Author: Maryam Namazie
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Israel & Hamas: Get the fuck out of Gaza
o|o Israel & Hamasget the fuckout ofGaza #FEMEN Arabic:إسرائيل و حماسخارج غزة Farsi:اسرائیل و حماس، گورتان را از غزه گم کنید! #Israel #Hamas #Gaza
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It is time to recognise sex apartheid as a crime against humanity
It is time to recognize sex apartheid as a crime against humanity, The Freethinker, 21 March 2025 The 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women is taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2025. The main focus is an appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and…
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نه به روز جهانی حجاب: رویارویی با زن‌ستیزی
مریم نمازی «نه به روز جهانی حجاب» که در برابر «روز جهانی حجاب» در اول فوریه مطرح شده، تلاشی است برای به چالش کشیدن روایت مسلطی که حجاب را بسته‌بندی کرده و آن را به‌عنوان نمادی از «قدرت زنان» و «انتخاب» ارائه می‌دهد، و هرگونه مخالفتی با آن را «اسلام‌هراسی» می‌نامد. در این روز، «اتحاد…
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No Hijab Day, 1 February: Confronting Misogyny
Read full piece in The Freethinker. As a challenge to World Hijab Day on 1 February, No Hijab Day aims to confront the dominant narrative that packages the hijab as aAs a challenge to World Hijab Day on 1 February, No Hijab Day aims to confront the dominant narrative that packages the hijab as a symbol of women’s ‘empowerment’…
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International women’s open letter for a democratic Syria based on women’s freedom
I have joined 650 women and women’s groups to call for a democratic Syria based on women’s freedom Since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on December 8, 2024, discussions have been underway about the future of Syria, and with that, the new opportunities for a democratic reconstruction of Syrian society. It is…
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Hijab Silences: On No Hijab Day, Take off your Hijab and Put it on a Man
Ex-Muslims International No Hijab Day Statement | February 1, 2025 No Hijab Day was created on 1 February as a direct response to World Hijab Day, which promotes the hijab as a symbol of women’s choice and empowerment. Rather, No Hijab Day seeks to illuminate the coercive and oppressive realities of the hijab as a pillar of…
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Joint submission to the WEC on Gendered Islamophobia
Joint submission to the Women and Equalities Committee on Gendered Islamophobia Ahead of the Women and Equalities Committee’s (WEC) one off session around Gendered Islamophobia on Wednesday, 15th January 2025, Southall Black Sisters (SBS) along with One Law For All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) submitted joint written evidence. In it, we focused…
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Thank you Charlie Hebdo
The right to blasphemy, a cornerstone of free expression and democratic societies, is a universal human right and demand. It is not limited to or dependant on one’s ‘identity’ or lottery of birth. In fact, it matters most to those living under totalitarian and theocratic states. In many countries under the hold of theocrats, like…
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Maryam Namazie: the godless godmother of European ex-Muslims
Thanks to Janna Aanstoot, Magnus Timmerby and @SvHumanisterna for great coverage of #CDOslo & #ExMuslim movement. There is also an interview with me in the Islam issue, which you can read in full here. 1. You are the “Godmother” of ex-Muslims. If you could give three advices to a young Muslim who wants to leave…
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Official Statement on the Magdeburg Attack: Condemning Hatred and Defending Human Rights
At least five people, including a child, were killed, and 200 others were injured when Taleb Al Abdulmohsen deliberately drove into the Magdeburg Christmas Market on December 20. Abdulmohsen, a Saudi-born doctor and self-proclaimed ex-Muslim atheist activist, starkly illustrates that right-wing extremism knows no racial, cultural, or religious boundaries. Despite being an immigrant, he was…
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For Human Rights Day: Sex Apartheid Humiliates and Kills
On #HumanRightsDay2024 we rage against #SexApartheid#GenderApartheid in #Iran#Afghanistan Segregation based on sex like that based on race is humiliating. It’s dehumanising. It kills. It is a crime against humanity. #SexApartheidKills #SexApartheidHumiliates