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Calling All Nude Photo Revolutionaries

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 22, 2011
  • 14 Comments
  • Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Islamism, women
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 who stripped in solidarity with Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, why not make a calendar of Nude Photo Revolutionaries in homage to Aliaa and also to raise awareness on free […]
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Some women are deficient in intelligence…

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 21, 2011
  • 15 Comments
  • Egypt, Islam, Islamism, women
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.
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Nude photo of Egyptian blogger is a scream against Islamism

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 18, 2011
  • 92 Comments
  • Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Egypt, 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, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy”. Showing her body particularly at a time when Islamists in Egypt are trying to secure power is the ultimate act of rebellion. Don’t forget […]
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The far-Right and Islamism: Two sides of one coin

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 14, 2011
  • 6 Comments
  • Anders Behring Breivik, far-Right, Islamism
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 whilst the far-Right targets Islamism, they are both two sides of the same coin.
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Simplicity is killing us…

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 8, 2011
  • 14 Comments
  • far-Right, Islam, Islamism, pro-Islamist Left, Sharia
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 but as in most talks on the issue, I also dealt extensively with the far-Right, the racist scapegoating and blaming of immigrants and Muslims for the crimes of Islamism and […]
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When the Hezbollah Came to my School: Why I Became an Atheist

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 4, 2011
  • 15 Comments
  • atheist, Islam, Islamism
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 we are Atheists may be an interesting read. It’s the first time I have published it on my blog below: I don’t remember exactly when I stopped being a Muslim. […]
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