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2012/3/16 Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
In Islam, reverse coitus is forbidden.  The prophet said, the Noah's deluge occurred to punish the people following the practice.  Islam is always right and critics(even if they include the contemporaries of the prophet) are always wrong, with such attitude Q. A. Rahman has come here. He has even found a Brahmin , illiterate of any scriptural knowledge, to support him.

 " I am glad my Hindu brothers and sister stopped this practice."  one of many 'wrong home made' stories made by a self claimed wise man.  The practice was stopped by a British viceroy and Ram Mohan Roy (a Hindu turned Brahmo after being disowned by parents). 'Satidaha'  or more commonly known as Sati was practiced to grab a larger share of property.  The Vikings also practiced Sati.  When a member of the community died, he was cremated with his wife and boat.  These items were necessary in the 'afterlife'  After it was banned, the widows were sent to Benares to live on alms or prostitution.

Didn't the Muslims do it too?  Afzal Khan was said to have been warned of his imminent death by the Friday Imam.  On returning home from the congregation, he put all his wives, twenty six of them to sword.  He thought the angel of death would be happy with them, if not the poor wives did not deserve to live after him anyway.


2012/3/16 qar <qrahman@netscape.net>
 

While I have not much problem with giving "Fair" share to women, I do not think Taslima was going after that. She was going after "Her own share" of gravy train...


fighting religious fundamentalism. 

>>>>>>>>
Loads of good people feel Taslima was in some sort of fight to "Help" poor women. The problem is her criticism of Islam was based upon WRONG information. We have seen some of the "similar style" of criticism in this forum as well. When she was exposed about her "Home made stories", she ran out of gas!!

Taslima suggested that woman has right to enjoy a naked body of a man. What an obscene proposal!

>>>>>>>>>>>> Let me assure you it is NOT an obscene proposal at all. Ask millions of married women in all over the world, they enjoy naked body of a man too. That is one of the "Benefit" of being married. Civilized societies all over the world (Muslim, Hindu, Christians, Jews etc) recognized this "Institution". Only animals (Less than civilized or heathens) jump over moving bodies without knowing them or without having any legal relations with them. I do agree some communities tend to look the "Other way" about these "Special relations" and some tend to stick to the law a bit more. Regardless, universally these are not accepted in most places.


In our communities this is "Common sense" to around 98% of us. But Taslima wanted to do more. So in her personal life she chose to have a "Partner" without being married. As I understand it was "Tolerated" but she wanted to "Force" everyone to agree with her "Strange foreign concept" of morality. It is no different than how once upon a time Pakistanis wanted to "Force" their "Version of Islam" to our forefathers!!
 

Whenever people are "Forced" to agree, they generally disagree more than agree. Many religious minded people in our country forget that at times. You may force criminals but for "Civilized" people that does not work most of the time. 


In the western society, no one will pay attention to such statements

>>>>>>>>> In western countries cultural norms are different. For example, in the US around 11% of total population ( A report I read around 11 years ago) had incest type relationship and many young men and women have been scared for life for such sexual abuse. In western countries many 13 year old girls get pregnant. In the name of freedom they are given "Right" not to inform their parents about such relations. I have known some Bengali Americans who used to brag about how smart their children were at times. Now after they have ruined their lives, they feel differently about having "Sexual freedom" at an early age.

For example, Islam gave 100% right to woman to pick her husband. Her parents are NOT allowed to force her into marriage without her consent (Albeit our "Too smart parents" sometimes are reluctant to give that right to their daughters but it is a right given by Allah to every Muslim men and women). Now one can surely CRITICISM how we practice Islam when it suits us (When we demand privileges or play victim!) and we abandon Islam when it comes to take responsibilities (Often Muslim men force their daughters to marry against their will). I am all for it.

Taslima had no such noble ideals, she just wanted to rant against some "Imaginary" enemies because gullible people (Mostly in India and in western countries) were willing to spend their resources behind such "Crusaders for women". But she is a phony.

Now if you want to look from a non-religious point of view, I would give a lot more credit to Dr. Jaforullah (Of Gonoshastho pharmaceutical) and Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Both of them worked to convince a conservative society to allow them to work with women and empower women. You can even credit some owners of garment industries around the country. Because of these people, women of our country became more powerful, economically independent and often received more respect from her families. I may disagree with some of their methodologies but surely they helped thousands of women.

