Iran: She wants to ride a bike – simple
- Posted by Maryam Namazie
- On October 22, 2020
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- bike, hijab, Iran, woman
#JeSuisSamuelPaty #JeSuisCharlie
- Posted by Maryam Namazie
- On October 19, 2020
- 0 Comments
- Charlie Hebdo, nude protest, Samuel Paty
#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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The problem is murder, not speech
- Posted by Maryam Namazie
- On October 19, 2020
- 1 Comments
- Charlie Hebdo, nude protest, Samuel Paty
The focus on limits to free speech when a teacher has been decapitated is like focusing on a woman’s skirt when she has been raped. One does not cause the other. Your focus on speech offends me – the difference is I don’t threaten or kill for my offended sensibilities. The problem is murder not […]
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Cartoons are an Excuse!
- Posted by Maryam Namazie
- On October 19, 2020
- 0 Comments
- cartoons, Charlie Hebdo, Samuel Paty
Cartoons are an excuse. Everything “provokes” Islamists – Being a woman, freethinker, gay, unveiled, ex-Muslim, atheist, religiously unprescribed sex, laughing out loud, music… If you think that killings will stop if you stop drawing cartoons, you cannot see the innumerable in prisons & on death row in Iran, Asia, Mid East, North Africa for “provoking” […]
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Islam Kills
- Posted by Maryam Namazie
- On October 16, 2020
- 0 Comments
- Islam, religion
#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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The Woman’s Quran
- Posted by Maryam Namazie
- On September 29, 2020
- 0 Comments
- Blasphemy Day, Woman's Quran
On 30 September, #BlasphemyDay, Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) publishes The Woman’s Quran (114 Pages for 114 Surahs). It is blank because all religions degrade women and because the Quran, Islam and Islamism are the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation. (*A reference to US Suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s “The Bible […]
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In Support of Charlie Hebdo: We’re Not Offended
- Posted by Maryam Namazie
- On September 16, 2020
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- Charlie Hebdo
Today’s issue of Charlie Hebdo with (mostly) #exMuslims, thanks to Inna Shevchenko. Caricatures de Mahomet : Paroles de musulmans non offensés, Charlie Hebdo, 16 September 2020 Translation of my contribution: “A progressive, satirical anti-clerical tradition such as that of Charlie Hebdo’s is not the sole domain of the West. When Charlie Hebdo draws Mohammed, it […]
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#BanIRSports4Navid
- Posted by Maryam Namazie
- On September 15, 2020
- 0 Comments
- Navid Afkari
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
- Posted by Maryam Namazie
- On August 20, 2020
- 0 Comments
- 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.
- Posted by Maryam Namazie
- On August 11, 2020
- 0 Comments
- Black Lives Matter, BLm, ex-Muslims, white identity politics
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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