I am still Charlie

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On March 1, 2016
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Charlie Hebdo, Tariq Ramadan

I was Charlie 6 years ago; today Je Suis Charlie and I will always be Charlie.

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On March 1, 2016
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Charlie Hebdo, Islamophobia, Tariq Ramadan

My opening remarks at Oxford Union debate with Tariq Ramadan on 29 February 2016 Criticism of religion – however offensive – is not racism against believers. Islamophobia is in fact used to conflate blasphemy with bigotry in order to impose Islamist norms on the wider society. Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of Mohammad are no more “bigotry” […]

MARYAM NAMAZIE: Why I had to face down the bullies trying to silence my supposedly ‘offensive’ stance on Islam

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 12, 2016
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Charlie Hebdo, Free speech, Goldsmiths, Islam, Islamism, Safe Spaces, universities

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 a brutal attack not just on human life but also on the principle of free speech, one of the pillars of human civilisation. In the aftermath of the killings, people […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On February 12, 2015
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Charlie Hebdo, free expression, Islam, Islamism, offence

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 has been – and remains – key for human progress. Dissent and criticism of religion has always been a crucial aspect of free expression. Historically, it has been intrinsically linked […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 30, 2015
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Charlie Hebdo, 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 of offence”. The two other panellists debating the issue reminded me of Caroline Fourest’s saying: “Racism must not excuse fundamentalism and fundamentalism must not excuse racism”. Peter Bradley, director of Speakers’ […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 8, 2015
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Bishoy Boulous Armia, Charlie Hebdo, Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir, Fata Naoot, Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, Raif Badawi, Soheil Arabi, Souad al-Shammary

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 and Islamism have faced many a threat and intimidation from the far-Right Islamist movement. I have had phone calls saying I will be decapitated to recorded messages from the Islamic […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 7, 2015
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Charlie Hebdo, Islamists, religious-Right, Secularism

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 Paris on January 7, 2015, expressing indignation, as so many are doing, is not enough. A quick look at the English-speaking media shows that whilst many condemn the violence itself, […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 7, 2015
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Charlie Hebdo, Islamism, mohammad, Paris

My message to Charlie Hebdo’s editor in chief, Gerard Biard: Dear Gerard I spoke on a panel with you in November last year at the International Feminist and Secular Network in Paris. I am writing to express my outrage at the cold-blooded murder of freethinkers at Charlie Hebdo today and to give my unequivocal support. […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 7, 2015
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Charlie Hebdo, Worker-communist Party of Iran

The murderous attack today by Islamic terrorists on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo has aroused people’s anger and disgust around the world. Charlie Hebdo is a left, progressive satirical weekly which criticises and ridicules religion and religious beliefs, prejudices and taboos. In 2011 the magazine’s office was firebombed by Islamists for publishing a caricature […]

Bravo Charlie Hebdo

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On September 20, 2012
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Charlie Hebdo, free expression, Innocence of Muslims, Islam

In a climate where Islamist murder, violence and intimidation is cowering many into silence and submission, Charlie Hebdo’s insistence on poking fun at Islam on par with all religions and its refusal to back down despite calls for censorship is one that will be remembered when Islamism is in the dustbins of history. French professor […]

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I am still Charlie

Charlie Hebdo’s Mohammed cartoon was not Islamophobic

MARYAM NAMAZIE: Why I had to face down the bullies trying to silence my supposedly ‘offensive’ stance on Islam

Islam and the “culture of offence”: missing the point

Charlie Hebdo: There is no “culture of offence”

A defence of Charlie Hebdo must also turn into defence of other blasphemers and apostates

After the Charlie Hebdo Massacre, Support those Fighting the Religious-Right

For Charlie Hebdo: Rage and Solidarity

We condemn the murderous attack on Charlie Hebdo by Islamic terrorists

Bravo Charlie Hebdo

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