On the other hard, "fame hungry Taslima" only "USED" women to get some glory for herself. I do NOT see even single woman who directly benefited from her work. However she did united those who claim to be religious and have political ambition at the same time. 

goddess-worshippers did not have problem burning a live woman in the pyre of her dead husband (Satidaha).

>>>>>>>> I am glad my Hindu brothers and sister stopped this practice. At the same time if there is someone who thinks it is a good idea, I am open for a discussion.


Islam has subjugated woman for generations and it is still doing so in many countries around the world (e.g., Saudi Arabia).


>>>>>>>>> As I pointed out earlier, opportunist men and women "Subjugated" women. Islam gave plenty of rights to women but unless the hypocrites among us don't take the responsibilities, our mothers and daughters will suffer.

n  {The most perfect of the believers in faith are the best of them in morals.  And the best among them are those who are best to their wives.}2




For example, according to Islamic law, women do not have to give any "Dowry" (Joutuk) to men when she marries her. In fact, according to Islam it is men who have to offer "Mehr" (A large sum of money) to women they want to marry and give gifts to her family. Most Bengali men do not feel shy to "Borrow" from a Hindu custom of "Dowry" and make "Un-Islamic" demands on family of the lady. This is a valid criticism of Muslim men (most men) in Bangladesh. Many Muslims often ignores his duties towards his non-Muslim neighbors. But it is an Islamic order to make sure our neighbors are not harmed by us. In fact, prophet Muhammad (PBUH) if we eat well and keep our neighbors hungry, we are not good Muslims!!

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "He will not enter Paradise whose neighbour is not secure from his wrongful conduct."
--------- Sahih Muslim, Hadith 15

I can give many more examples of such hypocrisy of "My people".

For these reasons, I promote Islamic education and awareness among Muslims and even non-Muslims.

I also want to say, now a days MANY Islamic organizations are making awareness campaigns about the disease of "Dowry" in Bengali Muslim men. In recent years they successfully motivated many men to get married without any downy from girl's family. Guess thousands of potential victims were saved by this. In fairness they also deserve a thanks for empowering women of Bangladesh along with the likes of Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Dr. Jaforullah.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
"(God) will (question a person) on the Day of Resurrection (saying)): 'O son of Adam, I was sick but you did not visit Me.' The person will say: 'O my Lord, how could I visit Thee when Thou art the Lord of the worlds?' Thereupon (God) will say: 'Didn't you know that a servant of Mine was sick but you did not visit him, and were you not aware that if you had visited him, you would have found Me by him?'
(God will then say) 'O son of Adam, I asked you for food but you did not feed Me.' The person will say: 'My Lord, how could I feed Thee when Thou art the Lord of the worlds?' (God) will say: 'Didn't you know that a servant of Mine asked you for food but you did not feed him, and were you not aware that if you had fed him you would have found him by My side?'
--------- Sahih Muslim, Hadith 1172



I actually agree with a lot of your post (Specifically the idea of empowering women). Just wanted to add my two cents to the discussion....


Shalom!


-----Original Message-----
From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 10:41 pm
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] তসলিমা নাসরিনঃ কতোটা সফল নারীবাদে ?

