Minority forum demands apology from Taslima, Hussain

Kolkata, Mar 03 (PTI) The All-India Minority Forum today demanded that controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen and eminent painter M F Hussain "unconditionally apologise in writing" that they would not hurt the religious sentiments of any community.

"We hold that Taslima had delved in anti-Islam writings while Hussain painted Hindu deity Saraswati in the nude in the recent past, which are both condemnable", Forum convenor Maulana Abdur Rahim said here.

"No religion teaches disrespect to other religion and it is undesirable that liberty to write and paint anything is misused", he said, adding Taslima should be sent back to Bangladesh and Hussain, who has accepted Qatar nationality, be brought back to India.

Forum President Idris Ali demanded a CBI inquiry into the recent violence at Shimoga in Karnakata over a purported article written by Taslima.

"It should be probed how the writing was published when Taslima claimed she had not penned any for Kannad Prabha", Ali said.


(PTI)