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Taslima Nasreen’s residence permit extended for 1 year

The development comes days after the writer took to Twitter to express anguish at being given only three-month extension recently.

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen's residence permit extended by one year

Taslima had to leave Bangladesh in 1994 in the wake of a death threat by fundamentalist outfits for her alleged anti-Islamic views. Since then she has been living in exile. 

Taslima Nasreen tweets masturbation better 'than rape and murder', after man caught masturbating in Delhi bus

While Taslima Nasreen goes on to tweet that "men have to give up on misogyny to let half of human species live safely", she initially reacts to the horrific incident of a man masturbating in a Delhi bus by saying that it should not seen as a "big crime" in the era of "rape culture". "Men should rather masturbate, than rape and murder.

Religious minorities better in India than in Pakistan, Bangladesh, says Taslima Nasreen

On her write-up in an online magazine over the killing of a Muslim labourer in Rajasthan, Nasreen denied that she had equated the Hindu community with terror group ISIS after the incident.

The Taslima Nasreen Vs Muslim sentiment argument

There are remarkable similarities in the seemingly conflicting arguments between TaslimaNasreen and MLA Imtiyaz Jaleel. They tend to revolve around a few strong beliefs: (a) There is only one form of Islam in India, (b) all Muslims are deeply religious; they follow Islam as an ultimate way of life and (c) reform or no reform, Muslims cannot be understood without Islam.

Taslima Nasreen sent back from Aurangabad airport after protests

Protesters had also gathered outside a hostel where Nasreen was to stay during her three-day visit. Police said they had come to know that the writer was planning to visit the world heritage sites of Ajanta and Ellora besides other tourist spots in Aurangabad.

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen's visa extended by another year

Nasreen, who is a citizen of Sweden, had received one year extension on her visa in 2016 too.

Supreme Court dismisses plea against Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen

The bench was hearing the appeal filed by NGO 'All India Human Rights and Social Justice Front' for cancellation of Talima's visa.

Taslima Nasreen: Don't think India is an intolerant country

"I don't think India is an intolerant country. Most of the people are quite tolerant for each other's faith, I think", she said at the Kerala Literature Festival in Kozhikode.

Learn from P Chidambaram, lift ban on my serial: Taslima Nasreen to Mamata

The remarks of Taslima, living in exile in India, came a day after Chidambaram admitted banning Salman Rushdie's novel 'Satanic Verses' by the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1988 was "wrong".

Before Nahid Afrin, Shah Rukh Khan, AR Rahman and Salman Khan were issued fatwas too

Amid AIMIM Workers’ Protest, Taslima Nasrin Sent Back From Airport

Currently a citizen of Sweden, Taslima Nasreen was given a one-year visa extension by the Indian government from July 23, 2017. She was sent back from the Aurangabad airport, as soon as she landed, following protests by some AIMIM members. To know more about the story watch out the video