 
Taslima Nasrin implanted two seeds in the male-dominated ancient conservative society in Bangladesh – 1) emancipation of women and 2) fighting religious fundamentalism.  
She implanted the first seed way ahead of the season. As her seed sprouted in the wrong season and started to grow bigger and bigger people were shocked. Let me spell the truth - she is an activist author. That's it.
Why do people always look for literary values in her writings with magnifying glass? I wonder.  Actually, they are looking for grapes in a Chili-plant.  Taslima is a Chili-plant; get it? Don't try to treat a chili as a grape; you will get burned. Unfortunately, that's exactly what's happening to so many intellectuals.
Why is it so hard for so many people to realize this simple truth about Taslima Nasrin? My guess is - they all know it very well, yet they use this false yardstick to demean her contribution and denigrate her on purpose. Taslima suggested that woman has right to enjoy a naked body of a man. What an obscene proposal! But, if she would suggest - man should enjoy the naked body of a woman - that would be fine. Isn't it? Can you find hypocrisy in the argument against Taslima?
In the western society, no one will pay attention to such statements; they are  natural phenomena; man and woman get attracted to opposite sexes. There is no shame or obscenity in this idea. Yet, this was an obscene suggestion to  many Bangladeshi intellectuals.   
Women rights and religion are both interrelated. You cannot separate one from the other. Let's take the example of the religion with many Goddesses and the followers worship them every day. It's Hinduism. You will find that all those goddess-worshippers did not have problem burning a live woman in the pyre of her dead husband (Satidaha). It continued for so long under the religious sanction. This practice also tells us that – a religion having so many Goddesses can treat married women as properties of their husbands.  Does that make sense? I don't think so. Luckily, this practice has been abolished during Raja Ram Mohan Roy. Islam has subjugated woman for generations and it is still doing so in many countries around the world (e.g., Saudi Arabia). Christianity subjugated women in the past also and it is still doing it in the realm of religion. So, religion is a hurdle in the way of women's rights, and Taslima rightly diagnosed the problem.
Many say - she was trying to grab the attention. Yes, that's what an activist do, and that's exactly what is needed to achieve their objectives. No one should blame her for seeking publicity for her causes. To me - she has done a monumental job in igniting such a debate in an ancient society, like that in Bangladesh. I am surprised to see such reactions to her views form the intellectuals in Bangladesh. It's pathetic, and totally detrimental to the ideal of free speech.
Jiten Roy
 

--- On Thu, 3/15/12, mazhar blog <mazharblog@gmail.com> wrote:

From: mazhar blog <mazharblog@gmail.com>
Subject: [mukto-mona] তসলিমা নাসরিনঃ কতোটা সফল নারীবাদে ?
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Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012, 2:32 AM

 
তসলিমা নাসরিনঃ কতোটা সফল নারীবাদে ?

আঠারো শতকের শেষভাগে পৃথিবীতে একটি নতুন চিন্তাধারার জন্ম হয়। বাস্তবিক পক্ষে এই চিন্তাটির উৎস প্রাচীনকাল থেকেই পরিলক্ষিত হয়ে আসছে মানব সমাজে। কিন্তু তার সফল ও পূর্ণাঙ্গ রূপ দেখা যায় আঠারো শতকে মেরি ওলস্টোনক্র্যাফটের 'দি ডিণ্ডিকেশন অফ দি রাইটস অফ ওম্যান' প্রকাশিত হওয়ার পরে। এটি আর বলার অপেক্ষা রাখে না যে- সেই মূল্যবান চিন্তাধারাটি, যা আন্দোলনরূপ লাভ করেছে তা হল 'নারীবাদ'। নারীদের অধিকার আদায়ের আন্দোলন। বিদ্রোহী মেরি মূলত নারীদেরকে মুক্ত করতে চেয়েছিলেন পুরুষ-গৃহের কারাগার থেকে। তিনি নারীকে নারী হিশেবে দেখতে চান নি, চেয়েছেন মানুষ হিশেবে। নারী-পুরুষ সাম্য প্রতিষ্ঠা করতে চেয়েছেন বিদ্রোহের মধ্য দিয়ে, প্রতিক্ষেত্রেই। তার মতে, পুরুষতান্ত্রিক সমাজ নারীকে মানুষ হতে শেখায় না; নারী হিশেবে বড় হতে শিক্ষা দেয়। আমাদের ভারতীয় উপমহাদেশের একজনও একই প্রসঙ্গে বলেছিলেন আজ থেকে প্রায় ১৩০ বছর আগে। বেগম রোকেয়া। তিনি শুধুমাত্র নারী জাগরণের অগ্রদূতই ছিলেন না; ধর্মের বিভিন্ন কাঠামোকেও অতিক্রম করেছেন নিজ সাহিত্য শক্তিগুণে। এবং সীমাতিক্রম করেছেন সমাজের অনেক প্রাচীন প্রথার বিরুদ্ধে। তিনিও এমত প্রকাশ করেন যে, পুরুষের লক্ষ্য ও নারীর লক্ষ্য ভিন্ন নয়। তাদের স্বার্থ সমান-সমান্তরাল। এভাবে পৃথিবীতে ঐ সময় নারী আন্দোলনের সূত্রপাত ঘটে। এরপর অনেকেই নারীমুক্তির জন্য আন্দোলন করেছেন। লিখেছেন অনেক প্রবন্ধ-গ্রন্থ। নারীবাদের আরেক মহান সত্তা হলেন সিমোন দ্য বেভোয়ার। ইউরোপের পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে তিনি এক সুবিশাল,শক্তিশালী ও মহান তত্ত্বের জন্ম দেন। যা প্রকাশিত হয় 'দ্য সেকেণ্ড সেক্স' গ্রন্থে। তিনি নারী আন্দোলনকে আরো কয়েকধাপ এগিয়ে দেন এবং আবিষ্কার করেন নারীর সীমাবদ্ধতা। নারী যে মানুষ ভিন্ন আলাদা কোনো বস্তুসামগ্রী নয় এই বস্তুজগতের, তা প্রকাশ পায় তার বিখ্যাত এই উক্তিতে-'কেউ নারী হয়ে জন্ম নেয় না, বরং হয়ে ওঠে নারী ।' তিনি অত্যন্ত জ্ঞানলব্ধ, বৈজ্ঞানিক, দার্শনিক ও সমগ্র শিল্পকলার মধ্য দিয়ে সৃষ্টি করেছেন এই গ্রন্থ ও উদ্‌ঘাটন করেছেন আধুনিক নারীবাদ। এভাবে সমগ্র পৃথিবী জুড়েই চলতে শুরু করে একটি নতুন আলোড়ন, একটি নতুন বিস্ফোরণ; যা নারীবাদ। এখানে উত্তর-পূর্ব আরো অনেকের নাম উল্লেখ করা প্রয়োজন নারীবাদের ক্ষেত্রে। তার হলেন- রামমোহন রায়, ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর, লুসি স্টোন, কেডি স্ট্যান্টন, সুজ্যান অ্যান্থনি, ফ্যানি রাইট, স্টুয়ার্ট মিল, হেন্রিক ইবসেন, রোসা লুকেম্বার্গ, ভার্জিনিয়া উল্ফ এবং আরো অনেকে। নারী আন্দোলনের,জাগরণের পথিকৃৎ হিশেবে এরা খ্যাত। নারী আন্দোলনের তাত্ত্বিক চিন্তাধারায় তারা সুগভীর পথ দেখিয়েছেন সমগ্র নারী বিশ্বের জন্য।


