Let me try not to criticize Ms. Majid as a person. Let me just make a generalized point.
"Some people have set up a trap for me in this forum.", "Literature is my territory, and not Taslima's or Humayun's, because 'my academic training is in language, literature, literary theory, semiotics, translation theory, etc.' and their academic trainings are in Medicine and Chemistry, respectively.", "One woman made idiotic comments about Islam, that is why the Islamists have redoubled their oppression of women." are comments that are as foolish as calling an atheist 'Islamophobe'. I would expect an average college professor to have a smarter and wiser mind than this.
Sukhamaya Bain
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From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 2:05 PM
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 2:05 PM
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima
The TRAP -- Rokeya and Taslima -- is set up for me.
Anyone who dares utter a word against Taslima is going to stumble and fall head over heels right into the TRAP.
Listen to the clever language of the TRAP setters who have got S. A. Hannan on their side:
<< There are some in this forum, who are allergic to Taslima even though they espouse and fight for the same cause. I can only guess about their reasons for bitter contempt of her, but - I do understand your views in this context. >> Taslima was a medical doctor by profession. I have never studied medicine. Why would there be a professional jealousy in me against her? My academic training is in language, literature, literary theory, semiotics ,translation theory, etc. History, philosophy of language and religion & women's studies (as integral parts of cultural studies) are related subjects. So, if I object to someone mis-quoting the Qur'an by grossly mistranslating the Arabic text for the purpose of scoring a political or anti-social point then I am only minding my own business. It is Taslima who is trespassing my academic territory by making idiotic comments on Islam that only succeed in encouraging the Islamists to redouble their oppression of women. That is what has happened as a result of the Taslima debacle in 1993, and that is the ground level FACT. The TRAP is set up in such away that anyone disagreeing with Taslima's idiotic, illogical, ahistorical, endlessly self-referential, unrealistic claims is declared as a some kind of a conservative Islamist moron. Taslima never defines what she means by "fundamentalists". Her reasoning is intellectually feeble. What is Taslima's claim as an authority on the subjects she makes ignorant comments on?
The TRAP -- Rokeya and Taslima
is a form of bare-knuckle bullying by the Bengali Islamophobes!
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Anyone who dares utter a word against Taslima is going to stumble and fall head over heels right into the TRAP.
Listen to the clever language of the TRAP setters who have got S. A. Hannan on their side:
<< There are some in this forum, who are allergic to Taslima even though they espouse and fight for the same cause. I can only guess about their reasons for bitter contempt of her, but - I do understand your views in this context. >>
The TRAP -- Rokeya and Taslima
is a form of bare-knuckle bullying by the Bengali Islamophobes!
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.comFrom: jnrsr53@yahoo.comDate: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 09:53:54 -0700Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima
Hannan-Saheb, You are pretty consistent on your views. I was just trying to express my views on your comment about the 'enemy of all religions.' There are some in this forum, who are allergic to Taslima even though they espouse and fight for the same cause. I can only guess about their reasons for bitter contempt of her, but - I do understand your views in this context. You are a traditional Islamic man; so you are obviously in the opposite camp of Taslima. Hannan-Saheb, those who do not support freedom of religions, are enemies of religions. I am not an advocate of any religion, but I support freedom of religion for all, and I am glad to find you also in my camp on this issue. Thank you. Jiten Roy ====================================== --- On Fri, 7/20/12, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote: From: S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 20, 2012, 11:47 PM
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