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Black Lives Matter. Full Stop.

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On August 11, 2020
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  • 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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Conflating face masks with burqas is an an act of cultural assassination

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On July 1, 2020
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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 […]
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On #GeorgeFloyd and #BlackLivesMatter

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On June 2, 2020
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  • Black Lives Matter, George Floyd
Tweets on #GeorgeFloyd and #BlackLivesMatter Maryam Namazie @MaryamNamazie     Jun 2nd 2020, 10 tweets, 4 min read In 1991, I was beaten by NYPD at anti-Iraq War protest. Undercover agents threw something into parade, 18 of us were dragged over barricades fencing protesters in. One cop kicked me in face while I was on the ground; […]
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Maryam Namazie speaks at Muslimish on Roadmap to Abolishing Blasphemy Laws

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 31, 2020
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See segment of Muslimish event on Roadmap to abolishing blasphemy laws with Maryam Namazie chaired by Muslimish’s Wissam Charafeddine on 31 May Other speakers include: Ibrahim Abdallah, National Organizer, Muslimish Nicolas Little, Legal Director, Center For Inquiry Ken Grunow, Amnesty International USA, Legislative Coordinator for Michigan Geraldine Grunow, Amnesty International USA, Local Group Coordinator Watch […]
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Dissent within minority communities Podcast

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 10, 2020
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Mihir Joshi talks to activist MaryamNamazie about honour based violence, blasphemy and the popular revolt against the Iranian regime, Backchat, 10 May 2020 Spotify Apple Dissent within minority communities is often not only badly reported in the media but is actually actively silenced under the guise of political correctness. On the final episode of this […]
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Celebrating Blasphemy and Dissent in the Ex-Muslim Movement | Maryam Namazie

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 5, 2020
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The below was published in Shuddhashar magazine, Blasphemy issue, 1 May In a quarter of the world’s countries and territories, people are legally killed, imprisoned or persecuted for blasphemy and apostasy. It is astonishing that in the 21 Century, thought, and opinion are still criminalised in this way. The argument for blasphemy laws is that […]
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First Online Protest to Save the Life of Atheist Soheil Arabi

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 14, 2020
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  • Iran, Soheil Arabi
A three-hour online protest took place on 4 April reaching out to thousands on social media to highlight the urgent plight of Soheil Arabi in prison in Iran since 2013. Arabi was initially sentenced to death for “insulting the prophet.” He was eventually acquitted of this charge and his sentence reduced on appeal to seven […]
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Join Urgent Online Solidarity Protest to Save Atheist Soheil Arabi’s Life

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 13, 2020
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Join Urgent Online Solidarity Protest to Save Soheil Arabi’s Life Via Livestream on Youtube 14 April 2020 3:00-6:00pm London time/6:30-9:30pm Tehran time Iranian atheist, activist and blogger Soheil Arabi has resumed his hunger strike on April 4 in protest to the Iranian regime’s denial of medical care and leave during the Coronavirus epidemic, inhuman prison conditions […]
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#ShunShunning

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On March 23, 2020
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  • atheist day, ex-muslim, shunning
n the second International Atheist Day, 23 March 2020, which was established in 2019 by a number of ex-Muslim and atheist organisations,  we call on families, communities and societies to end the heinous practice of shunning atheists, ex-Muslims and freethinkers. Shunning is akin to long-term psychological torture and a form of social death penalty. See counselling psychologist Savin […]
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