Headteacher Yunus Ali was arrested from the KC Technical and Business Management College in Bangladesh this week after police discovered a copy of Nasreen's novel Lajja (Shame) in the college library.
Taslima Nasreen is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society and her book is regarded by Islamist extremists to be blasphemous. She was forced to flee Bangladesh in 1994 after radical Muslims objected to the novel, which depicts the life of a Hindu family persecuted by Muslims in Bangladesh. [National Secular Society] Read more [via Religious Watch]
