updated: Apr 07 2021, 14:05 ist
Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has come under fire after posting a controversial tweet about cricketer Moeen Ali.
The author, who is known for her writing's on women's oppression, and open criticism of Islam, stated on Twitter, "If Moeen Ali had not stuck to cricket he would have gone to Syria to join ISIS."
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After having deleted the tweet, the author took to Twitter again to issue a clarification. She claimed that her remarks were sarcastic and that an issue was made about her tweets to "humiliate her" because she tries to make "Muslim society more secular."