Human beings first!

In this day and age it is supposedley no longer the individual but religion that is guaranteed rights, equality, tolerance, respect…And most often at the…

Just a normal Islamic sheikh

Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been jailed for seven years in the UK after being found guilty of inciting murder and race hate. In…

Islam must be criticised!

It’s interesting how free speech, the right to criticise and ridicule god, prophet or religion, the separation of religion from the state and secularism as…

Defend Free Speech and Secularism

I’ve set up a petition on petitiononline in defence of free speech and secularism. The text reads as follows: We, the undersigned, unequivocally condemn the…

Offensive, Shmoffensive

An email I received says my blog and the reprinting of the caricatures of Mohammad are insulting and offensive. Of course they can be offensive…

Apologise for what? On Caricatures of Mohammad

The repeated calls for an unreserved apology for publishing ‘offensive’ and ‘insulting’ caricatures of Mohammad reminds me of the apologies that should be made to…

Azade Vazifedoost Campaign

Azade Vazifedoost, a student from the open university of Saveh, was killed when men riding on motorcycles grabbed hold of her veil and dragged her…

Shameless demand for secularism

Maryam Namazie Acceptance speech at National Secular Society Secularist of the Year award ceremony October 8, 2005 London, UK Receiving the Secularist of the Year…