Feminism and religion are incompatible, The Freethinker, 19 November 2024
This House Believes Feminism Is Incompatible With Religion, Cambridge Union, 14 November 2024
Ahoo Daryaei’ye Destek İçin Çıplak Protesto, Haber Merkezi, 15 November 2024
This House Believes Feminism Is Incompatible With Religion, Cambridge Union, 14 November 2024
Freeing Women From the Veil ft. Maryam Namazie, Freethought Matters, 14 November 2024
FFRF TV show spotlights Islamist theocracies, Freethought Matters, 14 November 2024
“Senza dogmi” a Reggio tornano le Giornate della laicità, 24Emilia, 14 November 2024
Giornate della Laicità 2024, Istoreco, 13 November 2024
Senza dogmi’, a Reggio Emilia le Giornate della laicità, ANSA, 12 November 2024
اعتراض عریان میدان یک جنگ – سخنرانی مریم نمازی, Journal, 9 November 2024
در حمایت از «دختر دانشکده علوم و تحقیقات» در لندن, BBC Persian, 9 November 2024
London witnesses protests in solidarity with Ahoo Daryaei and Iranian women, EdexLive, 9 November 2024
Women strip in Piccadilly Circus standing in solidarity with Iranian student Ahoo Daryaei who was detained by morality police, Newsflare, 8 November 2024
Piccadilly Circus, London, UK. 8th Nov 2024. Protesters strip off in support of Iranian doctoral student Ahoo Daryaei detained after protesting Iran’s strict hijab laws, Alamy, 8 November 2024
Ahoo Daryaei, il nuovo volto di Donna Vita Libertà, MicroMega, 8 November 2024
Ahoo Daryaei: Ein Schrei aus Iran, Emma, 8 November 2024
انتشار یک فراخوان در آلمان: سپاه پاسداران، تروریستی شناخته شود, VOA, 8 November 2024
How a 16-year-old Arezo Khavari committed suicide in Tehran, Medium, 6 November 2024
Iran. Ahou Daryaei, la défiance au service de la liberté, Charlie Hebdo, 5 November 2024
Day Of Action In Support Of Iranian Woman & Sikh Courts, TPQ, 5 November 2024
Women’s Bodies are not Obscene, DW Jaafar Talks, 4 November 2024
Woman Strips At Iran University In Protest Against Strict Dress Code: Reports, News18, 3 November 2024
Confronting identity politics, a breeding ground for division and dehumanisation, The Freethinker, 30 October 2024
Celebrating Dissent Oslo, A Landmark Event, TPQ, 27 October 2024
Secularists call for renewal of liberal values at NSS conference, NSS, 24 October 2024
Supporting women who have broken free, esSENSE Global, 19 October 2024
Un corso di nuoto per sole donne islamiche: la proposta ‘progressista’ va contro la laicità, Ilfattoquotidiano, 16 October 2024
October events: National Secular Society conference on defending liberal values, The Freethinker, 11 October 2024
Oslo hosts ‘Celebrating Dissent’ conference, Freethought Today, 8 October 2024
Ex-Muslims demand an end to war, occupation, rape and terrorism, Sabrang India, 7 October 2024
Women Create: Women’s Dissenting Voices, Good Men Project, 7 October 2024
En global hyllest av blasfemikeren Shabana Rehman: – Når man ler, er man ikke redd!, Human-Etisk Forbund, 30 September 2024
The Taliban’s unceasing war on Afghan women, The Freethinker, 24 September 2024
Voices of Resistance: Reflecting on Celebrating Dissent Oslo 2024, Faithless Hijabi, 18 September 2024
Laicità e femminismo: appunti dopo il seminario ad Altradimora, Noidonne, 17 September 2024
Susturamayacaklar, Politica, 17 September 2024
Remembering Mahsa Amini: The icon of Iranian protests, Albawaba, 16 September 2024
Celebrating Dissent 2024 recap: If you’re Ex-Muslim, you’re not alone!, Secular Spirit, 16 September 2024
#85 – Conférence Celebrating Dissent à Oslo, Apostats Islam, 15 September 2024
Forfulgte kvinner føler seg sviktet av feminister, Human-Etisk Forbund, 13 September 2024
Gender Apartheid and Cultural Relativism under the Taliban and Iranian Regimes, Silk Road Studies, 11 September 2024
Interview with Maryam Namazie | مصاحبه با مریم نمازی, CCES, 8 September 2024
Ex-Muslims gather in Oslo to celebrate dissent, NSS Newsline, 5 September 2024
