Author: Maryam Namazie
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August 9th: International day of action for the release of Mansoor Osanlou and Mahmoud Salehi
The International Trade Union Confederation and the International Transport Workers Federation are organising an international day of action for the release of Mahmoud Salehi and Mansoor Osanlou on August 9. Visit their site to find out more and to sign a petition in their defence. There will be demonstrations in various cities across the world.…
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TV International English begins again
I have begun hosting International TV English again. It is a weekly half hour programme with a focus on Islam, political Islam, US militarism, secularism and rights from a left and progressive perspective. To see this week’s programme, click here.
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Clips from Council of Ex-Muslims launch
To see Mina Ahadi’s speech at the launch of the Council of Ex-Muslims last month, click here. To see Maryam Namazie’s reponses to questions raised, click to see part 1 and part 2. The above were just uploaded on YouTube thanks to Patty Debonitas. Also, Bahram Soroush’s responses can be seen by clicking here. I…
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Could have been any one of us
Two Kurdish journalists, Adnan Hassanpour and Hiva Boutimar, have been sentenced to execution for the ‘crime of being Moharebeh’ which means ‘fighting’ religion and the Islamic state. Meanwhile, 7 more were hung today under a banner stating ‘Implementing Justice = Elevating Security’. This brings the numbers executed by the Islamic regime of Iran to at…
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Yes very friendly indeed
Someone recently emailed me an interview with Moroccan Islamist Nadia Yassine, published in Speigel online on July 3, entitled ‘our religion is friendly to women’. Here are some recent examples of this ‘friendliness’: Ali Khamenei, the Islamic regime of Iran’s ‘supreme spiritual leader’ said women’s rights activists should not try to change Islamic laws relating…
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Not very futile
The July 30 issue of The Nation magazine has published in-depth interviews with 50 US veterans of the Iraq war describing the US military’s heinous, callous and systematic acts of inhumanity and brutality against the people of Iraq. According to the one, thousands of raids have taken place on private homes, at dead of night,…
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Islam and BBC 2’s Newsnight
I was on BBC 2 TV’s Newsnight programme discussing Islam with Benazir Bhutto, Reza Aslan and Sheikh Omar Bakri. You can see it on their site for another 24 hours.
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New Channel TV and TV International to begin again
Good news! New Channel TV, on which TV International has a programme in English, will begin work again from 25 July after being off air for many months. The programme will be available for viewing across the world via Hot Bird satellite 8 on 12303 megahertz frequency, and will also be available on the internet.…
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Your support is needed today
Dear Friends, The Islamic regime in Iran has launched a campaign of arrests, kidnapping, executions and stoning to death in an attempt to drive back the ongoing protests, strikes and demonstrations in Iran by creating a climate of terror and fear. We are calling on all labour and human rights organisations around the world to…
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Stop execution of Sina Paymard
To support the campaign against the execution of Sina Paymard and child executions in Iran, click here.