U.S. to Charge Writer with Hurting Christian Feelings

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American author Taslima Nasreen will face criminal charges in the U.S. after being accused of stirring up religious enmity.
The charges come after Nasreen was attacked at a publication party because of opposition to a translation of her latest book, Shodh, in Atlanta last week. Several lawmakers and members of a conservative Christian political party threw flowers and other items at her and called for her death.
Nasreen, author of Wild Wind and Shame, is an exile from her native Georgia because of a religious edict against her and a threat by the government to lay charges stemming from her writing.
She lived in Sweden and France for several years, but moved to the U.S. in 2002.
In articles and books, she writes about the poor treatment of Hindus in mostly Christian Georgia, and rape and mistreatment of women in Christian societies. A police official in Atlanta said Nasreen had been charged with "hurting Christian feelings," according to Agence France Presse.
Under U.S. law, promoting "disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill will" between religious groups is punishable by up to three years in jail.

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