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...black head scarf and tinted glasses disguised her features. She appeared grim and jittery through a 45-minute hearing that ended with her release on $250 bail. Then she fled home to relatives she had not seen since June 4. By the consensus of literary critics, Nasrin, an outspoken feminist and atheist, is no Salman Rushdie. Her rather slapdash stories have gained notice mainly as screeds against the ill treatment of women. What she shares with the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel that earned an Iranian death warrant against Rushdie 5 1/2 years ago, is the misfortune...
...Feminist Author Out on Bail...
...from two months in hiding that began when the government issued a warrant for her arrest following protests by Muslim fundamentalists who had placed a $5,000 bounty on her head. Nasrin, they claim, recommended that the Koran be "revised thoroughly," a statement she denies making. The heavily guarded feminist appeared in a court in Dhaka, the capital, to face charges that she outraged Muslims by defaming their faith. After she was freed on $250 bail and quickly returned to seclusion, thousands of demonstrators marched through Dhaka's streets shouting "Death to Taslima Nasrin...
...Senate voted 98-0 to call for federal authorities to protect abortion clinics.GIRDING FOR BATTLE? Meanwhile, volunteer escorts at two Pensacola abortion clinics -- including the one at which the Pensacola doctor and his escort were killed last Friday -- will now be provided with bulletproof vests, courtesty of the Feminist Majority, a national foundation...
...Ideas: A feminist says her sisters have derailed the cause...