Bangladeshi Author Faces Criminal Charges After Last Week's Attack
Thirteen years after she fled her native Bangladesh when thousands of
Muslims threatened to kill her for blasphemy, author Taslima Nasrin is
being charged with "hurting Muslim feelings," the New York Times reports. The charge follows an attack last week at a book party for Nasrin's novel Shodh (Getting Even),
during which dozens of protesters shouted slogans describing the author
as "anti-Muslim" and "anti-Islam." They threw chairs, overturned
tables, and, according to a report last week in the Guardian in London, Nasrin was slapped. She escaped unhurt but told reports she was in shock.
