Category: News
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International women’s open letter for a democratic Syria based on women’s freedom
I have joined 650 women and women’s groups to call for a democratic Syria based on women’s freedom Since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on December 8, 2024, discussions have been underway about the future of Syria, and with that, the new opportunities for a democratic reconstruction of Syrian society. It is…
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Hijab Silences: On No Hijab Day, Take off your Hijab and Put it on a Man
Ex-Muslims International No Hijab Day Statement | February 1, 2025 No Hijab Day was created on 1 February as a direct response to World Hijab Day, which promotes the hijab as a symbol of women’s choice and empowerment. Rather, No Hijab Day seeks to illuminate the coercive and oppressive realities of the hijab as a pillar of…
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Joint submission to the WEC on Gendered Islamophobia
Joint submission to the Women and Equalities Committee on Gendered Islamophobia Ahead of the Women and Equalities Committee’s (WEC) one off session around Gendered Islamophobia on Wednesday, 15th January 2025, Southall Black Sisters (SBS) along with One Law For All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) submitted joint written evidence. In it, we focused…
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Maryam Namazie: the godless godmother of European ex-Muslims
Thanks to Janna Aanstoot, Magnus Timmerby and @SvHumanisterna for great coverage of #CDOslo & #ExMuslim movement. There is also an interview with me in the Islam issue, which you can read in full here. 1. You are the “Godmother” of ex-Muslims. If you could give three advices to a young Muslim who wants to leave…
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Official Statement on the Magdeburg Attack: Condemning Hatred and Defending Human Rights
At least five people, including a child, were killed, and 200 others were injured when Taleb Al Abdulmohsen deliberately drove into the Magdeburg Christmas Market on December 20. Abdulmohsen, a Saudi-born doctor and self-proclaimed ex-Muslim atheist activist, starkly illustrates that right-wing extremism knows no racial, cultural, or religious boundaries. Despite being an immigrant, he was…
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For Human Rights Day: Sex Apartheid Humiliates and Kills
On #HumanRightsDay2024 we rage against #SexApartheid#GenderApartheid in #Iran#Afghanistan Segregation based on sex like that based on race is humiliating. It’s dehumanising. It kills. It is a crime against humanity. #SexApartheidKills #SexApartheidHumiliates
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100 Women in FEMEN Action against Violence against Women
*”Lifting the Veil on Violence Against Women Worldwide”* On November 24, 100 FEMEN activists from different countries make an uncompromising statement of resistance from Paris to all women everywhere suppressed by theocracies, wars and dictatorships. Marking International Day against Violence against Women, a hundred women march to embody a living symbol of global feminist defiance…
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In support of Ahoo Daryaei: Nude Protest is a Battlefield for Liberation
Maryam Namazie of One Law for All who organised the FEMEN/One Law for All protest in London on 8 November in support of Ahoo Daryaei said “Nude protest goes to the crux of the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran by reclaiming a battlefield for suppression into a battlefield for liberation of self and society.…
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8 November Day: of Action for #Ahoo Daryaei
In Solidarity with Ahoo Daryaei در همبستگی با آهو دریایی 8 Nov, 3:30-4:30pm Piccadilly Circus, London On 2 November, a female student from Tehran’s Science and Research University (apparently called Ahoo Daryaei) removed her clothes on campus in protest to being harassed by security forces over mandatory hijab rules. She was violently beaten, arrested and…
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Ex-Muslims demand an end to war, occupation, rape and terrorism
In the run-up to the one-year anniversary of the Israeli government’s brutal and unrelenting war on Gaza and the West Bank since 7 October 2023, we the undersigned ex-Muslims, are filled with rage and heartbreak at the ongoing genocide against Palestinian civilians. So far, the war has killed and wounded hundreds of thousands, destroyed hospitals,…
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Celebrating Dissent Oslo, A Landmark Event
Celebrating Dissent Oslo, held during 31 August – 1 September 2024, was a resounding success. The event organised by Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) and Dømmekraft focused on blasphemous women and paid homage to Shabana Rehman, the late Norwegian ex-Muslim of Pakistani descent, who was a taboo-breaking comedian and activist. In his tribute, which…
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Statement on the far-right riots following the Southport attack
We, the undersigned, stand in utter condemnation of the murderous violence against girls in Southport and mourn the lives lost and harmed by violence against women and girls in all its forms. We are further alarmed by and we condemn the instrumentalisation of that violence by racists and fascists on the streets and in the…