বিশ্বে নারীদের বর্তমান অবস্থান,পরিস্থিতির দিকে দেখলে এটি অবশ্য মনে পড়ে যে, নারাবাদী এই তাত্ত্বিক বক্তব্য ওতোটা সহজে ভূমিকা রাখতে পারবে না নারীর অবস্থা উৎক্রমনের ক্ষেত্রে। তবে এটিও সত্য যে নারীর বাস্তব অবস্থান তুলে ধরতে এই বহুমাত্রিক তত্ত্বগুলো অত্যন্ত গুরুত্ববহ। প্রাচীনকাল থেকেই সমাজে নারীর অবস্থান অগ্রগতির বিপরীতে। সমাজ ও রাষ্ট্রে নারীর অবস্থান নিয়ে হোমার থেকে হেগেল পর্যন্ত সকলেই মত দিয়েছেন। কিন্তু তারা কেউই নারী অধিকার দিতে রাজি হন নি। হোমার, ইস্কাইলাস, সফোক্লিস, সক্রেটিস, প্লেটো, অ্যারিস্টটল সকলের কাছেই সমাজ মানে পুরুষ সমাজ। আমাদের পুরুষ নির্ধারিত সমাজ কাঠামোর মূলে রয়েছে পুরুষের ব্যক্তিস্বাতন্ত্র্য। পুরুষরা বরাবরই এমন নারী প্রত্যাশা করে, যে তার ক্রতদাসী হয়ে সংসার ধর্ম পালন করবে। তার অধীনে, মূলত তাকে প্রভু বলে নিজের জীবন কাটিয়ে দেবে এবং বিশ্বটা কখোনোই নিজের চোখে দেখবে না। তার পুরো বিশ্বের প্রতিটি বিন্দুতেই থাকবে পুরুষের দেওয়া একটি বাধ্যবাধকতা। যেটির অধীনে আবন্ধ থাকবে নারী। এভাবে একটি কল্পিত, কিন্তু বাস্তব হাত নারীকে মুক্তির পথ থেকে দূরে রেখেছে প্রথম থেকেই। প্রতিবেশ পরিস্থিতিকে উপেক্ষা করে দু একজন উপলব্ধি করেছে মুক্তির চেতনা। নিজেকে মুক্ত করতেও সফল হয়েছে তারা এই বদ্ধ সমাজ কাঠামো থেকে। তারা উপলব্ধি করেছে পুরুষের ঘর থেকে মুক্তি পাওয়াটাই একমাত্র মুক্তি লাভের পথ নয়; বরং সমাজ কাঠামো যেখানে তাদেরকে আটক করেছে সেখান থেকে মুক্তিলাভ করাটাই আসল মুক্তি। এই চেতনার প্রসার সম্প্রসারেই আজ নারীবাদের সূত্রপাত ঘটেছে। 

