“On The Side Of Those Who Fight For Freedom”

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 16, 2020
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CEMB, ex-muslim, Islam, one law for all, Sharia

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. I started Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and One Law for All more than a decade ago to publicly mobilise dissent against religious laws. An expression of “not in my […]

Sharia courts pose a growing threat to women’s rights

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On December 16, 2016
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one law for all, Sharia

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 of the growing threat to their rights by Sharia courts and parallel legal systems. Also this week, One Law for All submitted devastating new evidence to the Home Affairs Select […]

Discrimination and violence lie at the heart of Sharia courts

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On December 2, 2016
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apostasy, Sharia

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 on why Sharia courts in Britain are an Islamist project to control women, are discriminatory and should be dismantled. (This was preceded by a written statement.) When questioned by MP […]

Public Seminar at UK Parliament on Sharia Law, Legal Pluralism and Access to Justice

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 7, 2016
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Sharia

Public Seminar at UK Parliament on Sharia Law, Legal Pluralism and Access to Justice Date: 7 November 2016 Time: 7-9pm Venue: Committee Room 12, House Of Commons, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA Sharia Law, Legal Pluralism and Access to Justice is hosted by several organisations and activists to debate and express their concerns about the increasing […]

Sharia courts are a human rights scandal, The Freethinker

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 30, 2016
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Sharia

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 human rights scandal that Sharia “courts” exist in Britain; it’s where the greatest abuses of minority women takes place. For example, under Sharia rules, a woman’s testimony is worth half […]

Concerns over the inquiry into Sharia Councils must not be dismissed

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 22, 2016
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Sharia

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 a public letter to Theresa May criticising the government inquiry into Sharia councils chaired by Mona Siddiqui. Whilst a review into Sharia bodies and their impact on gender equality and […]

PRESS RELEASE: Campaigners urge government to fully and impartially investigate Sharia bodies

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 4, 2016
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Sharia, women's rights

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 raising serious concerns about the government’s ‘independent review’ into Sharia courts in Britain. The letter states that the limited scope of inquiry and its inappropriate theological approach will do nothing to […]

Do sharia courts discriminate against women?

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On May 28, 2016
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Sharia, 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 UK. An open letter by an unprecedented number of women’s rights campaigners and organisations raised serious concerns about a government inquiry into the courts and called it a whitewash. See […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On June 30, 2015
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beth dinn, Sharia

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 the near future. If you and your organisation would like to sign on to the letter, please email onelawforall@gmail.com by 30 August 2015. The letter has received coverage in the […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On March 22, 2015
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BHA, burqa, Charlie, Islamism, Islamophobia, Sharia

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 religion has always been a crucial aspect of free expression. Such criticism has been key for human progress and is needed more than ever in the age of ISIS. For […]

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