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Update: added by outlookindia.com: After we had gone to press,came this public statement from Taslima:
"I am withdrawing controversial lines in Dwikhandita, written in 2002 with the memory of Bangladesh in the 1980s when military threw out secularism in the country. I wrote the book in support of the people who defended secular values. I had no intention to hurt anybody'ssentiment. Now since some people in India claim that it hurt their sentiments, I am withdrawing some lines in thebook. I hope that from now on, there would be no controversy and I'll be able to live peacefully in thiscountry. I have already asked the publisher of the book, People's Book Society, not to circulate copies of the book whichare in their possession. I have asked my publisher to bring out the next edition of the book deleting those controversiallines (about Prophet Mohammed)".