Category: News
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Challenging World Hijab Day, 1 February
Women Leaving Islam, a new film by the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, premieres on 1 February at 6pm UK time as a challenge to #WorldHijabDay and religious modesty rules. You can watch the film here. In this powerful film, six ex-Muslim women activists share their moving stories of growing up in Muslim families and…
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#JusticeForZara #ReleaseZara #FreeZaraKay
URGENT ACTION: Tanzanian government must drop all the charges against Zara Kay immediately and unconditionally #JusticeForZara #ReleaseZara #FreeZaraKay The International Coalition of Ex-Muslims unequivocally condemns the arrest of Zara Kay, an Australian citizen and founder of Faithless Hijabi, a member of our Coalition. Zara was summoned to the Dar es-Salaam Oysterbay Police Station on 28…
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#No2CompulsoryVeiling #نه_به_حجاب_اجباری
On December 27, we remember courage of Vida Movahed, girls of Revolution Street and 4 decades of struggle against compulsory veiling laws in #Iran. A liberation movement that is nightmare of regime and source of pride for us all. There is no veiling without compulsion and the #veil is more than a piece of cloth…
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Brexit Cancel Culture
To the Brexiteers’ cancel culture (which aims to cancel people as well) let me say this. I don’t take offence at your opposition to my views. Throw it at me. I have no problem standing my ground and arguing my position. I have a lifetime of experience arguing for what I believe in. But telling…
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FULL VIDEO| Maryam Namazie – The Origins Podcast
Maryam Namazie, The Origins Podcast, 19 November 2020 Lawrence Krauss joins human rights activist Maryam Namazie at her office in London to discuss her work with The Council of Ex-Muslims, the rise of fascism in the west, blasphemy, “safe spaces”, Muslim profiling and much more.
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#JeSuisSamuelPaty #JeSuisCharlie
#JeSuisSamuel #JeSuisSamuelPaty #JeSuisCharlie Some have been asking the purpose of nude protest. A nude woman as political action is antithesis of the veiled, submissive woman. I will be nude, I will protest and I will challenge you to your core. Also see my speech at an Atheist Convention on the importance of nude protest. Photo…
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Islam Kills
#Islam kills. Like cigarettes, #religions should come with a health warning. @MaryamNamazie اسلام می کشد# همانند سیگار، #مذاهب باید با هشدار سلامتی بیایند مریم نمازی
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#BanIRSports4Navid
JOIN CALL TO BAN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN FROM INTERNATIONAL ARENA AND SPORTS FOR NAVID! INITIAL SIGNATORIES AND FARSI, ARABIC, FRENCH, GERMAN, TAMIL, TURKISH, SWEDISH TRANSLATIONS BELOW Navid Afkari, a young Iranian wrestler was executed by the Islamic regime in Iran on 12 September 2020 despite widespread local and international pressure. He was executed on…
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22 August 2020 – First International Apostasy Day
Arabic, Bangla, Dhivehi, Dutch, Farsi, French, German, Malay, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu translations below. On 22nd August, thousands participated in Apostasy Day, including by taking selfies with the hashtag #HandsUpforApostasyDay #ApostasyDay #ApostasyNotACrime. Overall, 83,000 people engaged in the day reaching 233,000 people. …
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Black Lives Matter. Full Stop.
On Why Ex-Muslims should support BLM and the Fight against Systematic Racism Edited and Expanded Conversation between Ali Rizvi and Maryam Namazie on Professional Novice Podcast Ali Rizvi: Welcome to Professional Novice with Ali Rizvi. I like bringing people on who I really respect in terms of their ideas and their thoughts. And today’s obviously…
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Conflating face masks with burqas is an an act of cultural assassination
Conflating face masks with burqas is an an act of cultural assassination, sister-hood, 1 July 2020 By Marieme Helie Lucas and Maryam Namazie Read it in French here. Some people, including Human Rights Watch’s Director Ken Roth and politicians like Rabina Khan have taken the opportunity of a global pandemic to defend the burqa/niqab by comparing it with…