Når frie tanker og ytringer blir en livsfare: Historier fra liv i eksil, Human-Etisk Forbund, 5 September 2024
Celebrating Dissent, Civita, 31 August 2024
Skeive fritenkere kommer til Oslo, Blikk, 30 August 2024
Oslo Celebrating Dissent, TPQ, 30 August 2024
Klar for en global feiring av menneskerettigheter og frihet, Human-Etisk Forbund, 21 August 2024
Global eksmuslim-konferanse i Oslo skal hylle Shabana, Utrop, 21 August 2024
Ep. 526: The importance of dissent, Liberal Halftime, 16 August 2024
Celebrating dissent – konferens i Osol, 2024, Humanisten, 25 June 2024
LAICITÀ E FEMMINISMO, La Bottega del Barbieri, 14 August 2024
Ripartiamo dalla laicità, seminario ad Altradimora, Pressenza, 7 August 2024
Body of Art: Activism and the Right to Blaspheme, A Further Inquiry, 6 August 2024
Fearless Voices, Faithless Hijabi, 29 June 2024
Celebrating dissent – konferens i Osol, 2024, Humanisten, 25 June 2024
From London to Los Angeles, many Iranians overseas cheer, and fear, after president’s death, AP 22 May 2024
Joint Statement on the The Sikh Court, 20 May 2024
Iran President dies in crash, LBC, 20 May 2024
Islamic charity trustee compares women without hijabs to ‘unwrapped sweets, Telegraph, 12 May 2024
15/05/24 : Séance de rattrapage pour “Laïques de tous les pays, unissez-vous !” Journal de la FM, 7 May 2024
Iran’s tentacles around Britain: Kidnap fears, murder plots and rape threats, iNews, 20 April 2024
What is the Ex-Muslim Movement? When did it begin? How is it expanding so swiftly over the world?, TFL Post, 4 April 2024
Mind Your Ramadan! Freethinker, 2 April 2024
Québec, Belgique, Grande-Bretagne : quand la laïcité s’exporte, Charlie Hedo, 13 March 2024
Labour’s Islamic blasphemy law, Spiked, 26 February 2024
Maryam Namazie speaks to CFI podcast on The Paris Appeal, 24 February 2024
Home Office humiliation after it is mocked for marking World Hijab Day, Express, 10 February 2024
Hidžab: nametanje ili izbor? Slučajevi Mahse Amini, Fairouz Mouradi i Armite Geravand, Rijeka Danas, 2 February 2024
World Hijab Day, can an instrument of repression become a symbol of pride? Italian Post, 1 February 2024
World Hijab Day, uno strumento di repressione può diventare simbolo di orgoglio? Sky Italy, 1 February 2024
Iran: Unica Soluzione, rivoluzione, Psiche, Issue 2/2023
Laïques sans frontières : pour une loi de 1905 universelle, Charlie Hebdo, 11 December 2023
“Nous affirmons que la séparation des religions et de l’État protège les droits de toutes et tous”, Marianne, 11 December 2023
Entretien. « Nous, laïques, athées et apostats, sommes la majorité ! » Charlie Hebdo Interview with Maryam Namazie and Nadia El Fani, 6 December 2023
“La démocratie ne peut être pleine et entière là où la religion dicte ses règles”, Marianne, 5 December 2023
CEMB and NSS join campaigners calling for investigation of extremist charity sermons, NSS Newsline, 6 November 2023
Where’s the solidarity with women of Iran? The Times, 30 October 2023
Conférence internationale, Agenda Militant, 30 October 2023
Art programme at the World Humanist Congress 2023, Humanisten, 8 October 2023
On Narges Mohammadi Nobel Peace Prize, LBC interview with Maryam Namazie, 6 October 2023
Part 2, on Woman, Life, Freedom Revolution in Iran, Maryam Namazie’s Interview on WBAI Joy of Resistance, 5 October 2023
On Armita Geravand, Interview with Maryam Namazie, DW Jaafar Talks, 5 October 2023
Open letter from International Initiative Justice for Nagihan Akarsel, JinhaAgency, 2 October 2023
Het schokkende verhaal van een ex-moslima, BBD3, 28 September 2023
Part 1, On Council of Ex-Muslims and One Law for All, Maryam Namazie’s Interview on WBAI Joy of Resistance, 21 September 2023
Sing4Freedom, AP, 16 September 2023
Activists in Europe mark the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody in Iran, AP, 16 September 2023
Also on ABC News, Toronto Star, KDH News, Newslooks, CP24, Euronews, National Post, Newsjax, Taiwan News, VOA amongst others.
