Bangladesh teacher arrested over banned book

Courtesy: RawStory.com

By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Bangladesh Muslims pray. Image via AFP.

 
A head teacher in Bangladesh has been arrested after a banned book regarded by some Muslims as blasphemous was found in her college, police said Wednesday.

Yunus Ali was arrested from the KC Technical and Business Management College in the coastal district of Pirojpur after police discovered a copy of Taslima Nasreen’s novel “Lajja” (“Shame”) in the college library, police inspector Abdul Malek said.

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