#JeSuisSamuel #JeSuisSamuelPaty #JeSuisCharlie Some have been asking the purpose of nude protest. A nude woman as political action is antithesis of the veiled, submissive woman.…
Cartoons are an Excuse!
Cartoons are an excuse. Everything “provokes” Islamists – Being a woman, freethinker, gay, unveiled, ex-Muslim, atheist, religiously unprescribed sex, laughing out loud, music… If you…
In Support of Charlie Hebdo: We’re Not Offended
Today’s issue of Charlie Hebdo with (mostly) #exMuslims, thanks to Inna Shevchenko. Caricatures de Mahomet : Paroles de musulmans non offensés, Charlie Hebdo, 16 September…
I am still Charlie
I was Charlie 6 years ago; today Je Suis Charlie and I will always be Charlie.
Charlie Hebdo’s Mohammed cartoon was not Islamophobic
My opening remarks at Oxford Union debate with Tariq Ramadan on 29 February 2016 Criticism of religion – however offensive – is not racism against…
MARYAM NAMAZIE: Why I had to face down the bullies trying to silence my supposedly ‘offensive’ stance on Islam
Original published in Daily Mail on 9 January 2016 This week marked the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. The atrocity was…
Islam and the “culture of offence”: missing the point
First published in Open Democracy on 12 February 2015 In the age of ISIS, dissent and criticism of religion is a life and death necessity. It…
Charlie Hebdo: There is no “culture of offence”
Below are my opening remarks at a 29 January panel discussion organised by UCL Atheist Society entitled “Living in outrageous times: Charlie Hebdo and the culture…
A defence of Charlie Hebdo must also turn into defence of other blasphemers and apostates
FRENCH: Toute défense de Charlie Hebdo doit également devenir celle d’autres blasphémateurs et apostats SPANISH – BELOW Those of us who have openly criticised Islam…
After the Charlie Hebdo Massacre, Support those Fighting the Religious-Right
FRENCH: Après le massacre de Charlie Hebdo, Soutenons ceux qui se battent contre la droite religieuse SPANISH: Below After the massacre in Charlie Hebdo in…