08-12-2007, 09:04 PM
<b>Taslimaâs proposed visit to Allahabad cancelled</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sunday, 12 August , 2007, 00:28Â
Allahabad: The proposed visit of controversial writer Taslima Nasreen here next week has been cancelled in view of the stiff opposition from local Muslim leaders and the assault on her in Hyderabad.
"The visit of the writer, who was invited to deliver a lecture on her life and struggle at the Allahabad University on August 14, has been cancelled keeping in mind the welfare of the institution as well as the entire city," vice-chancellor of the university Prof Rajen G Harshe said on Saturday night.
He said ever since Nasreen's proposed visit was announced, "we had been witnessing fanatics protesting and issuing all sorts of threats, which had created an atmosphere which was not conducive for a centre for learning." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Allahabad: The proposed visit of controversial writer Taslima Nasreen here next week has been cancelled in view of the stiff opposition from local Muslim leaders and the assault on her in Hyderabad.
"The visit of the writer, who was invited to deliver a lecture on her life and struggle at the Allahabad University on August 14, has been cancelled keeping in mind the welfare of the institution as well as the entire city," vice-chancellor of the university Prof Rajen G Harshe said on Saturday night.
He said ever since Nasreen's proposed visit was announced, "we had been witnessing fanatics protesting and issuing all sorts of threats, which had created an atmosphere which was not conducive for a centre for learning." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->