The below is a shortened version of my speech at Marea Feminist Review and Consulta Torinese per la Laicita public events in Genoa and Turin,…
Trinity College Dublin: I was not born yesterday
I wrote a blog post earlier about my refusal to abide by conditions imposed by Trinity College Dublin for my speech on Apostasy and the…
I will not accept Trinity College Dublin conditions on my talk
I am to speak at Trinity College Dublin on Monday 23 March 2015 on “Apostasy and the Rise of Islamism”. I’ve just been informed, however, that college security…
And still I rise
FARSI AND FRENCH BELOW Commemorating 8 March, International Women’s Day Maryam Namazie Islam, like all religions, despises women. Islamism and its Sharia laws are obsessed…
On Paris and Copenhagen: Islam and the “culture of offence”: missing the point
After the terrorist attacks in Paris and Copenhagen, dissent and criticism of religion is a life and death necessity. It has been–and remains–key for human…
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…
Islam in the state is the end of everything worthy of a 21 century life
The below is my opening remarks at the World Humanist Congress today 9 August 2014. In this day and age, there is most certainly something…
Bread and Roses: Secularism as a basic right
Watch Bread and Roses English programme with Maryam Namazie, Fariborz Pooya and Bahram Soroush being broadcast today via New Channel TV on “Secularism as a basic…
New Report: Political and Legal Status of Apostates in Islam
The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and Atheist Alliance International have just published a new report on the Political and Legal Status of Apostates in…
A pioneering school indeed!
You must have all heard about the Al-Madinah School in Derby – the first Islamic free school in Britain? According to a report: As previously…