Category: News
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They kill atheists and we are deemed terrorists!
Here is my opening statement on the International Atheism panel with Faisal Saeed Al-Mutar and Cristina Rad at AACon2014: Punishing apostates is a long-standing and fundamental feature of all major religions. Islam is no different except that Islamism – an extreme Right movement with Islam as its banner – is this era’s inquisition and totalitarianism.…
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I’m at American Atheist Convention
I’ve just arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah for the American Atheist Convention which starts Thursday! I’ll be speaking on apostasy and nude protest as challenges to Islamism and Islam. More details here.
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Iranian cultural figures and artists outside Iran stand united against the execution of Rayhaneh Jabbari
Let us band together to save someone from capital punishment. Let us not stand by and watch as a precious life is snuffed out. Rayhaneh Jabbari is 26 years old. At age 19 she was charged with the murder of Morteza Sarbandi, a doctor and a former employee of the Ministry of Intelligence and Surveillance…
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Ghesas and Execution are the same
Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary-general of the Iranian High Council for Human Rights recently said: “The problem lies in that the west does not understand that Ghesas code [retribution] is different from execution. A verdict of Ghesas belongs to the aggrieved who can either pardon the condemned or impose the sentence”. Mohammad Javad Larijani said:…
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Rayhaneh is to be reportedly executed on Tuesday
The only way to save her is to increase the pressure through the Campaign IT HAS NOW BEEN REPORTED THAT RAYHANEH’S EXECUTION DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THIS TUESDAY. WE MUST STOP IT. On Saturday 7 April 2014 or Farvardin 17, 1393 on the Persian calender a meeting was held in Tehran in the name…
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28 April 2014 Symbolic Protest, Law Society, London
Join Protest against Law Society 28 April 2014 from 5:00-6:00pm at The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL. Just show up or join the Facebook Page of the One Law for All, Southall Black Sisters, Centre for Secular Space, Lawyers Secular Society and LSE SUASH organised symbolic protest. The protest is endorsed by the Council of…
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International Humanist Academy
I was recently elected as a Laureate of the International Humanist Academy. Other distinguished members include some of my favourite people: AC Grayling, Richard Dawkins, Taslima Nasrin, Harold Kroto and many more! Here’s a list of the members and more about the Academy. آکادمی بین المللی اومانىسم (انسانگرایی) مريم نمازى را بعنوان عضو خود انتخاب کرده…
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This is my body; I will do whatever I want with it, Interview with Amina Sboui and Aliaa Magda Elmahdy
Unveiled A Publication of Fitnah – Movement for Women’s Liberation March 2014 Volume 2, Issue 3 Editor: Maryam Namazie Design: Kiran Opal PDF Version of Publication: Fitnah-Unveiled-March-2014 In This Issue – This is my body; I will do whatever I want with it, Interview with Amina Sboui and Aliaa Magda Elmahdy – News Flash: February…
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I’ll be in Poland at Atheist Congress this weekend
I will be speaking at the first Atheist Days in Warsaw, Poland on 28-29 March. The event starts on Friday (28.03) with an evening of atheist movies. On 29.03, there will be a march of atheists followed by the historical reconstruction of the execution of the nobleman Lyszczynski, the author of the treaty “On non…
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The Law Society must withdraw its guidance on Sharia-succession rules
We, the undersigned, are appalled to learn that the Law Society, the representative body for solicitors in England and Wales, has issued Sharia-related guidance on wills, succession and inheritance. The guidance says: “Certain principles of Sharia are different to English succession laws. For example, it is not possible to inherit under Sharia rules via a…
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Who speaks for British Muslims
A few days ago, BBC Newsnight showed a programme by Maajid Nawaz entitled “Who speaks for British Muslims” (you can see it below). Over the past few days, there’s been a huge uproar about how he could have dared to include me – an ex-Muslim – as a “minority voice”. In the programme I explained…
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Diversity Awards
Several people have nominated me for the National Diversity Awards as a positive role model. Thank you! Though I have a sneaky feeling that I am not the type of diversity they are looking for. Diversity is lovely, don’t get me wrong, but usually from the multicultural and culturally relativist point of view, diversity often…