Editing Taslima Nasrin (section)

==Controversy==

=== Abrar Fahad ===
In 2019, she garnered criticism from all over [[Bangladesh]] following her comment on [[Murder of Abrar Fahad|Abrar Fahad]] in a Facebook status where she claimed "[[Murder of Abrar Fahad|Abrar Fahad]] behaved like a [[Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir|Shibir]] Member".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-10 |title=Abrar behaved like a Shibir member: Taslima Nasrin |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/abrar-behaved-shibir-member-taslima-nasrin-16569 |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref> Her critics included  [[Asif Nazrul]] who called her a "mentally unstable person" for making such a comparison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 2019 |title=Asif Nazrul slams Taslima for comparing Abrar to Shibir activist |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/430504/Asif-Nazrul-slams-Taslima-for-comparing-Abrar-to-Shibir-activist |access-date=2025-02-14 |work=Daily Sun |language=en}}</ref>

=== Burqa ===
When [[Sri Lanka]] banned the [[burqa]] in 2019, Nasrin took to Twitter to show her support for the decision. She described the burqa as a 'mobile prison,' a comment which was reported on by journalists.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 2019 |title=Taslima Nasreen Calls 'Burqa Ban' A Good Decision After Sri Lanka Bans All Face Coverings |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/social-relevance/burqa-ban-in-sri-lanka-taslima-nasreen-calls-burqa-ban-a-good-decision-after-sri-lanka-bans-all-kinds-of-face-coverings-366331.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411111656/https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/social-relevance/burqa-ban-in-sri-lanka-taslima-nasreen-calls-burqa-ban-a-good-decision-after-sri-lanka-bans-all-kinds-of-face-coverings-366331.html |archive-date=11 April 2023 |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=indiatimes.com}}</ref>

In another 2020 tweet about [[A. R. Rahman|A. R. Rahman's]] daughter Khatija Rahman wearing [[Burqa|burqas]] Taslima said,<blockquote>I absolutely love [[A. R. Rahman|A. R. Rahman's]] music. But whenever i see his dear daughter, i feel suffocated. It is really depressing to learn that even educated women in a cultural family can get brainwashed very easily!</blockquote>Khatija Rahman replied to this tweet in an Instagram post by saying,<blockquote>I'm sorry you feel suffocated by my attire. Please get some fresh air, cause I don't feel suffocated rather I'm proud and empowered for what I stand for. I suggest you google up what true feminism means because it isn't bashing other women down nor bringing their fathers into the issue. I also don't recall sending my photos to you for your perusal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taslima Nasreen-AR Rahman's daughter in war of words over burqa tweet |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/around-the-web/201580/taslima-nasreen-ar-rahman%E2%80%99s-daughter-in-war-of |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-02-17 |title=Taslima Nasreen, AR Rahman's daughter spar over burqa |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/taslima-nasreen-ar-rahmans-daughter-spar-over-burqa/articleshow/74166452.cms |access-date=2025-03-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-02-17 |title=A.R. Rahman's daughter Khatija: 'Why double standards only when it comes to women of a certain faith?' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/ar-rahmans-daughter-khatija-why-double-standards-only-when-it-comes-to-women-of-a-certain-faith/article30841514.ece |access-date=2025-03-08 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref></blockquote>