আমাদের বাংলাদেশে নারীবাদের এক অন্যতম জনপ্রিয় নাম হল- তসলিমা নাসরিন। তিনি বাংলায় নারী স্বাধীনতার পক্ষে অনেক মূল্যবান ভূমিকা রেখেছেন। তার গ্রন্থ; বিশেষ করে তার উপন্যাস, কলাম, কবিতা ইত্যাদিতে উঠে এসেছে নারীবাদের বিস্তৃত আলোচনা ও সংগঠন। মূলত এত দুঃসাহসিকভাবে নিজেকে প্রকাশ আর কোনো বাঙালির দ্বারা সম্ভব হয় নি। এখানে দুঃসাহসিক শব্দটির বিপক্ষে অন্য যেকোনো শব্দ প্রয়োগ করলে এই পূর্বোক্ত কথাটি সত্যতা হারাবে। কেননা তার দুঃসাহসিকাতা শুধুমাত্র সাহসিকতার পরিধি অতিক্রম করেছে তা নয়; উপর্যুপরি তা উশৃঙ্খলতায় রূপ নিয়েছে। এজন্যই তিনি বিতর্কিত ও সমালোচিত। 

তসলিমা নাসরিনের গল্প,কবিতা,উপন্যাসকে অনেকেটা সাহিত্য বলা চলে না। কেননা সাহিত্য কতগুলো সুসংবদ্ধ শিল্পকলার ফল। যেখানে কোনো সুনির্দিষ্ট চেতনা অপরিহার্য নয়, কিন্তু শিল্পগুণ ঠিক রাখা অপরিহার্য। মূলত সাহিত্য সৃষ্টির জন্য যে সৃজনী শক্তির প্রয়োজন হয় তা কোনো সত্তা নয়; অথচ আত্নপ্রকাশ ও মানবিক সংযোগ ও বিনিময়ের লক্ষে প্রাণিত একটি সত্তা; যা তার চেতনা,বোধ,বিশ্বাসকে কারিগরি রূপ দিয়ে গঠন কোরে সর্বজনসমক্ষে কোনো একটি বিশেষ প্রক্রিয়ার প্রকাশ করে। বাস্তবিকই শিল্পবোধ না থাকলে সাহিত্য সৃষ্টি সম্ভব নয়। উগ্রতা বা প্রলাপ কখনো সাহিত্যের মর্যাদা লাভ করে না। আলোচ্য তসলিমা নাসরিনের বৃহৎ রচনাকে পর্যবেক্ষণ করলে এটা স্পষ্ট হয় যে, সেগুলো অনেকটাই সাহিত্যমূল্যহীন। 

তসলিমা নাসরিনের লেখার একটি বড় অংশ হল যৌনতা। যেটিকে আমরা অশ্লীল বলে থাকি। আসলে যৌনতা অশ্লীল নয়। কিন্তু এই শব্দটির ব্যবহারই নির্ভর করে তা শ্লীল না-কি অশ্লীল। তথাকথিত অশ্লীল উপন্যাস 'লজ্জা' এর জন্য তাকে মুরতাদ ঘোষণা দিয়ে দেশছাড়া করা হয়েছে। একথা সত্য যে কুসংস্কারাচ্ছন্ন, পশ্চাৎপদ ধর্মজীবীরা ধর্ম দ্রোহীতার কথিত প্রাচীন অভিযোগ এনে এসব প্রতিভাবান লেখকদের সৃষ্টিশীলতা বিরুদ্ধে অন্তরায় হয়ে দাড়াচ্ছে। কিন্তু একটু গভীরে লক্ষ্য করলে এটা দেখা যাবে যে তসলিমা নাসরিনের ক্ষেত্রে এটা অনেকটাই ভিন্ন ছিল। এটুকু অস্বীকার করার উপায় নেই যে, তিনি নিজেই নিজের বিরুদ্ধে কথা বলেছেন, প্রক্রিয়াশীলতা দেখিয়েছেন নিজের পক্ষে নিজেই। এজন্যই তিনি বিতর্কিত। 