Maryam Namazie interview with Steve Holden, LBC Radio A section of the interview can be found here at 1:50:03, 16 September 2023
L’iran e le proteste: il sacrificio dei giovani e la vergogna dell’Occidente, Avennire, 15 September 2023
Petition: Stop Denmark’s New Blasphemy Ban, The Future of Free Speech, 15 September 2023
Esiliate dall’Iran, cancellate in occidente, Il Foglio, 12 September 2023
Gender Apartheid and Cultural Relativism under the Taliban and Iranian Regimes, Jadaliyya, 11 September 2023
Ex-Muslims find the X factor online, India Today, 27 August 2023
Conversations on the Art of Resistance (1): Thinking Freely, Well, GMP, 16 August 2023
La policía moral iraní aumenta la represión hacia las mujeres, Agencia Atlas, 11 August 2023
Theocracy, a Few Strands of Hair, and Iran’s Democratic Future, Shuddhashar (free voice) Belief Issue, August 2023
‘Un voile sur le monde’: over de islamitische hoofddoek, Doorbraak, 7 August 2023
Iran’s Democratic Futures, Feminist Dissent, 8 May 2023
Primo maggio di rivoluzione in Iran, anche fra i lavoratori, MicroMega, 1 May 2023
Dance for Freedom – supporting women in Iran, 30 April 2023
Yazar Namazie: İran yol ayrımında, MA, 22 April 2023
مریم نمازی از شرکت کنندگان در همایش کلن, Interview on Cologne Assembly in support of Charter of Minimum Demands, 22 April 2023
Maryam Namazie intervista Soheil Arabi, UAAR, 2 April 2023
Apostasía, ¿y después qué? Cronica Libre, 26 March 2023
“Donna. Vita. Libertà”. Cartoline per l’Iran, Informatore, 25 March 2023
Maryam Namazie and Susanna McIntyre on Woman’s Revolution in Iran, Atheists Assemble, Faithless Hijabi fundraiser, 25 March 2023
The shameful story of Britain’s backdoor blasphemy laws, Spiked, 12 March 2023
“Donna, vita, libertà”: per un 8 marzo di lotta e sorellanza, Emilia Romagna News, 9 March 2023
Open Letter: Countries Must Recognize Crime of Gender Apartheid, 8 March 2023
Woke Capitalism, RadFem Italia, 8 March 2023
Donne Iraniane, L’Arma Del Foulard, Italia Report, 7 March 2023
Nuova Tappa di close the gap per mahsa e le Altre, Redazione, 2 March 2023
‘Qurangate’ and Britain’s new blasphemy rules, The Spectator, 27 February 2023
Doing the Ayatollahs’ dirty work, Spiked, 21 February 2023
Kurdish Feminist Revolution, New Internationalist, 20 February 2023
Unveiled and Unbroken, Woman’s Revolution in Iran, Queer Majority, 18 February 2023
Londra’da ‘jın jiyan azadi’ Eylemleriyle Dayanışma Etkinliği, Elif Tabak ile Britanya Güncesi Can Tv’de, CAN TV, 4 February 2023
International secularist spotlights Iran, FFRF TV, 2 February 2023
Videos of women taking off hijab on ‘World Hijab Day’ goes viral, Times of India, 2 February 2023
Iranian topless body riot feminist protest, Trafalgar Square, London, Newsflare, 1 February 2023
Mahsa Amini protesters go topless to reject World Hijab Day in London, Newsflare, 1 February 2023
- Maryam Namazie says: How dare you celebrate World Hijab Day when so many women being killed for improper veiling.
