1.   The Koran is the Islamic holy book.

2.   Ms. Nasrin fled Bangladesh last year to escape death threats by Islamic militants who accused her of insulting the Koran by demanding a revision in the Islamic holy book.

3.   The government on Thursday gave a court permission to begin prosecuting writer Taslima Nasrin next week on a charge of blaspheming the Islamic holy book.

4.   The government has banned a Malay translation of the Koran because it says the book does not closely enough follow the Arabic text of the Islamic holy book.

5.   Carrying the Islamic holy book, the Koran, youths wearing headbands inscribed with Koranic verses managed to cross several barriers before the police fired teargas.

6.   Carrying the Islamic holy book, the Koran, youths wearing headbands inscribed with Koranic verses managed to cross several barriers before the police fired tear gas.

7.   Nasreen is charged by a Bangladeshi court with blaspheming against the Koran for allegedly calling in a newspaper interview for changes to the Islamic holy book.