Category: News
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30 September, Blasphemy Day: #FreeBetty
On Blasphemy Day, we need your voice more than ever. Join Ex-Muslims International in demanding the decriminalisation of blasphemy laws and the immediate release of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar, a renowned rights activist unjustly imprisoned in Morocco. Betty has been sentenced to two and a half years behind bars—for nothing more than posting a photo of herself in…
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Don’t Side with Killers
Don’t defend the ruling class in Iran or Israel, WBAI’s Joy of Resistance, 27 June 2025 Israel-Iran war, a war between two reactionary forces, Maryam Namazie interview with Andrew Marr, LBC, 16 June 2025
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Israel & Hamas: Get the fuck out of Gaza
o|o Israel & Hamasget the fuckout ofGaza #FEMEN Arabic:إسرائيل و حماسخارج غزة Farsi:اسرائیل و حماس، گورتان را از غزه گم کنید! #Israel #Hamas #Gaza
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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…