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Islamists want their terrorism to become the new normal

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On June 7, 2017
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  • Islamism, terrorism
This month’s piece in The Freethinker. Since 1 June – that’s one week – there have been 25 terrorist attacks, including in Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Pakistan, Somalia and the UK. The latest took place today in Iran. Islamists want their terrorism to become the new normal. In Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, women sex slaves […]
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Religion is fundamentally patriarchal and anti-woman

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 26, 2017
  • 1 Comments
  • Islam, Islamism, women
Below is my monthly column for The Freethinker entitled: Religion is fundamentally patriarchal and anti-woman, 25 May 2016 As US suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton once said: You may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion which has breathed upon this earth has degraded woman. In one Hadith, Mohammed, Islam’s prophet […]
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Islam and Islamism as the greatest stumbling blocks for women’s emancipation

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 24, 2017
  • 5 Comments
  • Islam, Islamism, Sulaymaniyah
Our spokesperson, Maryam Namazie, was invited by Dabran Platform to speak at the Founding Congress of Enlightenment Feminism in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan (photos below). She spoke about Islam and Islamism as the greatest stumbling blocks for women’s emancipation and how Islamists target women and girls first – whether in Tehran, Peshawar or Manchester. Here’s her speech: Islam […]
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اسلام و اسلام سياسى بزگترين سد راه رهائى زنان

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 24, 2017
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به دعوت سازمان پلاتفرم دابران براى شركت در كنگره مؤسس فمنيسم روشنگرى به سليمانيه سفر كرده بودم. من درباره اسلام و اسلام سياسى بعنوان مهمترين سد راه رهائى زنان سخنرانى كردم۔ ترجمه متن سخنرانى ام   اسلام  و اسلام سياسى بزگترين سد راه رهائى زنان (* اليزابت استانتن، از رهبران جنبش سافرجت كفته بود: إنجيل […]
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A piece of my heart in Sulaymaniyah

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 24, 2017
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  • Sulaimaniyah
I had a wonderful time in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan with Houzan Mahmoud, Ismail Hamamin Hamalaw, Peshraw Hassan and friends at Dabran Platform پلاتفۆرمی دابڕان. Even with the Iranian regime and daesh close by, I felt safe and at home. Everything was so familiar. I’m back but I left a piece of my heart in Sulaymaniyah… چقدر […]
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From Sulaymaniyah to Manchester – grief and solidarity against hate

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 23, 2017
  • 1 Comments
  • Islamist terrorism, Manchester, Sulaymaniyeh
I returned today from Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan after speaking at the founding Congress of Enlightenment Feminism (more of this soon). The city – next to Iran and not far from Daesh held territories – is a testament to the fight against Islamist terrorism and for secularism and a renewed enlightenment. There, people mourn their children and […]
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نه به هموفوبیا. نه

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 16, 2017
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6Rang کمپین آری به تغییر مریم نمازی فعال سیاسی و برنده جایزه آزادی و لائیسیته است. او در عرصه‌هایی چون حقوق زنان و مبارزه علیه اسلام سیاسی فعال و پیشرو است. نمازی به شیوایی در این ویدئو می‌گوید همجنسگرایی جرم نیست بلکه قوانین همجنسگراستیز جمهوری اسلامی جرم هستند: «نه به هموفوبیا. نه!» از شما خواهشمندیم […]
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Celebrating apostasy and blasphemy in London in July

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 12, 2017
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  • apostasy, blasphemy, Marieme Helie Lucas
The Freethinker interviews Maryam Namazie and Marieme Helie Lucas ahead of the International Conference on Freedom of Conscience and Expression in the 21 Century scheduled to take place in London between July 22 and 24, 2017. Why organise an international conference on free conscience and expression? Maryam Namazie: Atheists and freethinkers are targeted by Islamists […]
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Join Historic Conference on Free Expression and Conscience

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 20, 2017
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  • conference
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Sayeeda Warsi’s Blinkered View of Islamism

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 8, 2017
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  • Islamism, Warsi
LifestyleBooks The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain by Sayeeda Warsi – review A blinkered view of Islamism, says Maryam Namazie Evening Standard 6 April 2016 Sayeeda Warsi’s new book catalogues some of the hypocrisy and double standards of the British Government, the rise of the far-Right and bigotry against Muslims, yet has a […]
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