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 […]

Pride has the chance to do the right thing

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 28, 2017
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Pride

28 July 2017 Michael Salter-Church Alison Camps Co-Chairs – Pride in London Dear Michael Salter-Church and Alison Camps Thank you for your letter dated 21 July addressed to CEMB’s Pride Organiser, Daniel Fitzgerald (available below). The crux of the issue, which you have failed to recognise, is this: Pride in London has taken complaints against […]

Largest gathering of ex-Muslims in history

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 25, 2017
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ex-Muslims, Islam

See this email online. The International Conference on Freedom of Conscience and Expression, the largest gathering of ex-Muslims in history, was held during 22-24 July 2017 in London. Over 70 notable speakers from 30 countries or the Diaspora gathered in what was dubbed “The Glastonbury of Freethinkers” and “a Conference of Heroes” to honour dissenters […]

East London mosque has filed formal complaint about CEMB to Pride

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 14, 2017
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CEMB, East London mosque, LGBT, Pride

This post was first published as ‘Criticism of Islam or Islamism is not anti-Muslim bigotry’, The Freethinker, 15 July 2017 East London mosque has filed a formal complaint regarding the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain’s presence in Pride in London and stated that our placards, including “East London mosque incites murder of LGBT” were “inciting hatred against Muslims” and […]

Court of Appeal: gender segregation is sex discrimination

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 10, 2017
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gender segregation

Join protest at Court of Appeal hearing on 11 and 12 July 2017 at 9.30am at Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL. Pack out the public gallery in the court so that the judiciary is under no illusion as to what is at stake. Publicise our campaign widely. PRESS RELEASE 6 July 2017 […]

Your beliefs are not more important than mine

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 10, 2017
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I’m getting lots of these Facebook messages in messenger (in addition to all the other charming ones from sensitive souls who are so hurt by women’s bodies and criticism of Islam that they have no more sensitivity left in them for murder and mayhem.) Let me respond here en masse: I find your religion offensive, […]

Ex-Muslims out, loud and proud at Pride in London

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 10, 2017
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Islam, LGBT, Pride

On 8 July, CEMB was at Pride in London in full force highlighting the plight of LGBT in countries under Islamic rule with bodypainting by the award-winning Victoria Gugenheim. The march went ahead as planned, though police initially tried to remove placards with the slogan “Allah is Gay” because of complaints of “offence”. Whilst a […]

In Toronto LGBT Iranians were branded as ‘Islamophobes’

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 6, 2017
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Islamophobia, Pride

My latest piece in The Freethinker. At Toronto Pride on June 25 some ‘anti-fascists’ surrounded Iranian refugees and LGBTQ activists and absurdly chanted ‘No Hate at Pride’ – as if defending LGBTQ people in Iran or countries under Islamic rule is ‘hateful’. Police intervention ensured that they weren’t able to stop the Iranians from joining […]

No Apologies

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On June 27, 2017
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atheism, ex-muslim, Islam, Islamism

This is my letter to you, not you the racist or Islamist but you who I should call friend: I Accuse‬. Published in sister-hood, 27 June 2017. Spanish Translation This is my letter to you. Not you, the Islamist, who wants me silent or dead whilst dreaming of your vile caliphate, nor you, the racist, […]

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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