=== Eugenics ===
In a 2019 tweet, she stated on Twitter that<blockquote>Men and women who have bad genes with genetic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancer etc should not produce children. They have no right to make others suffer.<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1140856456222146560 |user=taslimanasreen |title=Men and women who have bad genes with genetic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancer etc should not produce children. They have no right to make others suffer. |first=Taslima |last=Nasreen}}</ref> </blockquote>Some commentators cited this as support for [[eugenics]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaikh |first1=Sumaiya |date=23 June 2019 |title=Taslima Nasreen's views echo eugenicists who favour genetic cleansing for racial supremacy |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/taslima-nasreens-tweet-shows-hitler-like-obsession-with-eugenics-pure-race-continues/253487/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602140659/https://theprint.in/opinion/taslima-nasreens-tweet-shows-hitler-like-obsession-with-eugenics-pure-race-continues/253487/ |archive-date=2 June 2024 |access-date=8 September 2022 |work=ThePrint}}</ref> Nasrin has denied this, stating that she is not a supporter of eugenics, and that her comment was not serious, and had been taken out of context.<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1141564810288435200 |user=taslimanasreen |title=It was not really a serious tweet. Next tweet was about my love for food, that i can't have the food i love because of some hereditary diseases. More than 12.4 k hatred i have received so far. Isn't it too much? I've learned though to be more humane. |first=Taslima |last=Nasreen |date=20 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |number=1141918723713859584 |user=taslimanasreen |title=No i don't believe in eugenics. It's so absurd! 4 decades of my struggle for women's equal rights, human rights, secular humanism & free speech can't be gone with the wind because of a sarcastic tweet. It is so easy to misunderstand me! Wish i knew better english. |first=Taslima |last=Nasreen |date=21 June 2019}}</ref>

=== Suicide ===
In another 2019 tweet just days after [[V. G. Siddhartha|V.G. Siddhartha's]] suicide, Taslima said,<blockquote>So many painless ways to commit suicide. why hang yourself, drown yourself, or cut your wrist, why jump from the high rise building or the bridge, or swallow pesticide, or poison or why jump in front of an oncoming train? Take the lethal doses of morphine and die peacefully.</blockquote>This was met with plenty of criticisms with critics calling the tweet irresponsible, insensitive and promotion of suicide. Responding to the criticisms she defended the tweet by saying,<blockquote>I am not encouraging people to die. I am asking people who decided to commit suicide or who is determined to commit suicide, to get a peaceful way to do it. It is a positive tweet.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 2, 2019 |title=Twitterati slam Taslima Nasreen for urging people to choose a 'peaceful' method of suicide, days after VG Siddhartha's death |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/taslima-nasreen-urges-people-to-choose-a-peaceful-method-of-suicide-days-after-vg-siddharthas-death/articleshow/70495273.cms |access-date=2025-03-08 |newspaper=Mumbai Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-02 |title=Taslima Nasreen Suggests 'Easy Way to Commit Suicide', Gets Heavily Trolled on Twitter |url=https://www.latestly.com/social-viral/taslima-nasreen-suggests-easy-way-to-commit-suicide-gets-heavily-trolled-on-twitter-1065807.html |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=LatestLY |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>

=== Moeen Ali ===
In a 2021 tweet about British cricketer [[Moeen Ali]] she said, <blockquote>If [[Moeen Ali]] were not stuck with cricket, he would have gone to Syria to join [[Islamic State|ISIS]].</blockquote>She faced significant criticism because of this tweet including Moeen's teammates [[Jofra Archer]], [[Sam Billings]] and [[Saqib Mahmood]]. Replying to Nasreen's original tweet, [[Jofra Archer|Archer]] wrote, "Are you okay? I don't think you're okay". [[Saqib Mahmood]] wrote, "Can't believe this. Disgusting tweet. Disgusting individual". She later justified her tweet with another tweet,<blockquote>Haters know very well that my [[Moeen Ali]] tweet was sarcastic. But they made that an issue to humiliate me because I try to secularize Muslim society & I oppose Islamic fanaticism. One of the greatest tragedies of humankind is pro-women leftists support anti-women Islamists.</blockquote>[[Jofra Archer|Archer]] also blasted Nasreen's attempt at damage control with her second tweet. "Sarcastic? No one is laughing, not even yourself, the least you can do is delete the tweet," Archer wrote.

[[Moeen Ali|Moeen Ali's]] father Munir said,<blockquote>If she looks into a mirror, she will know what she tweeted is what is fundamentalist – a vicious stereotype against a Muslim person, a clearly Islamophobic statement. Someone who doesn't have self-respect and respect for others can only stoop to this level.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-07 |title=Hurt and shocked to read Taslima Nasreen's vile remark against my son, says Moeen Ali's father Munir |url=https://www.crictracker.com/hurt-and-shocked-to-read-taslima-nasreens-vile-remark-against-my-son-says-moeen-alis-father-munir/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=CricTracker |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>She later deleted her original tweet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explained {{!}} The Taslima Nasreen-Moeen Ali controversy |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/explained-the-taslima-nasreen-moeen-ali-controversy-971401.html |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=England Cricketers Slam Taslima Nasreen For "Disgusting" Tweet On Moeen Ali {{!}} Cricket News |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/england-cricketers-rally-behind-moeen-ali-after-taslima-nasreens-controversial-tweet-2408091 |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=NDTVSports.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nasreen |first=Taslima |title=Second Tweet by Taslima Nasrin |url=https://x.com/taslimanasreen/status/1379396677514231810 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218105209/https://x.com/taslimanasreen/status/1379396677514231810 |archive-date=2025-02-18 |website=[[Twitter|X.com]]}}</ref>

=== Malala Yousafzai ===
In a 2021 tweet about [[Malala Yousafzai|Malala Yousafzai's]] marriage to Asser Malik, Taslima said,<blockquote>Quite shocked to learn Malala married a Pakistani guy. She is only 24. I thought she went to Oxford University for study, she would fall in love with a handsome progressive English man at Oxford and then think of marrying not before the age of 30. But..</blockquote>This tweet faced sharp crticisms with critics calling the tweet Islamophobic, colonialist and racist.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-11-10 |title=Taslima Nasreen 'shocked' that Malala married a Pakistani, says 'Taliban are happy' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/taslima-nasreen-shocked-that-malala-married-a-pakistani-says-taliban-are-happy-101636561750633.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220920154243/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/taslima-nasreen-shocked-that-malala-married-a-pakistani-says-taliban-are-happy-101636561750633.html |archive-date=2022-09-20 |access-date=2025-03-08 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NEON |first=Quint |date=2021-11-11 |title='It's Her Business': Twitter Calls Out User Who Shamed Malala for Marrying |url=https://www.thequint.com/neon/social-buzz/twitter-calls-out-woman-for-sexist-comment-on-malala-getting-married |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladeshi feminist Taslima Nasreen 'shocked' over Malala's marriage with Pakistani man |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/381594-bangladeshi-swedish-feminist-taslima-nasreen-shocked-over-malalas-marriage |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=www.geo.tv |language=en}}</ref>

=== Boycott Islam ===
After a knife terror attack at a church in [[Nice]] in 2020, Taslima tweeted "Boycott Islam". This led to formal complaints against for spreading disharmony and communal hate in [[India]]. This included [[Rajya Sabha]] MP [[Saket Gokhale]] filing a complaint with the Home Ministry of India. He said in a tweet,<blockquote>A Swedish national spreading communal hate speech in India will NOT be tolerated.</blockquote>Taslima later deleted that tweet.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-10-31 |title=Complaint filed against Taslima Nasreen over hate tweet |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/Oct/31/complaint-filed-against-taslima-nasreen-over-hate-tweet-2217446.html |access-date=2025-02-18 |work=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-31 |title=Taslima Nasreen removes 'Boycott Islam' tweet after backlash |url=https://maktoobmedia.com/india/taslima-nasreen-removes-boycott-islam-tweet-after-backlash/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Maktoob media |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Mahfuj Alam ===
In 2024, Taslima faced significant backlash after asserting that [[Mahfuj Alam]] was the leader of [[Hizb ut-Tahrir (Bangladesh)|Hizb-ut-Tahrir]] in a Facebook status despite not having any concrete evidence of it. This led to the [[Mass media in India|Indian mainstream media]] picking up on it and publishing it as news without further fact checking. Her actions quickly sparked a wave of memes and trolling on social media, with many people questioning her motives and even speculating about her mental state.<ref>{{Cite news |title=How false claims of Mahfuj Alam's extremist ties spread from social to news media |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/365214/how-false-claims-of-mahfuj-alam%E2%80%99s-extremist-ties |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-10 |title=Why are the Indian media looking at Bangladesh through Taslima Nasrin's lens? |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/features/panorama/why-indian-media-looking-bangladesh-through-taslima-nasrins-lens-963566 |access-date=2025-02-16 |work=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref>