Below are my opening remarks during a conversation with Sociologist Tariq Modood at Westminster University on Secularism and Diversity on 24 February 2017 organised by…
Free Baquer Namazi now
Baquer Namazi is an 80 years old children’s rights campaigner. He has been sentenced to ten years in prison by the Islamic regime of Iran.…
More restrictions at universities and words of warning
According to a recent report, more than nine in 10 UK universities are restrictive of free speech. This doesn’t surprise me at all. I continue…
Common humanity should be at the core of our politics
The below is my monthly column for The Freethinker published on 19 February. You can read it there too: Common humanity should be at the core…
When I left Iran
The below is the unedited piece for #Iamamigrant campaign. I left Iran in 1980 with my mother to go to India to continue my education…
A Clash of the Uncivilised: Trump, Muslim Profiling and the Far-Right’s Assault
First published in The Freethinker Donald Trump’s suspension of new refugee admissions for 120 days and the barring of nationals from Iraq, Iran, Syria,…
Transcript of Sam Harris-Maryam Namazie Podcast on Immigration and Muslim Profiling
“Muslim” profiling has now been imposed by Donald Trump via an Executive Order with its brutal consequences unfolding before our very eyes. See my piece…
استعفا از حزب كمونيست كارگرى ايران
English translation of resignation letter and further explanation below: استعفا از حزب كمونيست كارگرى ايران بدين وسيله به اطلاع مى رسانيم كه از اين تاريخ…
Sharia courts pose a growing threat to women’s rights
The below is my piece published in The Freethinker on 15 December 2016. This week over 300 women who have faced abuse issued a warning…
Devastating New Evidence on Sharia Courts
Supplementary written evidence submitted by One Law for All RE: New Submission by Maryam Namazie to Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into Sharia Councils I…