Court of Appeal ruling will force women to discriminatory Sharia courts

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On February 14, 2020
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PRESS RELEASE 14 FEBRUARY 2020 Court of Appeal rules that women who are unable to register their marriage in accordance with the law are not entitled to financial remedies on the break-up of their marriage. On the 13th and 14th November 2019, Southall Black Sisters (SBS) intervened in an important case (Akhter v Khan) which […]

From 2013-2020, the campaign against World Hijab Day gaining strength

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On February 1, 2020
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Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) took direct action against the veil and compulsory veiling in London on 1 February to challenge World Hijab Day with Sadia Hameed, Fay Rahman and Zara Kay. Even on streets of London, a man told the women they were “embarrassing themselves”. (Video by Reason4Freedom) CEMB is pleased […]

“On The Side Of Those Who Fight For Freedom”

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 16, 2020
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CEMB, ex-muslim, Islam, one law for all, Sharia

The below was first published on Centre for Women’s Justice website written by Maryam Namazie, joint prize winner of the Emma Humphrey’s Memorial Prize 2019. I started Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and One Law for All more than a decade ago to publicly mobilise dissent against religious laws. An expression of “not in my […]

حجاب: جلوگیری از تحمیل عرف

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 15, 2020
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child veiling, hijab, veil

این مقاله اولین بار در نشریه انگلیسی زبان ’رهایی کارگران’ در دفاع از ممنوعیت حجاب کودکان در ۲۷ نوامبر ۲۰۱۹ منتشر شد. English مریم نمازی در مورد حجاب کودکان، منع قانونی نماد‌های مذهبی‌ آشکار برای کودکان، دفاعی مهمی از حقوق کودکان است. کودکان ملک والدینشان نیستند. آنها افرادی دارای حقوق و تمامیت جسمی‌ هستند، و […]

The hijab: “preventing common impositions”

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 27, 2019
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child veiling, hijab

حجاب: جلوگیری از تحمیل عرف The hijab: “preventing common impositions” was published in Workers Liberty Solidarity in defence of banning child veiling on 27 November 2019. Maryam Namazie is an activist with the Council of Ex-Muslims and other secularist groups. On the issue of child veiling, a state ban on conspicuous religious symbols for children […]

Defend Protests in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 22, 2019
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Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, protests, Secularism

Farsi, Arabic and French translations below. Nationwide protests in Iran against a 50% fuel price hike over the last few days has seen widespread suppression by the Islamic regime of Iran’s security forces leaving at least 200 dead, hundreds injured and over a thousand arrested. The use of overwhelming force by security forces has been […]

Does religion have a privileged status in the UK?

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 20, 2019
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By Rahila Gupta CNN, Wed November 20, 2019 Editor’s Note: Rahila Gupta is an author and journalist. She has written several books, including “Don’t Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong” and “Enslaved: The New British Slavery.” She has also served in the management committee of Southall Black Sisters since 1989. The opinions expressed in […]

Apostasy, Blasphemy and Free Expression

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 15, 2019
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See video footage of a discussion on apostasy from Islam, blasphemy and free expression with the brilliant Sarah Haider and Shabana Rehman in Oslo at an event organised by Ateistene and Human-Etisk Forbund Norway.

Maryam Namazie and Afsana Lachaux, Joint Winners of 2019 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 12, 2019
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Maryam Namazie and Afsana Lachaux were joint winners of the 2019 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize for their campaigning work in support of women under Sharia laws. The award recognised the links with Sharia and religious laws and violence against women. Afsana Lachaux has spent the past five years campaigning for women’s access to justice. After […]

Maryam Namazie on the freedom to choose.

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On October 16, 2019
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By Souwie I met Maryam Namazie at the Celebrating Dissent festival in Amsterdam recently. As co-organiser of this unique gathering, it soon became clear that Maryam was seen by many of the participants as something of a mentor, even a mother figure. A veteran campaigner for human, especially women’s rights, Maryam, now 53, speaks with the eloquence […]

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