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.…
Sharia courts pose a growing threat to women’s rights
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…
Discrimination and violence lie at the heart of Sharia courts
The below was published in The Freethinker. I gave oral evidence at the Home Affairs Select Committee evidence session on Sharia Councils on November 1…
Sharia courts are a human rights scandal, The Freethinker
Here is my monthly column entitled Sharia courts are a human rights scandal in The Freethinker, 29 July 2016. You can also read it below. It is a…
Concerns over the inquiry into Sharia Councils must not be dismissed
My piece on the Theresa May inquiry into Sharia Councils published on Sedaa on 21 July: Over 200 women’s rights campaigners and organisations recently signed…
PRESS RELEASE: Campaigners urge government to fully and impartially investigate Sharia bodies
4 July 2016 Today, an unprecedented number of women’s rights campaigners and organisations from Britain and internationally have submitted a letter to the Home Secretary…
Do sharia courts discriminate against women?
The accommodation of arbitration systems to govern private and family matters had led, arguably, to the greatest human rights violations of minority women in the…
Join 200 women’s rights and secular organisations urging British government to stop parallel legal systems
One Law for All, Southall Black Sisters, Centre for Secular Space, IKWRO and others plan to deliver the below statement to 10 Downing Street in…
Defending Charlie and Opposing Terrorism is not enough; You need to stand up to Sharia Courts
This is a shortened version of my speech for a public meeting organised by the NE Humanists on 19 March 2015. Dissent and criticism of…
Press Release: Much needed 7 February Conference on Sharia Law, Apostasy and Secularism
PRESS RELEASE 6 FEBRUARY 2015 Secularists will be gathering on 7 February 2015 in London for a day conference on Sharia Law, Apostasy and Secularism.…