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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 identity of the man has not been made public but, according to Al-Shabaka, he was arrested last year and is charged with becoming an atheist […]
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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 a quick heads up to the video “No Woman No Drive” which has gone viral. It’s a spoof by Heesham Fagheeh, a social activist and artist, […]
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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 survive 600 lashes? Since they couldn’t execute him for apostasy as was initially planned, they hope to kill him with 600 lashes (150 at a […]
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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. In the article she quotes me saying: This anti-violence campaign in Saudi Arabia is clearly in response to the public outrage over the death of […]
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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 areas but must wear a full-body abaya, be accompanied by a male relative, and stay within certain areas. They are allowed to bike for 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 that excluding women from the Saudi Arabian version of the catalogue is in conflict with the Ikea Group values.” Starbucks it seems also removed the […]
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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 demand of the morality police that she leave the mall because her hair is showing, she’s got nail polish and lip stick. She stands her […]
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This is why we’re defending free expression – for the likes of Hamza Kashgari

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On February 7, 2012
  • 29 Comments
  • saudi Arabia
Hamza Kashgari, a young journalist, was banned from writing in Saudi Arabia by the Saudi Minister of Information and has reportedly been forced to flee after being accused of blasphemy, atheism, and apostasy and following calls for his head. His crime? Tweeting about Mohammad, Islam’s prophet, including about how he’s equal to him and how […]
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