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“On The Side Of Those Who Fight For Freedom”

“On The Side Of Those Who Fight For Freedom”

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On January 16, 2020
  • 0 Comments
  • CEMB, ex-muslim, Islam, one law for all, Sharia
The below was first published on Centre for Women’s Justice website written by Maryam Namazie, joint prize winner of the Emma Humphrey’s Memorial Prize 2019. I started Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and One Law for All more than a decade ago to publicly mobilise dissent against religious laws. An expression of “not in my […]
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 Sharia courts pose a growing threat to women’s rights

Sharia courts pose a growing threat to women’s rights

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On December 16, 2016
  • 11 Comments
  • one law for all, Sharia
The below is my piece published in The Freethinker on 15 December 2016. This week over 300 women who have faced abuse issued a warning of the growing threat to their rights by Sharia courts and parallel legal systems. Also this week, One Law for All submitted devastating new evidence to the Home Affairs Select […]
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The Solicitor’s Regulatory Authority withdraws its endorsement of the Law Society’s discriminatory practice note on Sharia wills

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On July 11, 2014
  • 8 Comments
  • Law Society, one law for all, Sharia, Southall Black Sisters, SRA
PRESS RELEASE 11 July 2014 Southall Black Sisters (SBS) and One Law for All welcomes the decision by the Solicitor’s Regulatory Authority (SRA), the regulatory body for solicitors, to remove the Law Society’s controversial practice note(1) on drafting ‘Sharia compliant’ wills (2) from its ethics guidance on wills. The decision clearly demonstrates that the SRA […]
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Press Release: Wills without bigotry – protest against the Law Society

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 29, 2014
  • 1 Comments
  • Centre for Secular Space, Law Society, LSE SUASH, one law for all, Sharia, Southall Black Sisters, will
About 70 protesters rallied outside the office of the Law Society to condemn their endorsement of discriminatory sharia law on April 28 2014. The protest was organised by anti-racist, feminist and human rights groups, namely One Law for All, Southall Black Sisters, Centre for Secular Space, and London School of Economics SU Atheist, Secularist and […]
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Survey on Gender Segregation at Universities

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On February 24, 2014
  • 4 Comments
  • Bread and Roses, gender segregation, one law for all
Dear friend One Law for All, in conjunction with Southall Black Sisters and Fitnah, is conducting a survey as part of a research project investigating the nature and impact of segregation, specifically gender segregation, at universities in the United Kingdom. If you have experienced gender segregation at a university, please take a few moments to […]
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Joint statement on legal note to Universities UK against their guidance condoning gender segregation

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On January 7, 2014
  • 0 Comments
  • Fitnah, gender segregation, LSE ASH, one law for all, Southall Black Sisters, UUK
Joint statement of Southall Black Sisters, One Law for All, Fitnah – Movement for Women’s Liberation and LSE SU Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society We are pleased to learn of the legal note submitted to Universities UK (UUK) yesterday in the name of Radha Bhatt, a student of Cambridge University, against their Guidance condoning gender segregation. […]
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Walking a tightrope: Between the pro-Islamist Left and the far-Right

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 22, 2013
  • 14 Comments
  • EDL, far-Right, one law for all, pro-Islamist Left, Sharia
Opposing Sharia and Islamism in the west is like walking on a tight rope most of the time – thwarting attacks from the Left, refuting cultural relativism, preventing alliances with the far-Right, explaining the issues ignored by government and the media, mobilising support for secularism and citizenship whilst opposing racism and xenophobia, and making linkages […]
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The show will go on

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 2, 2013
  • 0 Comments
  • one law for all, Passion for Freedom
The show will go on. The 5th Passion for Freedom Festival will take place as planned from 02 November 2013 even though the original venue – out of sheer cowardice – pulled out last minute. The festival will now be held at: Embassy Tea Gallery 195-205 Union Street London SE1 0LN (Closest underground Southwark) The […]
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On Tweeting EDL supporters

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 6, 2013
  • 19 Comments
  • EDL, one law for all
“Soupy” has asked for clarification on One Law for All’s position with regards the English Defence League. I don’t see why we need to clarify every time some Tom, Dick or Soupy demands clarification but since I have promised to respond, I will do so briefly and this once. Firstly, our position is as clear […]
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We look forward to continuing our fight

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On September 27, 2013
  • 1 Comments
  • one law for all
Dear Friend, We are writing to give you an update on One Law for All. Rights for All Turkey First, let’s begin with the good news. We are very pleased to announce that Rights for All Turkey is being established to defend secularism and equal rights in that country. It’s an important development given the […]
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