Maryam Namazie

Maryam Namazie is a political activist, campaigner and blogger

Tag: Fasting

  • Ramadan: the month of torture

    Commentary on Ramadan from Yasaman Bayani, Human Rights Activist who we interviewed on Bread and Roses recently. The month of Ramadan, considered holy by Muslims, has start and we hear of people murdered by the ISIS (the Islamic State) or punished by different governments around the world imposing the religious laws on non-abiding people. For…

  • Moroccan activists defying fasting rules beaten; Join 20 July International Day to Defy Fasting Rules

    On July 19th at 7.30pm, the Alternative Movement for Individual Liberties (M.A.L.I.) and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Morocco held a sit-in in front of the parliament in Rabat, Morocco for the International Day to Defy Fasting Rules. The sit in denounced the violation of freedom of conscience and called on the Moroccan government to repeal Article…

  • Promotion of the violation of fasting rules by drinking alcohol to challenge the system

    The below is the full translation of an article published in a media outlet associated with the Islamic regime of Iran against Bread and Roses TV and its hosts Maryam Namazie, Fariborz Pooya and Bahram Soroush. Read it and laugh! Promotion of the violation of fasting rules by drinking alcohol to challenge the system Enghelab…

  • Repeal Moroccan Article 222: Stop penalising people for eating during Ramadan

    Article 222 of the Moroccan Penal Code states that: “a person commonly known to be Muslim who violates the fast in a public place during Ramadan, without having one of the justifications allowed by Islam [such as travelling or sickness], shall be punished by one to six months in prison,” as well as a fine.…