UCL ASH | Maryam Namazie

We are behind you

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 19, 2012
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Islamism, Queen Mary, UCL ASH

The UCL Atheist president has resigned. To those who have resigned and the ones who will take their places: Don’t worry. Don’t be afraid. We are behind you and we aim to win… As an aside, the UCL Union said in a statement: ‘The atheist society has agreed they will take more consideration when drawing […]

Jesus and Mo an act of discrimination? Who knew?

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 13, 2012
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Jesus and Mo, UCL ASH

The UCLU Atheist, Secularist & Humanist Society (ASH) President has just published a statement on their Facebook page on the Jesus and Mo image censorship attempt by the UCL Union saying: ‘We can now tell you that the University College London Union has recognized that mistakes were made and that the initial correspondence with our […]

Don’t barter away our free expression

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 11, 2012
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censorship, free expression, Jesus and Mo, UCL ASH

The UCL Atheist, Humanist and Secular Society (ASH) has published a report on the December event where Anne Marie Waters and I debated members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association on Sharia law. The debate can be seen here as can my blog entries on it here and here. The report highlights an affliction that […]

The right to offend – even more crudely and savagely than Jesus and Mo

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On January 11, 2012
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Jesus and Mo, UCL ASH

The University College London Union has insisted that the UCLU Atheist, Secularist & Humanist Society (ASH) remove a Mohammad-related image from a web-comic from its Facebook event on the grounds that it may cause offence to Muslim students and as a result of ‘complaints’. The group is fighting back and has set up a petition, […]