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We need nudity: In support of Golshifteh Farahani

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On January 18, 2012
  • 29 Comments
  • Golshifteh Farahani, women
Iranian actor Golshifteh Farahani has posed nude for a Madame Le Figaro magazine photoshoot in a move that is seen to defend freedom of speech and oppose the strictures against women. I unequivocally support Golshifteh Farahani. We need nudity now more than ever to break the hold of Islam and Islamism in our lives particularly […]
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Scientific proof that women cannot talk and remember at the same time

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On January 12, 2012
  • 36 Comments
  • testimony, women
Sharia law is the same everywhere. Iran, Britain, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia – that is if it’s Sharia. And under Sharia law a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man’s so you always need two women for every man, not just in financial transactions – as its proponents deceptively say (as if that’s not […]
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I have evidence!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On December 15, 2011
  • 1 Comments
  • women
How do I know you’ve taken on a second wife without even consulting me? Here’s the evidence! Or is that…? (Via Facebook)
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It’s his culture; he can’t shake your hand

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On December 14, 2011
  • 141 Comments
  • women
‘It’s his culture; he can’t shake hands with women.’ That’s what the student from the Ahmadiyya Youth Association came to say to me before last week’s debate on Sharia law negating human rights at the UCL. ‘It isn’t personal’ I was told but Ayazz Mahmood of the UK Ahmadiyya Muslim University of Theology and Languages […]
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Islam is the most horrible thing I have experienced in my life

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On December 12, 2011
  • 35 Comments
  • women
Nazanin, a friend of mine, who now lives in Europe, was imprisoned and raped by the Islamic regime in Iran for opposing veiling. She says: ‘Islam to me is the most horrible thing I have experienced in my life.’ I’ll second that. Here’s her testimony:
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There’s no honour in ‘honour killings’

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On December 5, 2011
  • 14 Comments
  • honour killings, Sharia, women
It’s been reported that honour-related crimes are ‘rapidly rising’ in the UK. Clearly, there will be a rise of violence against women with the rise of political religion and Sharia law. When Islamic law itself deems that women and girls are the source of chaos and fitna and calls for the punishment of those who […]
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You better not joke with a woman!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 29, 2011
  • 4 Comments
  • Islam, mohammad, women
According to this banner found on the streets of Iran, Mohammad, Islam’s prophet, warns the following to any of you thinking of joking with a ‘namahram‘ woman.
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Anyone looking for a job?

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 28, 2011
  • 5 Comments
  • veil, women
The women’s basij group (the Islamic regime of Iran’s paramilitary militia) has trained 52,000 ‘experts’ to ‘promote chastity and veiling’ in the society. Maybe some of those ‘progressives’ who so love the hejab can join the women’s basij as they are also looking to create an Institute for chastity and veiling and a group of […]
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