ড.হুমায়ুন আজাদ এক সাক্ষাৎকারে বলেছেন,"মৌলবাদিরা কোন চক্রান্ত থেকে তার বিরুদ্ধে আন্দোলন শুরু করে, তা আমি জানি না। তবে এ-ধরণের গুজব শোনা যায় ভারতের বিজেপি এর সংগে সংশিষ্ট ছিল, এমনকি তসলিমা নাসরিন নিজের বিরুদ্ধে মিছিলের আয়োজন নিজেই করেছিল বলে আমরা শুনেছি। বাঙলা একাডেমির বইমেলায় মিছিল হচ্ছিল, ছোট মিছিল, আমি নিজে তা বাধা দিতে গিয়েছিলাম, পরে শুনি ওটার আয়োজন সে-ই করেছে। তাই আমি আর বাধা দিই নি। বাঙলা একাডেমির তখনকার মহাপরিচালক আমাকে জানিয়েছিলেন মিছিলটি তসলিমা নিজেই আয়োজন করেছে। তসলিমা চেয়েছিল একটি মহাগোলোযোগ হোক। তাহলে সে সাড়া জাগানো ঘটনা বা ব্যক্তিতে পরিণত হবে।"

এ থেকে বোঝা যায় অনেকাংশেই তসলিমা নাসরিন খ্যাতির পিছনে দৌঁড়োতে দৌঁড়োতে রচনা করেছেন তার রচনাবলি। সমালোচনার মাধ্যমে এগুলোর স্থূলতা পরিষ্কার হচ্ছে ক্রমশই। 

তসলিমা নাসরিনের নারী অধিকার বা নারী মুক্তির যে চেতনা তাও অনেকটা ভুল ভাবে প্রোথিত হয়েছে। কেননা তার রচনা থেকেই ষ্পষ্ট হয় এটি। তসলিমা সমাজের উচ্ছৃঙ্খল পুরুষ সমাজের প্রতিরোধে যে উচ্ছৃঙ্খল নারী সমাজের রূপ এঁকেছেন তা সুস্থ সমাজের পরিপন্থী। আসলে আমাদের সমাজ কাঠামো এমন ভাবে পুরুষরা নির্মান করেছে যেখানে সকল সংস্কৃতির ধারক-বাহকও পুরুষই। ফলে সমাজের এই কাঠামোকে আগে না পাল্টাতে পারলে শুধুমাত্র সংস্কৃতির পরিবর্তনে সমাজে নারী-পুরুষ সাম্য প্রতিষ্ঠালাভ করবে না। তসলিমা বলেছিলেন,'আমরা আমোদিত হতে চাই, পুরুষ শরীর দেখে। আমরাও তৃষ্ণার্ত হতে চাই,আহ্লাদিত হতে চাই।' এটি কেমন সুস্থ মস্তিষ্কের চিন্তা ?(!) তিনি পুরুষ চিত্রকরদের তুলির ছোঁয়ার শিল্প হয়ে ওঠা নারীর নিতম্ব দেখে যদি বদলা হিশেবে চিত্রকরদের পুরুষাঙ্গ আঁকতে চান; তাহলে তা কি অসুস্থ মস্তিষ্কের পরিচয় দেয় না (?)। ধর্ষণের বদলা ধর্ষণ, বেলেল্লাপনার বদলা বেলেল্লাপনা, পতিতাপল্লির বদলা পতিতাপল্লি হতে পারে না। ভোগবাদী পুরুষের বিপক্ষে নারী ভোগবাদী আন্দোলনের সার্থকতা থাকাটা কল্পনারও অযোগ্য। এভাবে ভোগবাদের চূড়ান্ত রূপ যৌনতার বিপনন সাজিয়ে নারীবাদের অগ্রগতি সম্ভব নয়। 

