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On 8 March, International Women’s Day: Fuck modesty

On 8 March, International Women’s Day: Fuck modesty

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On March 7, 2017
  • 2 Comments
  • Islam, Islamism, IWD, religious-Right, women
My latest piece in The Freethinker to mark International Women’s Day. Wherever Islamism gains power and influence, it comes for women first. And it’s always a sign of worse to come, hence the saying: ‘the freedom of society is measured by the freedom of women.’ Islamism but also the Christian-Right, Buddhist-Right,  Jewish-Right,  Hindu-Right, Sikh-Right … […]
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Promoting Secularism in the Age of ISIS

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On June 7, 2015
  • 2 Comments
  • Islam, Islamism, religious-Right, Secularism
This is my speech at the 5th Imagine No Religion conference in Vancouver, Canada during 5-7 June 2015. The global rise of Islamism in particular and the religious-Right in general has turned the demand for secularism into an urgent task and necessity. There are those in academia who theorise about a ‘post-secular’ world and insist […]
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We are being slaughtered by your secondary enemy!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On February 5, 2015
  • 2 Comments
  • left, religious-Right
OPEN LETTER TO THE LEFT AND FAR LEFT While you focus on US imperialism (no other) and on capitalism that exploits the masses in Muslim-majority countries and in the diaspora, children are being murdered in schools in Pakistan, just as they were assassinated in Algeria in the nineties, and just as journalists, intellectuals, artists, activists […]
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After the Charlie Hebdo Massacre, Support those Fighting the Religious-Right

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On January 7, 2015
  • 45 Comments
  • Charlie Hebdo, Islamists, religious-Right, Secularism
FRENCH: Après le massacre de Charlie Hebdo, Soutenons ceux qui se battent contre la droite religieuse SPANISH: Below After the massacre in Charlie Hebdo in Paris on January 7, 2015, expressing indignation, as so many are doing, is not enough. A quick look at the English-speaking media shows that whilst many condemn the violence itself, […]
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Onwards to establishing an International Front for Secularism

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 21, 2014
  • 1 Comments
  • Civil Rights, International front for Secularism, Manifesto for Secularism, religious-Right, Secular Conference 2014, Secularism
“Secular conference created a sense of imminent and momentous change – and women will be the driving force” – Terry Sanderson, President of the National Secular Society The two-day International Conference on the Religious Right, Secularism and Civil Rights held in London during 11-12 October 2014 was a rousing success, promoting a much-needed global secular […]
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Secular Conference 2014 rallies in support of Kobane and against religious-Right

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 15, 2014
  • 0 Comments
  • Civil Rights, ISIS, Kobane, religious-Right, Secular Conference 2014, Secularism
Press Release 15 October 2014 The two-day International Conference on the Religious Right, Secularism and Civil Rights held in London during 11-12 October 2014 was a rousing success. A broad coalition of secularists, including believers, free-thinkers, agnostics and atheists assembled from the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and the Diaspora at the unprecedented and […]
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