I spoke on 30 November 2015 at Goldsmiths University at the invitation of the Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society (ASH). The night before my talk,…
Ayatollah BBC and #ExMuslimBecause
I was interviewed by Anne-Marie Tomchak for thirty minutes for BBC Trending on 26 November. Despite my also having referred 4 ex-Muslims, including those who…
The answer is a global human resistance to Islamism
FRENCH: Attaques sur Paris : la réponse doit être une résistance humaine globale à l’islamisme We mourn our dead in Paris today and stand in solidarity…
Apostasy, Blasphemy and Free Expression in the Age of ISIS
Below is my speech “Apostasy, Blasphemy and Free Expression in the Age of ISIS,” which I gave at Warwick University on 28 October 2015. I…
Shoot to Kill Orders, Police Dogs and Fortresses
I received this from a refugee rights activist working in Belgrade who got in touch to say that all groups of Afghan refugees who had…
Commemorating Reyhaneh Jabbari
“With a hanging rope in front of my eyes, that I am not afraid of, I write to tell the tale that I lived, leaving…
We are Raif: UK campaign for human rights in Saudi Arabia launched
We Are Raif: a campaign for free speech and human rights in Saudi Arabia Today, we announce the formation of ‘We Are Raif: a campaign…
The Guardian: Through Islamist Eyes
I emailed The Guardian on 2 October to ask for the right to reply to David Shariatmadari’s apologetics for Islamism. My article, Why I Speak…
Warwick Student Union grants permission for Maryam to speak at Warwick University
BREAKING NEWS 27 September 2015: Warwick Student Union has now approved the Warwick Atheists’ request to have me speak there and Isaac Leigh, President and…