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Stop executing “apostates” and “blasphemers” and release them now!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On February 24, 2015
  • 2 Comments
  • atheist, Iran, Mauritania, Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaiti, Raif Badawi, saudi Arabia, Sohail Arabi
Press Release of Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain reproduced below: On 22 February 2015, a Saudi court sentenced a man in his twenties to death by beheading for apostasy.  The […]
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No Woman No Drive

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 29, 2013
  • 1 Comments
  • Driving Ban, No Woman No Drive, saudi Arabia
I’ve been busy putting together the second issue of Fitnah’s publication Unveiled, which will focus on the burqa and niqab ban. In the meanwhile though I did want to give […]
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On Raif Badawi: When is it going to end?

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On August 2, 2013
  • 3 Comments
  • Raif Badawi, saudi Arabia
I reported on Raif Badawi before here. The founder of a website calling for religious liberalisation has been sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes. How does someone […]
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Saudi advertising campaign not enough

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 1, 2013
  • 2 Comments
  • domestic violence, saudi Arabia
Monica Lanfranco has written an article in Italy’s Il Fatto Quotidiano on the first Saudi campaign against domestic violence here. A poster of the educational campaign can be seen above. […]
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Yaay! Saudi Arabia lifts ban on female cyclists

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 5, 2013
  • 16 Comments
  • cycling, saudi Arabia, women
Yaay! There are reports that Saudi Arabia lifted a ban on female cyclists! A Saudi daily cited an unnamed official as saying women can now ride bikes in parks and recreational […]
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Women are always expendable

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 2, 2012
  • 23 Comments
  • saudi Arabia, women
Did you hear that Ikea had airbrushed all women out of their Saudi Arabian catalogue? Ikea released a statement expressing regret over the issue: “We should have reacted and realised […]
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None of your business!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 28, 2012
  • 12 Comments
  • saudi Arabia
For those who think all ‘Muslims’ think alike and love to live under restrictions and Sharia law, here’s a brilliant video of a Saudi woman refusing to comply with the […]
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