2019 Shortlist Announced, Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize, 3 October 2019

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On October 3, 2019
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Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize

2019 Shortlist Announced, Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize, 3 October 2019 We have a fantastic shortlist for the inaugural joint Emma Humphreys and Centre for Women’s Justice awards. Please join us in congratulating all our nominees: Afsana Lachaux has spent the past five years campaigning for women’s access to justice. After having to flee Dubai, and whilst […]

Stand with the witches, heretics and blasphemers, sister-hood Interview with Maryam Namazie

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On September 18, 2019
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Interview with Maryam Namazie, sister-hood Part 1: 10 September 2019 Part 2: 18 September 2019 Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born writer and activist. She is the Spokesperson for Fitnah – Movement for Women’s Liberation, One Law for All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. She hosts a weekly television programme in Persian and English […]

De Balie #CelebratingDissent Festival was an Astounding Success

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On September 16, 2019
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De Balie, Dissent, ex-Muslims, Islam, Islamism, women

The epic ‘Celebrating Dissent’ Festival took place between 30 August -1 September in Amsterdam, a collaboration between the prestigious art and debate institute De Balie and Maryam Namazie. Consisting of a mixture of intense, probing conversations, comedy, art, poetry and dance performances, films, lectures and protest, the weekend was an education in the issues facing […]

Neither God nor Master – FEMEN Goddesses Series by Jenny Wenhammar

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On September 12, 2019
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FEMEN Goddesses, Jenny Wenhammar, Maryam Namazie

From Jenny Wenhammar Portrait Series on Femen Goddesses on display at De Balie #CelebratingDissent Festival in Amsterdam during 30 August – 1 September 2019. Here Jenny explains the portrait: Maryam Namazie has challenged the Islamist war on women’s bodies covering her naked body with the Islamist flag of Iran ripped apart. Exposing her breast instead […]

Epic Celebrating Dissent Festival in Amsterdam

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On August 6, 2019
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Celebrating Dissent Festival during August 31 – September 1 in Amsterdam at De Balie will be a huge and historic event with nearly 50 contributors from 30 countries worldwide coming together to celebrate freedom through theatre, talks, poetry, film and stand-up comedy. The festival Celebrating Dissent honours freedom: freedom to think differently, freedom not to […]

We understand intolerance better than most; Blasphemy is not Bigotry

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 28, 2019
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bigotry, blasphemy, ex-Muslims, Pride

On 15 July, Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) wrote to the newspaper Het Parool to ask for a right to reply to a piece by Dino Suhonic, director of Maruf platform for queer Muslims in the Netherlands where a number of intentionally false statements were made about the CEMB and our fight for LGBT […]

CEMB marches at Pride in London 2019 as topless Imams of Perpetual Indulgence

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 9, 2019
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apostasy, blasphemy, ex-muslim, LGBT, Muslim, Pride

On 6 July 2019, Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) marched in Pride London for the 3rd time as an organisation. This year, we marked the 40th anniversary of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a rebellion against the church’s religious morality, by marching as the Imams of Perpetual Indulgence. Instead of being the Council […]

Must take an unequivocal stand against all forms of hate

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 2, 2019
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My interview with Nilantha Ilangamuwa in Sri Lanka’s FT She is energetic and outspoken. Her creativity on resistance against repressive regimes has attracted many communities around the globe. Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born writer and activist based in London. She is the Spokesperson for Fitnah – Movement for Women’s Liberation, One Law for All and the […]

Defining Islamophobia

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On June 19, 2019
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Islamophobia

The below article was published on sister-hood. “Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness” – All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims definition of Islamophobia The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on British Muslims’ definition of Islamophobia has mainly been framed as a free speech issue. […]

Fundamentalism and White Nationalism: the same, just wearing different clothes

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On March 21, 2019
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cultural relativism, Equality, far-Right, homophobia, Islam, Islamic feminists, Islamism, Maryam Namazie, Racism, religion, Secularism, terrorism

Below is the English version of an interview with Marieke Hoogwout published in Dutch in Vrij Links on 20 March 2019. The interview was conducted before the Christchurch and Utrecht terrorist attacks this month. You can read the Dutch interview here. In January, Iranian-British human rights activist Maryam Namazie gave the 24th Freedom Lecture at […]

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