Category: News
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End-Year Drinks with the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain
Members and supporters are invited to join the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain for end-year drinks. Date: Tuesday 11 December 2012 Time: 18:30-20:00 Hours Location: Central London Entry: £10 per person; £7 for unwaged (including one drink and canapés). Special Guest Speaker: Philosopher A C Grayling on ‘Secularism as a Human Right’.
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Panahi’s This is Not a Film
I will be in Jersey from tomorrow where I will be speaking at the Amnesty International Jersey Human Rights Festival on the situation in Iran and free expression after the screening of Jafar Panahi’s film – ‘This is not a Film’. More details here. I won’t be blogging until Monday.
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One law for All – Passion For Freedom – Awards 2012
One Law for All’s 4th Passion for Freedom Art Festival opened on 3 November with a private viewing at Unit24 Gallery. Hundreds attended the viewing. The festival, which is addressing the issue of freedom, is showcasing the work of over 40 artists from 20 countries worldwide (including censored works shown in London for the very…
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Despite the Fear
Last night’s private viewing of One Law for All’s 4th Passion for Freedom Art Festival was absolutely brilliant. I spent most of the night on the couch in the back feeling ill but managed to give my speech. The art was fantastic – some shocking, others heart-wrenching or inspiring, and all of them thought-provoking. The…
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Where I’ll be this month
I’ll be at the following places this month: Tomorrow 3 November 2012, I’ll be attending and speaking at One Law for All’s Passion for Freedom Art Festival private view from 6.30-9.30pm. More details here. During 8-11 November 2012 I will be speaking at the Jersey Human Rights Festival on the human rights situation in Iran, censorship and Sharia law. More…
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November 2012: My body is not obscene; veiling it is
November 2012 is here. The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is mine! You can read why I did it in support of Egyptian atheist and blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy by reading my interview with Now Lebanon entitled ‘Stripping for Iran’. As I said: When you are faced with an Islamic movement that considers you to be…
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Censored works shown for the first time in London
One Law for All’s 4th Passion for Freedom London Festival 2012 presents artists who dare to take action The fourth annual festival will take place at the Unit24 Gallery in London’s South Bank. Artists from 30 countries around the world have entered their work into the competition this year. During the festival the works of…
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If not now, then when?
Someone always has some statistics about the West’s failings whenever I speak of Iran or Islam or sharia and wants to know what I’m doing about it… Next time I meet someone protesting against the welfare cuts in Britain, I’ll be sure to ask what s/he is doing about the Iranian regime’s cut in subsidies…
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A killing spree
In the past 48 hours, the Islamic regime of Iran executed 13 people (in a report received by Mina Ahadi and the International Committee against Execution). 3 were executed this Sunday on charges of ‘corruption’ and ‘enmity against god’ in Sistan Baluchestan, namely Yahya Charizehi, Abdoljalil Kahrazehi and Abdolbasset Rigi. 10 others, including Saeed Sadighi and a father…
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Malala’s Lessons
The shooting of the wonderfully brave Malala Yousefzai by the Pakistani Taliban has brought to the fore many of the issues that I have been banging on about for a long time. Not all Muslims (or those labelled as Muslims) support Islamism and the likes of the Taliban. Many of them are its first victims…
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Vanished into thin air
Avaaz reports that in the past 19 months at least 28,000 – 80,000 Syrians – if not more – have vanished into thin air, ‘disappeared’ by the Syrian government forces and militia as a deliberate strategy to terrorise the population at large. No one is safe – from women and men out food shopping to entire…
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If it wasn’t for the right to dream
If it wasn’t for the right to dream and the waters it gives to drink, all other rights would die thirsty… (by the ever brilliant Eduardo Galeano)…