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	Humayun Azad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Humayun Azad (Bangla: হুমায়ুন আজাদ) (Rari Khal, Bangladesh, 28 April 1947 - Munich, Germany, 11 August 2004) was a prolific Bangladeshi author and scholar.
		Azad received the prestigious Bangla Academy Award (1996) and the Shishu Academy Award for his contributions in both adult and children literature.
		In this monumental tome, Azad painstakingly compiled the feminist ideas of the west that underlie the feminist contributions of the subcontinent's socio-political reformers and exposed the anti-women stance of some legendary Bengali writers including Rabindranath Tagore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Humayun_Azad (780 words)

	Bangladeshinovels.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		With this novel Humayun Azad also presented his readers with such a language that had a specialized vein of narration and diction.
		In all these four novels Humayun Azad generated a particular linguistic trend that is completely of his own.
		Azad’s inherent capacity in treating larger subjects with appropriate and necessary humour credits the novel with a pleasing tone.
	www.bangladeshinovels.com /Humayun_Azad.htm (1534 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Humayun Azad, a senior teacher of the Bangla Department of the University of Dhaka.
		Azad received severe injuries in an attack allegedly committed by religious extremists elements on the ground of his forceful writing against fundamentalists and anti-liberation forces.
		Azad was found dead in his Munich apartment by a member of the German PEN Centre when he did not come to an appointment with the PEN member.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/08/14/national.htm (1759 words)

	Humayun Azad found dead in Munich: German embassy says no sign of unnatural death, family demands full investigation
		Humayun Azad died in Munich, Germany on Thursday, four days after he went there on a research fellowship, the German Embassy in Dhaka announced yesterday.
		Azad arrived in Munich on August 8 and his fellowship was attached with the Munich University.
		Azad's wife and children were in a hospital to see the ailing younger brother of Azad.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/16/11495/printer (933 words)

	MWU!: Bangladeshi Scholar Humayun Azad in Critical Condition After Attack
		Professor Humayun Azad, a noted Bangladeshi scholar, academic, essayist, novelist, and linguist, was attacked in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Friday night, February 27th in a brutal stabbing that has left the 56-year-old author of over 50 books in critical condition.
		Azad is known for his iconoclastic and sometimes controversial views that brought the ugly umbrage of religious fundamentalists and others, including many progressives.
		Azad has certainly taken some controversial positions, most notably his endorsement of the US bombing of Afghanistan, which resulted in the deaths of at least 10,000 innocent civilians who had nothing to do with the terror attacks of 9-11.
	www.muslimwakeup.com /main/archives/2004/03/002151print.php (874 words)

	Uttorshuri Online: Insert Title Here
		However, ironically and, even, unfortunately, Humayun Azad died after he apparently recovered from that assassination attempt and died in a quiet hotel room in Germany.
		Humayun Azad was very much a member of the male dominated society of Bangladesh where the position of women was and still is more or less the same as in others parts of the subcontinent.
		Azad must have witnessed some cruel examples of exploitation of women and that inspired him to write an academic book on women, called Nari, which was ironically banned by the government of a woman Prime Minister.
	www.uttorshuri.net /gmurshed/azad081704.html (1894 words)

	IHEU Mourns Prof. Humayun Azad; Calls for Police Investigation into Death \| International Humanist and Ethical Union
		Humayun Azad, 57, was found dead in his University residence in Munich, Germany on 11 August 2004.
		Azad came to the world's attention when he was grievously wounded in an attack by Islamic fundamentalists in Dhaka in February 2004.
		Azad wrote a moving letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and other political leaders calling on them to restore freedom in Bangladesh and pleading for protection to himself and his family.
	www.iheu.org /node/127 (287 words)

	Latest News of Dr. Humayun Azad
		Accordingly, none other than family members of Dr. Azad which includes his wife, 4 sons-daughters and his sister and her husband, would be allowed to enter CMH with a view to see Dr. Azad or his family.
		Dr. Humayun Azad is still fighting for his life in the ICU of Combined Military Hospital (CMH).
		According to the latest news source from CMH the condition of Dr. Azad showed little sign of improvement, though he is still in the ICU unit of the CMH.
	www.mukto-mona.com /news/humayun_azad_latest.htm (1224 words)

	Please protest the attack on eminent Bangalee writer, Prof. Humayun Azad
		Humayun Azad was attacked in front of Bangla Academy in Ramna, Dhaka.
		Azad is among the foremost exponents of secular humanism in the country, and a fearless critic of obscurantism and dogma.
		Humayun Azad recently wrote a book titled “Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad (the first line of the Pakistani national anthem).” In this book, he criticized the role of the Pakistanis and the pro-Pakistani collaborators during erstwhile East Pakistan.
	www.mukto-mona.com /news/humayun_azad.htm (4127 words)

	chapati mystery » Humayun Azad Zindabad
		A leading Bangladeshi writer and academic Professor Humayun Azad was found dead in his hotel room in Munich, Germany.
		Azad was the recent survivor of a brutal assassination attempt in March.
		Why was Humayun Azad a marked man? A prolific novelist, he shamelessly exposed the religious right in his country for their violence towards women, their hypocrisy in clinging to political power and their fascist programs for the nation.
	www.chapatimystery.com /archives/homistan/humayun_azad_zindabad.html (395 words)

