CEMB march at Pride 2018 in London: A Victory against Islamism

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 9, 2018
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Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain marched in Pride in London on 7 July for LGBT rights in countries under Islamic rule; in 15 states or territories, homosexuality is punishable by death. The march was a victory against Islamist forces in Britain like Mend and East London Mosque that tried and failed to stop CEMB from […]

Ex-Muslims: A community in protest

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 3, 2018
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community, identity politics

Published in sister-hood on 2 July 2018. When the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) started 11 years ago, in June 2007, we were hard pressed to find 25 people who would come out publicly to break the apostasy taboo. Today, we are witnessing an international ex-Muslim ‘community’ – a tsunami of atheism. But for me, this has […]

Pret-A-Patriarchy – on “modest” fashion

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On June 7, 2018
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modest fashion, veil

The below was published in The New European on 31 May 2018 “Modest” fashion is a fast growing industry with companies like Dolce & Gabbana, H&M, Marks and Spencer, DKNY, Zara and others all rushing to cash in. But while more choice is undoubtedly good, I have a problem with the labelling. Positioning some types […]

Demand for atheism rises in countries under Islamic rule

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On March 27, 2018
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My latest column in The Freethinker. The scientist and author Richard Dawkins is giving away translations of The God Delusion in countries under Islamic rule like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan. The reason behind the decision is the thirst for atheism in such countries. Whilst 3.3 million copies of the bestseller have been sold since 2006, the unofficial […]

God: A Human History – a rescue attempt by Reza Aslan

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 23, 2017
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Reza Aslan

My new piece in The Freethinker. “Religion scholar” Reza Aslan’s new book, God: A Human History (Bantam Press, £18.99), traces the human relationship with God-types from the Palaeolithic, Greek, and Egyptian eras to the rise of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Aslan’s history highlights the ongoing compulsion to attribute human characteristics onto Gods over millennia and […]

Gender segregation is humiliating and damaging

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On October 22, 2017
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gender segregation

This piece was first published in The Freethinker. Segregation was humiliating. Just the reality of signs that said you couldn’t use front doors or you couldn’t use this water fountain implied that you were subhuman … Every time I complied with a sign, I felt like I was acquiescing to my own inhumanity. I felt […]

Bodypainting in Solidarity with Ex-Muslims and CEMB

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On September 30, 2017
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ex-Muslims

Created as a finale to the groundbreaking International Conference on Freedom of Conscience and Expression, the largest gathering of ex-Muslims in history, this is the world’s first group bodypaint captured by both ground and drone. Conceived by award-winning bodypainter Victoria Gugenheim in support of and solidarity with ex-Muslims and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain […]

The Future Belongs to the Blasphemers – a Message from Ex-Muslims

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On September 30, 2017
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blasphemy

A message from ex-Muslims to mark International Blasphemy Day Some people believe that disagreeing with deeply held beliefs is hate. It is not. I want to remind you that many of the most powerful ideas, ideas that changed our world were once heretical. I want to remind you that many of the most radical thinkers […]

Fighting against Islam and Islamism

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On September 25, 2017
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Islam, Islamism

Here is my speech at the 40th Freedom from Religion Foundation Convention in Madison, WI during 15-17 September whilst receiving the Henry H. Zumach Freedom From Religious Fundamentalism award:

Pride parade in Vancouver rejects Iranian over veil float

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On August 31, 2017
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Islam, Pride, vancouver

The below piece was first published in The Freethinker. Iranian Shawn Shirazi and his group Cirque de So Gay were denied entry to the Pride Parade in Vancouver, Canada this year because their float criticising the veil was deemed to be ‘culturally [in]sensitive’. In the application for Cirque de So Gay, he wrote: Our entry in the […]

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