Taslima's FB account restored

Controversial author Taslima Nasreen, whose Facebook account was disabled following pressure by Islamic fundamentalists, says the social media company has now restored it.

Nasreen thanked her supporters and well-wishers  on Twitter for making a loud noise against the deactivation of her Facebook account.

She tweeted:

Finally I got my fb back. Thanks to supportive media and my fb friends and followers. Hey Facebook, please ignore fanatics complaints.

The controversial author says Facebook was her only connection to her readers.

She had earlier complained that  her  Facebook account has been disabled under  huge pressure from Islamic fundamentalists.

"Since Tuesday my Facebook account has been disabled. Despite several requests, the Facebook authorities have not revived my account,"  Nasreen was quoted as saying by the Indian website, www.thequint.com.

"They are trying to pacify the Islamic fundamentalists who don’t want me to share my thoughts on the social media," Taslima said.

Describing the move totally unacceptable, the exiled Bangladeshi author said many of her writings will be lost and she would not be able to connect with her readers anymore.

"I am banned from entering Bangladesh and West Bengal; my readers can’t access my writings because they too are banned. So, I was using Facebook as a media to connect with my readers. But even that is not being allowed," she is quoted by www.thequint.com as saying.

The author’s  facebook page had over 100,000 followers.