তসলিমা নাসরিনের আরেকটি দিক হল তার সাম্রাজ্যবাদের দিকে অগ্রসর হওয়া। বর্তমানে পৃথিবীতে জ্ঞান-বিজ্ঞানের উন্নতির সাথে সাথে সমাজ কাঠামোতেও এসেছে নতুন ধারনা, নতুন মতবাদ। প্রাচীনকালের সেই কৃষিসমাজ থেকে শুরু করে বিভিন্ন ক্রিয়া বিবর্তনের মধ্য দিয়ে আজ আমরা অনেকগুলো সমাজ কাঠামো পেয়েছি। মার্ক্সবাদী সমাজকাঠামো, যা সাম্যের উপর ভিত্তি করে গড়ে তোলা হয়েছে; একমাত্র সেখানেই নারীর মুক্তি সম্ভব। কেননা স্বামী ভিত্তিক সমাজ কাঠামোটি হল পুরুষতান্ত্রিক সমাজের রূপ। যা পুঁজিবাদের প্রথম সংগঠন। আজকের বিশ্ব প্রায় পুরোটাই পিতৃতান্ত্রিক। দাসসমাজ, সামন্তসমাজ, পুঁজিবাদী সমাজ- পিতৃতন্ত্রকেই ধারণ করে। আর এ সমাজেই দেখা দেয় শ্রেণি বিভাজন। এর সাথে সাম্রাজ্যবাদী শক্তি ও ধর্মীয় মৌলবাদী শক্তি শ্রেণি বিভাজনকে আরো জোরদার করে। পৃথিবীর শাসকরা তাই ধর্মকে একটি হাতিয়ার হিশেবে ব্যবহার করে আসছে প্রথম থেকেই। ধর্মের নামে যুদ্ধ-কলহ করে ঠেকিয়ে রাখা হচ্ছে সাম্যবাদ। আর ধর্মকে হাতিয়ার হিশেবে ব্যবহার করার প্রক্রিয়াটি হল- ধর্মীয় নিতিগুলোর ভাঙন ও ধর্মীয় ভাবাবেগকে উস্কে দেওয়া। তসলিমা নাসরিন এ ক্ষেত্রে মানুষের ধর্মীয় ভাবাবেগকে উস্কে দিচ্ছেন। নাস্তিকতার উদ্দেশ্য এটা হতে পারে না যে- ধর্মের তথাকথিত আদর্শ মানবদের অবজ্ঞা করা। তিনি 'দ্বিখণ্ডিত' বইয়ে হযরত মুহম্মাদ সাঃ কে 'যৌনবিকৃত', 'ভণ্ড' ইত্যাদি বলেছেন। যা ধর্মের বিরুদ্ধে মানুষকে উস্কে দিয়ে ধর্মোন্মাদনা সৃষ্টি করছে। আর ধর্মোন্মাদনা সৃষ্টি ফলে সাম্যবাদ আরো দূরে চলে যাচ্ছে। দূরে চলে যাচ্ছে সাম্যবাদ প্রতিষ্ঠার মাধ্যমে নারীবাদের একামাত্র মূল মন্ত্রটি। আর ব্যাপ্তি লাভ করছে নারীর একমাত্র শত্রু পুঁজিবাদ ও পুঁজিবাদী রাষ্ট্রের তৎপরতা। 

উপমহাদেশের বিখ্যাত যুক্তিবাদ মনষ্ক প্রবীর ঘোষ তসলিমা নাসরিন সম্পর্কে বলেছেন-

"তসলিমা জেনে বা না জেনে বাংলাদেশের ধর্মীয় মৌলবাদকে এককাট্টা করেছে, তীব্রতর করেছে। ফলে মুক্তমনের মানুষ আর ধর্মীয় মৌলবাদী মানুষ বিভাজিত হয়েছে। শোষণ মুক্তির জন্য শোষিত মানুষরা এককাট্টা হতে পারেনি। তসলিমা সাম্রজ্যবাদীদের ইচ্ছেকেই শেষ পর্যন্ত জয়ী করেছেন।"

তসলিমা নাসরিনের এই নারীবাদী চিন্তাভাবনা নারী আন্দোলনকে কিছুটা এগিয়ে দিলেও নারীদের মুক্তির পথে অন্তরায়। নারীবাদী সেজে নারীবাদের প্রতি আক্রমণ।

-মাজ্‌হার





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