Protesters led by three local lawmakers attacked exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin on Thursday while she was attending the release of her book.
Protesters from the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, a political party in Andhra Pradesh state, burst into the local Press Club shouting slogans describing Nasrin as "anti-Muslim" and "anti-Islam."
Nasrin fled Bangladesh in 1994 when Islamic extremists threatened to kill her after an Indian newspaper quoted her as saying changes must be made to the Quran, to give women more rights.
News via IHT
Aug 9, 2007
Taslima Nasrin attacked in India
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