	Stop Bangladesh
		Azad’s family told the reporters on February 29, 2004 that the family had received numerous death threats lately by phone.
		Humayun Azad, a noted Bangla linguist, has this unusual combination of a free thinker who often writes on 1971 freedom struggle.
		Azad in which his assailants were going after his head is a grim reminder that the attackers were hell bent on decapitating Dr. Azad.
	www.faithfreedom.org /oped/JafforUllah40301.htm (1156 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dr Azad, who was severely injured by unidentified miscreants in front of Bangla Academy on the night of February 27 (Friday), talked to the Prime Minister in feeble voice and expressed his gratitude to her for the government measures for his treatment.
		Azad, resignation of Home Minister and arrest and punishment to the real attackers and their godfather were not fulfilled immediately.
		Referring to obstruction on her way to see Dr Humayun Azad, Hasina said visiting a patient from distance does not require any protocol, but she was obstructed in the name of the Prime Minister’s protocol and a case was lodged against her (Hasina), which is “indecent”.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/03/04/front.htm (6055 words)

	SACW \| 01 March 2004
		Azad wrote, "Addressing a demonstration at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on December 12, leaders of an anti-Ahmadiyya outfit demanded arrest and trial of Prof Azad for the novel." Freedom loving Bangalees from all walks of life should denounce this heinous attack on one of the luminaries of Bangladesh's literati, Prof.
		Humayun Azad has many followers in expatriate communities who would express their anger through posting in myriad Internet forums.
		Dr Azad recently wrote Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad (the first line of the Pakistani national anthem) which was critical about the role of Pakistanis and their Bangladeshi collaborators before the independence of Bangladesh in 1971.
	www.insaf.net /pipermail/sacw_insaf.net/2004/001883.html (4217 words)

	A mysterious death
		NOTED Bangladesh poet, writer and linguist Humayun Azad was found dead in his apartment in Munich, Germany, on August 12, officials of the German Embassy in Dhaka informed his family on August 13.
		Azad's wife Latifa Kohinoor, son Ananya Azad and daughters Mouli Azad and Smita Azad asked why the news had been conveyed to them so late and demanded an "internationally recognised autopsy" of the body.
		Latifa, referring to her telephonic conversations with Azad, claimed that "he was in good health and had no complication except for the eyes".
	www.hindu.com /fline/fl2118/stories/20040910001405400.htm (731 words)

	Uttorshuri Online: Insert Title Here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		However, death of Humayun Azad in Munich satisfied the desire of the killers and for them the Bangla proverb becomes true, “the snake is dead but the beating stick is completely intact”.
		Though many critics say that Humayun Azad’s writings sometime served the offenders psyche he was one of the most popular writers in the country.
		Azad’s approach was individualistic in his writings and these are not necessarily owned by Awami League, the main ‘opposition’ party, or major left parties.
	www.uttorshuri.net /main/annie082504.html (446 words)

	Local News on Bangladesh
		Anannya Azad, son, and Latifa Kahinoor, wife, of Humayun Azad break down at their Fuller Road home in Dhaka yesterday upon receiving the news of the writer's death in Germany.
		Writer Humayun Azad, grievously injured in February in a knife attack his family blamed on Islamist extremists, was found dead in Munich in Germany on Thursday morning, prompting his relatives to react in disbelief.
		But Azad's wife and children were in hospital to see the ailing younger brother of Azad at the time and the officials did not break the news to his younger daughter Smita, as there was no senior family member at home.
	www.sdnbd.org /sdi/news/general-news/August-2004/14-08-04/General.htm (1775 words)

	Shobak: Outsider Asians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Humayun Azad lies in a coma at CMH.
		Azad is not the first author to fall foul of religious extremists.
		Azad are the culprits of society and I wonder why the author wants the removal of ministers and infact the BNP regime if he believed in voting and partcipation anticipated and enjoyed by all.
	www.shobak.org /islam_comments.php?id=174_0_31_0_C (2695 words)

	Radio Australia - Asia Pacific - Programs - BANGLADESH: Why writer Azad became a target for attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Humayun Azad remains in a serious condition in a Dhaka hospital after a near-fatal stabbing a week and a half ago and doctors say they don't yet know whether he will recover full mental capacity.
		Humayun Azad knew he was playing with fire, says his friend and colleague Dr Ajoy Roy.
		So Azad's writings is that the present set-up, the fundamentalists and the present government is trying to destroy the very root of this culture, trying to destroy the pluralism.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/asiapac/programs/s1061573.htm (603 words)

