Taslima Nasrin in Europe

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After leaving Bangladesh following the death sentence issued against her by Muslim leaders for her criticisms of Islamic law, novelist Taslima Nasrin continues to speak out. Her travels have taken her to Prague and Paris. In Strasbourg, France, she received the Sakharov Prize. This past December, she networked with humanist, anti-fundamentalist, human rights, and women's organizations in the United Kingdom.

Appearing at "Blood and Letters," a conference in London organized by the women's theater company, The Spinx, in conjunction with the National Theatre's education department, she shared the platform with dissident Ukrainian poet Irina Ratushinskaya and Amrit Wilson, a writer …