Category: News
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East London mosque has filed formal complaint about CEMB to Pride
This post was first published as ‘Criticism of Islam or Islamism is not anti-Muslim bigotry’, The Freethinker, 15 July 2017 East London mosque has filed a formal complaint regarding the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain’s presence in Pride in London and stated that our placards, including “East London mosque incites murder of LGBT” were “inciting hatred against Muslims” and…
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Court of Appeal: gender segregation is sex discrimination
Join protest at Court of Appeal hearing on 11 and 12 July 2017 at 9.30am at Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL. Pack out the public gallery in the court so that the judiciary is under no illusion as to what is at stake. Publicise our campaign widely. PRESS RELEASE 6 July 2017…
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Ex-Muslims out, loud and proud at Pride in London
On 8 July, CEMB was at Pride in London in full force highlighting the plight of LGBT in countries under Islamic rule with bodypainting by the award-winning Victoria Gugenheim. The march went ahead as planned, though police initially tried to remove placards with the slogan “Allah is Gay” because of complaints of “offence”. Whilst a…
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A piece of my heart in Sulaymaniyah
I had a wonderful time in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan with Houzan Mahmoud, Ismail Hamamin Hamalaw, Peshraw Hassan and friends at Dabran Platform پلاتفۆرمی دابڕان. Even with the Iranian regime and daesh close by, I felt safe and at home. Everything was so familiar. I’m back but I left a piece of my heart in Sulaymaniyah… چقدر…
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From Sulaymaniyah to Manchester – grief and solidarity against hate
I returned today from Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan after speaking at the founding Congress of Enlightenment Feminism (more of this soon). The city – next to Iran and not far from Daesh held territories – is a testament to the fight against Islamist terrorism and for secularism and a renewed enlightenment. There, people mourn their children and…
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نه به هموفوبیا. نه
6Rang کمپین آری به تغییر مریم نمازی فعال سیاسی و برنده جایزه آزادی و لائیسیته است. او در عرصههایی چون حقوق زنان و مبارزه علیه اسلام سیاسی فعال و پیشرو است. نمازی به شیوایی در این ویدئو میگوید همجنسگرایی جرم نیست بلکه قوانین همجنسگراستیز جمهوری اسلامی جرم هستند: «نه به هموفوبیا. نه!» از شما خواهشمندیم…
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Celebrating apostasy and blasphemy in London in July
The Freethinker interviews Maryam Namazie and Marieme Helie Lucas ahead of the International Conference on Freedom of Conscience and Expression in the 21 Century scheduled to take place in London between July 22 and 24, 2017. Why organise an international conference on free conscience and expression? Maryam Namazie: Atheists and freethinkers are targeted by Islamists…
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Join Historic Conference on Free Expression and Conscience
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]International Conference on Freedom of Conscience and Expression in the 21st Century Saturday and Sunday 22-24 July 2017 Central London, UK BUY TICKETS TODAY. NO TICKETS SOLD AT DOOR. SEE EXCITING SCHEDULE HERE. READ INTERVIEW DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONFERENCE AT A TIME WHEN ATHEISTS AND SECULARISTS UNDER INCREASING ATTACK. Join over 70 notable…
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On 8 March, International Women’s Day: Fuck modesty
My latest piece in The Freethinker to mark International Women’s Day. Wherever Islamism gains power and influence, it comes for women first. And it’s always a sign of worse to come, hence the saying: ‘the freedom of society is measured by the freedom of women.’ Islamism but also the Christian-Right, Buddhist-Right, Jewish-Right, Hindu-Right, Sikh-Right ……
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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. He was arrested when he went to visit his son Siamak. Their “crime” is that they are dual nationals being held hostage by the Iranian regime. February 22 is one…
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Blaming the Victims: Islam’s Non Believers
By Marieme Helie Lucas (Algerian sociologist) Reposted from SIAWI Also available in French. For the past three decades, we have been witnessing the implementation in politics of the concept of perversity in psychology. Case study, truly. I first realized that during the ‘dark decade’ in Algeria, which made about 200,000 victims, most of them at…
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Islam’s Non-Believers
A new film by Deeyah Khan, above – Islam’s Non-Believers – follows the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, which supports ex-Muslims, often referred to as apostates or unbelievers, both in the UK and abroad. Read my piece on it in The Freethinker. The documentary – which can be seen here – provides an important insight…