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Taslima Nasreen's Facebook profile disabled
Kolkata, April 15
Controversial Bangladeshi
writer Taslima Nasreen's Facebook account was disabled after her posts
were reported by Islamic fundamentalists, the author said on Wednesday.
"Since
Tuesday my Facebook account has been disabled. Despite several
requests, the Facebook authorities have not revived my account. They
have done it to pacify the Islamic fundamentalists, who don't me to
share my thoughts on the social media," Nasreen told IANS from New
Delhi.
The exiled writer slammed Facebook authorities for denying her the medium to interact with her readers.
"I
am banned from entering Bangladesh and West Bengal; my readers can't
access my writings because they too are banned. So, I was using Facebook
as a media to connect with my readers. But even that is not being
allowed.
"The Facebook authorities are not at all concerned with
numerous fake accounts that exist on my name, but have all the
reservations against my authentic account only to pacify Muslim
fundamentalists who don't want me to share my thoughts," added Nasreen.
Nasreen,
who provoked the ire of fundamentalists, had to leave Bangladesh in
1998 after her novel "Lajja" (shame) hit the stands, and said her
account was deleted on several occasions earlier as well.
"My
account was revived after being disabled several times but this time I
have lost hope. Many of my writings have vanished," said the author,
whose Facebook profile under the name 'Nasreen Taslima' had more than a
lakh followers.