Imago Images, Topless Protest, 1 February 2023
Body Riot, RexFeatures, 1 February 2023
Le donne in rivolta contro il velo nella Giornata Internazionale dell’Hijab, MicroMega, 31 January 2023
Uluslararası kadın örgütlerinden İranlı kadınlara destek: Jın, Jiyan, Azadi-VİDEO, Pirha, 30 January 2023
Ιράν: Υποστηρίζουμε την εξέγερση “Γυναίκα, Ζωή, Ελευθερία” – Όχι στις εκτελέσεις ! Διεθνής καμπάνια υπογραφών, Ela Liberta, 29 January 2023
Londoners prepares for Women, Life, Freedom event, Londra Gazete, 26 January 2023
Jin Jiyan Azadi: An event in London in solidarity with women in Iran and Rojhilat, ANF, 23 January 2023
Kadınlar Londra’da ‘Jin, jiyan, azadî’ etkinliğinde buluşacak, Pirha, 22 January 2023
Iran: Support for the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Uprising – No to Executions !, Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières, 20 January 2023
Iran executes Iranian dual-national, LBC, 14 January 2023
“L’Occidente è complice, non aiuterà le donne iraniane a liberarsi del regime”, MicroMega, 12 January 2023
Fears grow for Iranian atheist Soheil Arabi, NSS, 11 January 2023
FFRF, 40 groups demand release of Soheil Arabi, FFRF, 9 January 2023
‘Death to Khamenei’ Posts Don’t Violate Policies, Meta Oversight Board Declares, Gizmodo, 9 January 2023
More Than Protest: The Women, Life, Freedom Revolution in Iran, VOD English, 4 January 2023
Sign onto the Woman, Life, Freedom Charter, Lankan News, 4 January 2023
2022
Welkom bij het Vrij Links jaaroverzicht! Vrij Links, 31 December 2022
2023 : Proclamons à nouveau notre attachement à l’Humanisme, à l’universalité des Lumières, aux valeurs républicaines, Comité Laïcité République, 30 December 2022
Humanists and the Fight for Justice in Iran, Being Human, Winter Issue
#WomenLifeFreedom : Revolt and Revolution in Iran, The Thinking Atheist, 27 December 2022
Londra’da İran’da süren protestolara destek eylemi devam ediyor-VİDEO, Pirha, 18 December 2022
Gallery: Best photos from around the world, Whatsnewtoday, 18 December 2022
Best photos from around the world, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 December 2022
Iran actress arrested after voicing support for protests, US News, 18 December 2022
Other photos from London protest against executions, 17 December 2022
Iran actress arrested after voicing support for protests, US News, 17 December 2022
Iran arrests lead actress from of 2016’s Oscar-winning film The Salesman after she supported growing anti-regime protests, Daily Mail, 17 December 2022
London Protests against Executions, Imago Photos, 17 December 2022
Protest Dance against Executions in Iran, Lankan News, 16 December 2022
#MahsaAmini murder: Demand to immediately expel Iran’s Islamic regime from UNCSW, Counterview, 15 December 2022
Futbolista Amir Nasr-Azadani enfrenta ejecución por protestar en Irán, TV Azteca, 13 December 2022
Die iranischen Frauen und der ‘Westen’, Demokratischer Salon, 9 December 2022
UK says ‘outraged’ by protester’s execution in Iran, Saw Beirut, 8 December 2022
Morality Police: Five Iranian women explain what is really happening, Popaganda, 7 December 2022
Iranian city shops shut after strike call, judiciary blames ‘rioters’, Bangladesh News, 5 December 2022
BERICHTE ÜBER AUFLÖSUNG DER SITTEN-POLIZEI IM IRAN, Freiheit oder Falle? Bild, 5 December 2022
Iran: the dissolution of the morality police seen as a manoeuvre to “calm” the demonstrators, MidEast Eye, 4 December 2022
