The below is my monthly column for The Freethinker published on 19 February. You can read it there too: Common humanity should be at the core…
When I left Iran
The below is the unedited piece for #Iamamigrant campaign. I left Iran in 1980 with my mother to go to India to continue my education…
A Clash of the Uncivilised: Trump, Muslim Profiling and the Far-Right’s Assault
First published in The Freethinker Donald Trump’s suspension of new refugee admissions for 120 days and the barring of nationals from Iraq, Iran, Syria,…
Transcript of Sam Harris-Maryam Namazie Podcast on Immigration and Muslim Profiling
“Muslim” profiling has now been imposed by Donald Trump via an Executive Order with its brutal consequences unfolding before our very eyes. See my piece…
استعفا از حزب كمونيست كارگرى ايران
English translation of resignation letter and further explanation below: استعفا از حزب كمونيست كارگرى ايران بدين وسيله به اطلاع مى رسانيم كه از اين تاريخ…
Sharia courts pose a growing threat to women’s rights
The below is my piece published in The Freethinker on 15 December 2016. This week over 300 women who have faced abuse issued a warning…
Devastating New Evidence on Sharia Courts
Supplementary written evidence submitted by One Law for All RE: New Submission by Maryam Namazie to Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into Sharia Councils I…
Confronting Islamism with Secularism
Monograph · Evening Discussion with Richard Dawkins at European Parliament organised by Euromind Maryam Namazie A future Europe must be secular. By secularism I mean…
Discrimination and violence lie at the heart of Sharia courts
The below was published in The Freethinker. I gave oral evidence at the Home Affairs Select Committee evidence session on Sharia Councils on November 1…
In Defence of Laicite: Our Lives Depend on It
I am truly honoured to have been awarded the International Secularism (Laicite) Prize from the Comité Laïcité République in Paris on 2 November. The wonderful…