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Doing the Taliban proud

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 20, 2012
  • 5 Comments
  • blasphemy, Malala
The bad news is that a Pakistani court has sentenced 25 year old Hazrat Ali Shah to death for blaspheming against Mohammed and the Koran during a quarrel in his village in northern Pakistan in March 2011. Mother of five Asia Bibi also remains in prison whilst appealing her death sentence for ‘derogatory’ comments about […]
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DIY Blasphemy

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 10, 2012
  • 0 Comments
  • blasphemy, Day of Agreement
**** This is final blog for for the Day of Agreement marking the International Day against the Death Penalty: The first blog entry was dedicated to 14 year old Malala Yousafzai who was shot by the Taliban for demanding that girls go to school. This day is for her and the many like her who refuse and resist despite […]
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Nothing can appease the Islamists

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 10, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • blasphemy, Day of Agreement
Thanks to the counter-revolutionary Muslim Brotherhood and president Morsi, the charge of blasphemy is on the rise in Egypt, including against two children aged 8 and 9. Alber Saber, a 27-year-old computer science graduate, has also recently been charged with blasphemy. When an angry mob tried to break into their home after neighbours accused Saber of uploading sections […]
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Enough!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 10, 2012
  • 0 Comments
  • blasphemy, Day of Agreement
This is a guest post from the fantastic Sue Cox, Survivors Voice Europe for Day of Agreement to mark International Day against the Death Penalty: I reckon I would last about  ten minutes in the  morning with my “no dissent” day! I listened to the radio today and heard  some idiot spouting about the need […]
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Calling all blasphemers

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 10, 2012
  • 23 Comments
  • blasphemy, Day of Agreement
Blasphemy is an important form of resistance against the Islamic inquisition. Why not join me in your very own act of blasphemy? Mine (for now at least) is not so original but it’ll do very well: It’s a pineapple called Mohammad, courtesy of Reading University’s Atheist Group: Why not post yours or link to your favorite […]
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There is a need for blasphemy

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 10, 2012
  • 1 Comments
  • blasphemy, Day of Agreement, free expression, Rushdie
In the recent BBC documentary on The Fatwa: Salman Rushdie’s Story, writer Hanif Kureishi says: Rushdie speaks in the book for Muslims. This is an extremely important book. He speaks for their doubts. He speaks the bits of them that they actually think and feel sometimes – do I really believe in all this stuff […]
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Honour the dissenters

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 10, 2012
  • 4 Comments
  • blasphemy, Day against the Death Penalty, Day of Agreement
The below is a guest post from the brilliant Algerian secularist, Marieme Helie Lucas, to mark Day of Agreement. It is a must read. In the past few weeks, in several countries, groups of citizens have openly taken a stand against Muslim fundamentalists, including armed ones. In Mali, on a number of occasions, citizens attempted […]
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It is possible not to cause offence

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 10, 2012
  • 3 Comments
  • blasphemy, Day of Agreement, Free exrpression
*** This is my second blog entry for the Day of Agreement marking the International Day against the Death Penalty. The first blog entry was dedicated to 14 year old Malala Yousafzai who was shot by the Taliban for demanding that girls go to school. This day is for her and the many like her who refuse […]
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No-one is safe, not even 14 year olds

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 10, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • blasphemy, free expression, Malala Yousafzai
Yesterday, the Taliban critically wounded Malala Yousafzai, the lovely and brave 14 year old Pakistani girl, on her way home from school. Ihsanullah Ihsan, chief spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, said they targeted Yousafzai because she generated ‘negative propaganda’ and was the ‘symbol of the infidels and obscenity’. If she survived, Ihsan said, the Taliban would […]
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