Maryam Namazie

Maryam Namazie is a political activist, campaigner and blogger

Tag: Warwick University

  • Apostasy, Blasphemy and Free Expression in the Age of ISIS

    Below is my speech “Apostasy, Blasphemy and Free Expression in the Age of ISIS,” which I gave at Warwick University on 28 October 2015. I had been initially barred by the Student Union but the talk went ahead after protests. I gave a similar speech a week earlier at Trinity College Dublin, after my talk…

  • The Guardian: Through Islamist Eyes

    The Guardian: Through Islamist Eyes

    I emailed The Guardian on 2 October to ask for the right to reply to David Shariatmadari’s apologetics for Islamism. My article, Why I Speak against Islamism, was finally published on 13 October at 5pm after much delay and back and forth over “edits.” On 8 October, the Acting Editor for Comment is Free wrote…

  • Warwick Student Union and the Islamist Narrative

    Warwick Student Union (SU) has officially responded to the uproar surrounding their decision to refuse the Warwick Atheists, Secularists and Humanists’ Society (WASH) request to have me as a speaker in October.  They deceptively imply that the uproar over their denial is premature as a “final” decision has not been made. And so the white…

  • Warwick University Student Union: the Islamists incite hatred, not us

    I was invited to speak at Warwick University by the Warwick Atheists, Secularists and Humanists’ Society on 28 October 2015. The University Student Union has declined the request for me to speak saying the following: This is because after researching both her and her organisation, a number of flags have been raised. We have a…