In 2006, Ayatollah Lankarani issued a death fatwa against Azerbaijani writer Rafiq Tagi for his writings. In 2007, a Baku court sentenced him to three…
I would rather be naked than silent…
From Firoozeh Bazrafkan
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…
Calling All Nude Photo Revolutionaries
Remember Calendar Girls when a group of women posed nude to raise money for charity? As a follow up to the photo of Israeli women…
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…
Love without limits: Homage to Aliaa Magda Elmahdy
Dozens of Israeli women stripped in support of Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian blogger who posed nude as a scream against Islamism.
Nude photo of Egyptian blogger is a scream against Islamism
Student, atheist and blogger, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, 20, posted naked pictures of herself on her blog to show her “screams against a society of violence,…
The far-Right and Islamism: Two sides of one coin
The Norwegian far-Right extremist Anders Behring Brevik who murdered 77 people in cold-blood in July had his first public hearing today. As I’ve said before…
Simplicity is killing us…
In September 2011, I spoke at a meeting on Sharia law in Copenhagen, Denmark organised by the Danish atheists. The discussion was on sharia law…
When the Hezbollah Came to my School: Why I Became an Atheist
For those of you who don’t know much about my background and why I became an atheist, my piece in 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why…