Category: News
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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…
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Joint Statement on the The Sikh Court
The Sikh Court: Parallel Justice Systems are a Danger to Women We are alarmed by the establishment of a Sikh Court in the UK. Spokespeople for The Sikh Court describe it as an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism operating within the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996. They expect it to deal primarily with family matters and gurdwara conflicts. They…
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Iran’s tentacles around Britain: Kidnap fears, murder plots and rape threats
BIG READ Iranian dissidents in the UK reveal their fears of being targeted and why they want the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps proscribed as a terrorist group Rob Hastings Rob is Special Projects Editor at i. He won the Legal Reporting Award in 2019 and was shortlisted for the Washington Post’s Laurence Stern Fellowship…
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Celebrating Dissent Oslo 2024 – Join Us
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE. More than 50 freethinkers from Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, India, Iran, France, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Tunisia, UK, Ukraine, USA and the Diaspora will gather in Oslo during 31 August – 1 September 2024 for…
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Fast-Defying Picnics and Atheist Day RUMadan
CEMB organised picnics at embassies that persecute those who refuse to fast during Ramadan on 18 March, including of Iran, Morocco, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. On Atheist Day, 23 March, we also asked atheists to take a shot of Rum for atheists and ex-Muslims across the globe. Since it’s Ramadan, we will use the hashtag…
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Tuesdays against Executions in Iran
Resistance against surging executions in Iran continue. On 25 January 61 women political prisoners in Evin prison held a day-long hunger strike in condemnation of the surge in executions, including of a protestor arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution, Mohamad Ghobadlou. On 30 January, there was a national strike in Iranian Kurdistan against the…
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World Hijab Day: Unveiling is Strength
Today is #WorldHijabDay #veiledinstrength #unveiledinstrength #no2hijabday See World Hijab Day, uno strumento di repressione può diventare simbolo di orgoglio? Sky Italy, 1 February 2024 Fighting religious intolerance is important, as is fighting intolerance against those who have no religion and are being killed for apostasy and blasphemy in countries under Islamic rule. But you cannot…
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Threatening Islamic regime media programmes on activists abroad
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PARIS APPEAL: Laics of the World Unite
FRENCH BELOW For the first time in France, an international conference brought together defenders of Laicity from around the world on December 8 and 9, 2023 at Paris City Hall. The conference was co-organised by the Association Laïques Sans Frontières (LSF) and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB), in collaboration with the Comité Laïcité…
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#Sing4Freedom marking one year anniversary of the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini and start of Woman, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran
#Sing4Freedom marked the one year anniversary of the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini and the start of the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran on Saturday 16th September, Piccadilly Circus, London The global fight for women’s rights and freedom took centre stage as prominent women’s rights organisation One Law For All and the feminist liberation charity…