	BD writer found dead in Germany -DAWN - International; 14 August, 2004
		Humayun, a professor of Bengali language who had authored more than 70 books, left Dhaka on Aug 7 on an invitation from the writers forum, PEN International, for research on the German writer, Heinrich Heine.
		Prof Azad was found dead in his Munich apartment by a member of the German PEN Centre when he did not come to an appointment with the PEN member.
		Humayun's wife Latifa Kohinoor, son Ananya Azad, and daughters Mouli Azad and Smita Azad questioned why the news had been conveyed to them two days after his death, and sought an "internationally-recognised autopsy" on his body.
	www.dawn.com /2004/08/14/int10.htm (281 words)

	Newsletter
		Azad saying the progressive thinker and outspoken author earned wrath of the reactionary communal anti liberation elements for his progressive writings.
		Blasting the government for barring her from attending the critically injured writer at the CMH Sheikh Hasina narrated how she was obstructed from entering CMH to inquire about the condition of Dr. Azad who went there to perform her human duty as a citizen of the country and also as the former Prime Minister.
		This Programme was launched simultaneously by 4 political parties based on this full understanding on issues like attack on Dr. Azad, resisting opposition leader Sheikh Hasina to go to CMH and filing of false case against her, political oppression, arrest and demand for resignation of govt.
	www.albd.org /newsletter/2004/vol3_no5_2004.htm (1530 words)

	Politics News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Speakers at a commemorative meeting marking the first anniversary of death of Prof Humayun Azad Friday blasted the government for not taking any step to bring the culprits who attacked Dr Azad or were associated with his mysterious death to book although one year has passed.
		The body of Prof Humayun Azad was found in an apartment in Munich in Germany on August 12 last year when he went there on a scholarship from PEN International.
		Prof Humayun Azad, also a teacher of Bangla Department of the DU, was brutally chopped by unknown assailants in front of Atomic Energy Commission near Bangla Academy while he was returning home from the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on February 27 last year.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/aug/13/13082005pl.htm (1329 words)

	Kobita o Gaan - Powered by XMB 1.9.1 RC1 Nexus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Professor Humayun Azad used to refer white group as the group of purity.
		In 1987 the white group, composed of Dhaka University’s teachers, arranged a meeting under the leadership of Sirazul Islam, and Dr. Azad was one of the main speakers in that meeting.
		Humayun Azad was taken swiftly to the Combined Military Hospital because of fast and prudent actions done by the Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University and the proctor.
	www.kobitaogaan.com /forum/viewthread.php?tid=594 (1462 words)

	Protest on The Comments of Humayun Azad! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Humayun Azad as a writer and let him free to choose and think with his choice that fits him.
		Humayun Azad, I think it is clear as like daylight that a person like him can never be consider as a writer of true nature but a liar, hypocrite, perverted, zealous and narrow minded one.
		Humayun Azad is probably the most stupid one so that he could not hide it.
	www.e-mela.com /campus/BUET_MSIslam_100802.html (1176 words)

	Drishtipat: Voice of Human Rights - Dr. Humayun Azad fighting for life after being hacked
		Prominent writer Humayun Azad was fighting for life on a ventilator at a city hospital and his family reported receiving death threats by telephone yesterday, a day after he suffered critical stab injuries by unknown assailants.
		Azad was put on the ventilator in the intensive care unit at the CMH last night after doctors conducted two prolonged operations on his left jaw and head.
		Azad fighting for his life is Bangladesh fighting for freedom from criminals, from Razakars, from Pak remnants today controlling the state and cowing down the society, from terrorists masquerading as neo-Islamists, from gangsters, traitors, and anti-socials of all hues, from agents of foreign powers, in short, from the Enemies of the Nation.
	www.drishtipat.org /nuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=103&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (11650 words)

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		Azad was on it) in circulation by the unknown Islamists, already a number of attempts on the life of multiple secular intellectuals including Poet Shamsur Rahman Prof.
		Azad and of course, there has always been a threat on the life of secularists like Dr. Humayun Azad, Dr. Ali Asgar, Prof.
		Humayun Azad’s latest book “Pak Sar Zameen Saad Baad” is already a huge blow to their mission.
	www.vinnomot.com /alamgir/HuAzad.htm (2007 words)

	Humayun Azad died a natural death: PEN’s e-mail to family
		While talking to the reporters, Mouli Azad, daughter of late professor, said that they got e-mail from the German PEN Centre, which ascertained that Prof Azad met a normal death.
		Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, Bangladesh Chhatra League, Humayun Azad Mancho, students and teachers of the Bangla Department of the university, Bangladesh Chhatra Union and JSD-backed Chhatra League brought out separate processions mourning the death of Prof Azad.
		Azad attended Wednesday night, the diplomat said the function was held at the lawn of the apartment where he had been staying but could not say who were the people present at the function.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/16/11518/printer (614 words)

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