EVERYONE IS EQUAL UNDER THE LAW OH, EXCEPT THOSE WHO PREFER SHARIA The BBC Radio 4 programme Law in Action this week claimed that it…
Women’s Right to Equality
See article in The Australian, which quotes my piece on the veil by clicking here. BTW, thanks for all the comments you have made here,…
Islamists’ slippery debates, US foreign policy towards Iran, Zahra Kamalfar and Mostafa Tabatabainejad
See TV International by clicking here. In this week’s programme, I interview: Fariborz Pooya on Islamists’ slippery debates on rights and choice in the west…
Mansoor Ossanlou re-arrested
PRESS RELEASE 19 November 2006 At 8am today (local time), Mansoor Ossanlou, President of the Union of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (“Sherkat…
7 women at risk of stoning
7 women are at risk of imminent execution by stoning in Iran. Sign the petition against it by clicking here. This outrage has to be…
‘Beyond the Veil: Perspectives on Muslim Women in a Western Secular Context’
It is crucial to speak about the rights of ‘Muslim’ women, go beyond the issue of the veil, and talk about secularism, particularly in light…
Challenges to Zahra Kamalfar’s imminent deportation to Iran
Moments of resistance Latest Update from Farshad Hoseini, Executive Director of the International Federation of Iranian Refugees Today was a very important day in the…
Saddam Hussein, Veil and US elections
To see this week’s TV International Programme, click here. The programme interviews: ● Sohaila Sharifi (a survivor of chemical bombardment in Iraq) on her grievance…
Ban Child Veiling
See Reza Moradi’s brilliant animation calling for a ban on child veiling by clicking here. If you want to know, why child veiling should be…
On ‘Muslims’ in Britain, the Veil and Secularism
On November 10, Maryam Namazie took part in a debate on ‘Muslim in Britain’ on David Starkey’s Last Word on More4 with two Islamists from…