Author: Maryam Namazie
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Launch of the Council of ex-Muslims of Britain
Advance information A British branch of a new Europe-wide phenomenon is to be launched on Thursday 21 June in London. The Council of ex-Muslims of Britain is building on the stunning success of other branches already operating in Germany, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The British Humanist Association and National Secular Society are sponsoring the…
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Religion has everything to do with terrorism
The European Union, the media, the Strategic Foresight Group and others have attempted to detach religion in general and Islam in particular from terrorism. EU officials, for example, prefer ‘terrorists who abusively invoke Islam’ to the term Islamic terrorist. For people everywhere, however, the link between Islam and terrorism is crystal clear. Islam is the…
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Save Khaled Hardani and Kobra Najjar from execution in Iran
Khaled Hardani, and Kobra Najjar, who are about to be executed and stoned to death, have asked us to reach out to the international community in an attempt to save their lives. These two individuals are in grave danger of death. Their lawyers and families are desperately seeking help to save their lives. Khaled Hardani…
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Religon has everything to do with terrorism
Today, I will be joining a debate at Oxford Union entitled this house believes religion is not responsible for terrorism. The event will be held in conjunction with Strategic Foresight Group, a global ‘think tank’ based in Mumbai, which recently published the report – ‘An Inclusive World – In which the West, Islam and the…
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WPI’s 6th Congress ends in Success!
To hear a live performance of the Internationale in Persian by a renowned Iranian singer, Fereidoun Farahi, at the 6th Congress of the Worker-communist Party of Iran click here. To see some pictures, click here. More information to follow.
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Islamic regime of Iran’s crackdown on Women
To see David Fuller’s piece on the Islamic regime of Iran’s attack on women and their resistance on More4 TV, click here.
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Women and people in Iran resisting the veil
This picture is representative of the Islamic regime of Iran’s treatment of women. She was beaten in this way for filming the regime’s thugs harrassing and manhandling women who were ‘improperly veiled.’ An Iranian women’s organisation quoted a cab driver as saying: ‘In the morning, the police tried to drag a girl into their vehicle…
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Their lives are important
In commemoration of International Day against Homophobia Tonight, all across the world, there are people facing harassment, arrest, torture, and execution solely because of their sexuality. Last Sunday, 80 people were arrested at a party in Isfahan, Iran, and beaten and tortured for being gay. Several weeks ago, on April 29, Hani, a 34 year…
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BBC TV Panel Discussion
Was on the Heaven and Earth Programme this week. To find out more, click here.