Conservative women join Iran protests for Amini, Saw Beirut, 3 December 2022
Esce il n. 6/2022 della rivista Nessun Dogma: cambiano le stagioni in Iran, Italia e non solo, UAAR, 2 December 2022
Apostasy is a Human Right, Maryam Namazie erhält den IBKA-Preis Sapio, Miz, December 2022
On Censoring TedX talk, Feminist Dissent, No 6 (2022)
Open letter calls for investigation into alleged use of chemical weapons by Turkey, Jinha Agency, 30 November 2022
Plus de 300 morts en Iran depuis le début des contestations, Paris Match, 29 November 2022
Niece of Supreme Leader Khameni asks world to cut ties with Iran, Tribune India, 28 November 2022
One Law for All and FiLiA led #Hair4Freedom solidarity action with women’s revolution in Iran received widespread coverage, including: on Daily Telegraph Australia, VOA, ABC News, Cyprus Mail, Alein Farsi, Independent Persian, Kayhan London, VOA 365, Sri Lanka News, Yahoo, Reuters, Imago images, Alamy Images and others, 27-28 November 2022
Hair4Freedom, Independent Persian, 27 November 2022
کوتاه کردن مو در مرکز لندن در حمایت از حقوق زنان در ایران, #العین_فارسی, AIA in Persian, 27 November 2022
VIDEO: Dozens of activists in London cut their hair in support of women’s rights in Iran, ABC News, 27 November 2022
لندن: همبستگی با زنان ایران در روز جهانی مبارزه با خشونت علیه زنان, Kayhan London, 27 November 2022
Niece of Iran’s Supreme Leader urges world to cut ties with Tehran over unrest, Cyprus Mail, 27 November 2022
Maryam Namazie on the women’s revolution in Iran, Feminist Current, 27 November 2022
گالری عکس | تجمع اعتراضی زنان ایرانی در لندن با شعار «گیسو برای آزادی», Photo gallery of #Hair4Freedom, VOA, 26 November 2022
Activists shave heads at London rally for women’s rights in Iran, Reuters, 26 November 2022
The heroic people of Iran are teaching the west a song too many of us have forgotten, The Guardian, 26 November 2022
Join One Law for All and FILIA in mass-haircutting, Lanka News, 24 November 2022
Defending Secularism is the task of the Left, first published in Spanish and Catalan in An Inclusive Secularism for a Diverse Society, Ferrer Guàrdia Report, 23 November 2022. English can be found here.
Helfen deutsche Instagram-Mitarbeiter den Mullahs?, Bild, 23 November 2022
Is the Corrupt World Cup Just PR for Qatar? | The Table, Byline TV, 21 November 2022
Iran’s World Cup fans fear ‘thousands of spies’: Why England’s opening match in Qatar is much more than a game, i, 19 November 2022
Maryam Namazie’s interview on women’s revolution in Iran, Byline TV, 18 November 2022
Charity Commission launches probe into mosque that hosted hardline Iranian cleric, The JC, 17 November 2022
Iran Protests with Andrew Marr and Maryam Namazie, LBC, 16 November 2022
We need to talk about Iran, Medium, 16 November 2022
Salman Rushdie and the Women’s Revolution in Iran are Linked, NSS Blog, 8 November 2022
Les Français Défilent En Solidarité Avec L’Iran, Actusduweb, 3 November 2022
Apostasie : avec les dégoûtés de l’islam, Charlie Hebdo, 2 November 2022
Solidarität mit dem Protest gegen die Mullah-Diktatur! IBKA, 3 November 2022
London Protesters Form Human Chain in Support of Women’s Rights in Iran, Daily Telegraph, 1 November 2022
Mahsa Amini: London protesters show support for ‘women’s revolution’ in Iran, Evening Standard, 30 October 2022
Mahsa Amini: London protesters show support for ