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I said sorry, then what’s their problem? Asks Taslima

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Posted: Jan 18, 2008 at 1926 hrs IST

Kolkata, January 18: Her outdoor movement severely restricted, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen said she was being used as a political pawn by fundamentalists who wanted her to leave the country.

Speaking about the demand by fundamentalists that her books should not be displayed at the Kolkata Book Fair, she said, "are the protests by fundementalists at all for religious reasons? I think they are trying to use me for political purposes. I have already said that I did not have any intention to hurt anybody's religious sentiment. I have even said if someone's sentiment is hurt then I am sorry. And I have deleted the controversial portion from my book Dwikhondito.”

“Then what is their problem?" Taslima said from Delhi over phone.

Taslima said, "even though I am being confined, I still have a hope that I will be able to go to Kolkata and lead a normal life."

"I hope so because I still have faith in Indian democracy and secular ideals," said the writer who was forced to leave Kolkata on November 22, a day after widespread violence in the city by a little known minority organisation demanding cancellation of her visa.

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