Maryam Namazie

Maryam Namazie is a political activist, campaigner and blogger

Tag: Islam

  • Merry Christmas

    Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas… (Via Inna Kholondovych on Facebook)

  • Religion isn’t a personal matter

    I just found an in-depth interview I did with Virginia Haussegger on Australia ABC News 24’s One Plus One programme which aired in September 2011 on Youtube. In the interview, I talk about everything from apostasy, sharia law to death threats and moral relativism and how religion isn’t a personal matter…

  • More hellfire waiting just for you if you celebrate Christmas

    Islamist Anjem Choudary says ‘Every Muslim has a responsibility to protect his family from the misguidance of Christmas, because its observance will lead to hellfire. Protect your Paradise from being taken away – protect yourself and your family from Christmas.’ And Deacon Fred, the pastor of the Landover Baptist Church, says: ‘Jesus will roast unsaved…

  • There’s a reason more women are in hell!

    There is a rational reason for why there are more women in hell and you thought it was all just religious mumbo jumbo:

  • You better not joke with a woman!

    According to this banner found on the streets of Iran, Mohammad, Islam’s prophet, warns the following to any of you thinking of joking with a ‘namahram‘ woman.

  • Apply Universal Olympic Principles!

    One Law for All calls for the implementation, without exception, of the Olympic Charter based on universal principles.

  • Now can you understand why it’s important to focus on Islam?

    Isabelle Wilczynska just sent me her artwork called ‘Stoning of unknown girl’ [See featured photo]. Lest we forget, people are still being sentenced to death by stoning in a handful of countries (all – surprise, surprise – under Sharia law).

  • Only one ex-Muslim allowed!

    Have you noticed how atheist conferences only always have one ex-Muslim speaker who focuses on Islam? The next three atheist conferences are good cases in point.

  • And you thought only Islam was anti-woman

    Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups find the female image ‘offensive’ and women’s voices seductive so they ban both. In recent months, women’s faces have disappeared from billboards across the city due to defacement of posters with women on them.

  • Azerbaijan’s ‘Salman Rushdie’ murdered

    Jahan News has gleefully reported that ‘Azerbaijan’s Salman Rushdie has been murdered’. The Islamic regime of Iran’s mouthpiece says writer Rafiq Tagi was despised by the people of Azerbaijan for his attack on Islam’s prophet Mohammad. Actually, it is for that very reason that he was renowned and beloved… Via Mina Ahadi

  • This week’s Jinn and Tonic Show

    I was a guest co-host on “The Jinn and Tonic show” on November 19th, 2011. The Jinn and Tonic Show is a bi-weekly live Internet chat show discussing Islam, including calls from Muslims. It is the sister show of The Magic Sandwich Show and is akin to an Islamic oriented version of The Atheist Experience.…

  • Some women are deficient in intelligence…

    Mona Salah, an Egyptian parliament candidate for the Islamist Salafi Movement told Al-Sharq Alawsat (an Egyptian newspaper) ‘Women are deficient in mind and religion’* and are not permitted to have authority by taking on the position of Presidency.