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[taslima nasreen @taslimanasreen]

I have been invited to Kolkata by an organisation called Secular Mission. The organisation is headed by a progressive Muslim, Osman Gani Mallik.

Is the BJP taking me to Kolkata? No.

Is the West Bengal government taking me there? No.

The elected government of West Bengal is only arranging my security. Whenever I visit any state, whichever political party is in power there arranges my security. This is a normal administrative responsibility.

Yet some Left leaders in West Bengal are blaming me for going to Kolkata. They were the ones who drove me out of West Bengal; now, according to them, merely setting foot in the state means that I am a Hindutva supporter, that I belong to the BJP and the RSS.

I have visited Kerala many times at the invitation of the CPI(M) government. The Left leaders there welcomed me, honoured me and arranged Z-plus security for me. Did these Left leaders in Kolkata then abuse me by calling me a “Leftist,” or did they shower me with kisses of approval? They conveniently kept their eyes shut then. Do their eyes ever truly open when it comes to me?

Why are they spreading these lies about my visit to Kolkata? I am returning after 18 years, 8 months and 10 days, and only for two days—yet even that is enough to make them burn with resentment.

The Left Front government drove me out of Kolkata. The Trinamool government that followed did not allow me to enter West Bengal either. Not only that, it stopped the television broadcast of a long-running serial written by me and cancelled my book launch. Did Bengal’s so-called progressives utter a single word in defence of freedom of expression then? No, they did not.

The truth is that many Left leaders cannot tolerate those of us who want to bring Muslim society out of darkness and into the light; who want Muslims to be educated and scientifically minded; who want to free them from religious fanaticism, ignorance and barbarism; who demand equal rights for women and human rights for all; and who want discriminatory Islamic laws to be replaced by modern laws based on equality.

They want Muslim society to remain trapped in the misogynistic, fanatical and intolerant world of fourteen hundred years ago. They regard those who seek reform within Muslim society as enemies. And we all know that they have no hesitation in appeasing Islamic fundamentalists.

That is why my return to West Bengal has provoked so much anger, resentment and false propaganda from them.

Will these Leftists ever learn to be human? How much longer will they hide behind the mask of progressivism while speaking the language of jihadists?

I also see some self-styled Left intellectuals spewing venom against me. Echoing Bangladeshi jihadists, they claim that I do not know how to write literature and that my books are third-rate. By any means possible, they must find something—anything—to hold against me.

Let us assume that they are right: I am not a good writer, and all my books are third-rate. Does that justify putting a price on my head? Does it justify driving me out of my country and banishing me from Bengal altogether? The literary merit of a writer’s work will be judged by readers and by time. But whether the writing is excellent or poor, threatening to kill the writer or forcing the writer into exile can never be acceptable in any civilised society.

Free thought, open-mindedness and tolerance—these self-styled Left intellectuals do not allow any of them to come anywhere near them. My only real fault is this: they believe Islam is a religion of peace; I do not. They cannot accept that the right to criticise Islam is part of freedom of expression. All their liberalism ends at the gates of Islam.

[first_name @f_n_a_m_e]

@1shankarsharma Man! People are dumb shit with so much confidence!

[Muji Singh Rangi @mujifren]

Commie Professors at Jantar Mantar-

The reason I say "Bas Naam Rahega Allah Ka" so no one declares themselves BHAGWAN, only Allah will remain

"Bharat ko Mata bana diya ab ye baap dhund rhe"

What a Vile Vile ideology and third grade people

[Mr Sinha @Mrsinha]

Telangana Police arrested the lawyer who came demanding action against the school which forced Hindu students to read Quran.

Just wow!! This is Congress for you

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Con la sentenza definitiva per l'omicidio di Saman Abbas si chiude una dolorosa vicenda giudiziaria.

Saman, giovane di origine pakistana in Italia, è stata uccisa dai suoi genitori e da alcuni familiari dopo essersi opposta a un matrimonio forzato e aver rivendicato il diritto di scegliere liberamente il proprio futuro.

Nessuna sentenza potrà restituirle la vita, ma è giusto che i responsabili di questo barbaro delitto siano stati condannati in via definitiva.

In Italia non c'è spazio per chi pretende di negare, in nome di presunte giustificazioni culturali o religiose, la libertà, la dignità e la vita di una donna. Questi sono principi irrinunciabili sui quali non arretreremo mai.

Il mio pensiero va a Saman. Che possa finalmente riposare in pace.

[Swaksh Tripathi @SwakshTripathi]

Kill a Hindu on Holi, butcher them in their shops,

From Udaipur to Ghaziabad, Hindu genocides and brutal murders happen in broad daylight, but not a single 'secular' or Muslim speaks up.

Right, This country is truly beyond repair. 💔

[Mac @pattaazhy]

Day 6 of pindrop Left Liberals silence

[Indic Matrix🐦‍🔥 @IndicMatrix]

"If you visit Church daily and accept Christianity,we won't remove you from the job" - St. Aloysius School, Jabalpur, MP📍

Dalit Hindu employees allege Father Jacob and Jonny forced them to convert. Now, if Hindus deal with them, the seculars will start crying.

[first_name @f_n_a_m_e]

@Jayati_M93 Why are you not protesting then? Are you servile too? Lol

[Incognito @Incognito_qfs]

A bed sheet stolen from Indian Railways was used in Muharram procession. 😭😭😭😭

[mluffy @mluffy_op]

Why do outspoken muslims never speak for Kurds, Baloch, Uyghurs, ahmadiyas?? Do these are not counted as muslim or the persecution doesn't matter when the perpetrators are muslims?

[NDTV @ndtv]

#BREAKING | 2020 Delhi Riots Case | Former AAP Leader Tahir Hussain Convicted For Ankit Sharma Murder

[Nupur J Sharma @UnSubtleDesi]

Full segment about Delhi anti-Hindu riots https://t.co/a12mw07y2K

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

#BREAKING: Delhi Court has convicted Tahir Hussain in the murder of India’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during Delhi riots. Justice prevails finally Tahir Hussain has been convicted for the offences under Section 188, 153A, 147, 148, 149, 365 & 302 of IPC.

[Nupur J Sharma @UnSubtleDesi]

Ankit Sharma’s body was recovered from the Chand Bagh drain on 26th February 2020. He was stabbed so many times that his intestines lay out of his body.

On the 27th, @sardesairajdeep was defending Hussain.

Today, 6 years later, Tahir has been convicted of the murder.

[Nupur J Sharma @UnSubtleDesi]

NewsLaundry repeatedly whitewashed Tahir Hussain, claiming there was hardly any evidence and that his role was a concoction of “right wing media” like OpIndia.

@sighyush @SharmaAyan006 @MnshaP @AbhinandanSekhr solicited subscription for their pathbreaking reportage.

[Nupur J Sharma @UnSubtleDesi]

This tweet still exists.

Tahir Hussain has been convicted of murdering Ankit Sharma. And not just convicted of murdering him, but murdering him BECAUSE HE WAS HINDU.

I can only hope @khanumarfa @svaradarajan should face consequences.

[first_name @f_n_a_m_e]

@amitsurg Even though she is from TMC, but I think using her for ethanol would still be wrong!

[first_name @f_n_a_m_e]

@rishabhm You can’t use handcuffs in India, our supreme court is too woke.