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Latest Issue of Fitnah Unveiled on Sharia law and Law Society, Execution in Iran and more

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On January 15, 2015
  • 1 Comments
  • execution, Fitnah, Iran, Law Society, Secularism, sharia law, Unveiled, women
A Publication of Fitnah – Movement for Women’s Liberation November/December 2014; Volume 2, Issues 8 and 9 Editor: Maryam Namazie; Design: Kiran Opal See PDF Version here. In this Issue: * Sharia law is incompatible with human rights, Interview with Chris Moos, Pragna Patel and Gita Sahgal on the victory against the Law Society * […]
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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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Promoting global secular alternative in the ISIS era

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 4, 2014
  • 0 Comments
  • ISIS, Secular Conference 2014, Secularism
MARIEME HÉLIE-LUCAS and MARYAM NAMAZIE 4 October 2014 While many of us watch in horror as ISIS advances, and fundamentalist ideas spread across religious traditions around the world, Maryam Namazie and Marieme Hélie-Lucas – secular feminists from Iran and Algeria – told Karima Bennoune why they are convening the International Secular Conference in London next […]
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Bread and Roses: Secularism as a basic right

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 20, 2014
  • 1 Comments
  • AC Grayling, Bahram Soroush, Bread and Roses, Fariborz Pooya, Islam, Maryam Namazie, Poone Ravi, Reza Moradi, Secularism
Watch Bread and Roses English programme with Maryam Namazie, Fariborz Pooya and Bahram Soroush being broadcast today via New Channel TV on “Secularism as a basic right”. There’s a great interview with philosopher AC Grayling on the issue. Director: Reza Moradi; Assistant Director: Poone Ravi Enjoy!
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We should not abandon secularism

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On December 3, 2013
  • 1 Comments
  • burqa, Islamism, Secularism, veil, women
WE SHOULD NOT ABANDON SECULARISM Unveiled: A Publication of Fitnah – Movement for Women’s Liberation December 2013, Volume 1, Issue 3 Editor: Maryam Namazie. Design: Kiran Opal The publication is available here. PDF version available for download. URGENT ACTION: REJECT SEX SEGREGATION IT’S 2013. LET’S NOT TIME TRAVEL Universities UK (UUK) guidance to universities on […]
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No right to oppress

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On September 13, 2013
  • 1 Comments
  • edinburgh, Secularism, Sharia
Sharia courts are oppressive; there is no right to oppress. Here’s a recent interview I did with the Edinburgh Secular Society on Sharia court and on secularism:
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We too yearn for freedom

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On September 6, 2013
  • 4 Comments
  • Islamism, Secularism, women's rights
The outrage over the attempted assassination of 15 year old Malala Yousefzai shot by the Taliban for defending girls’ education; the mass protests against Islamists for the assassination of Socialist leader Chokri Belaid and Amina Tyler’s topless activism in Tunisia where she wrote “My body is not the source of your honour” and “fuck your […]
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Rights within Islamic context? Thanks but no thanks

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On July 8, 2013
  • 1 Comments
  • Islam, Islamism, Secularism, women's rights
Here is my speech on Secularism as a right and historical task at Atheist Ireland’s Empowering Women through Secularism in Dublin: “The rest of us must live under sharia law – even in Europe – and be grateful for the veil as a ‘right’ and ‘choice’. We are only allowed freedom and rights within the […]
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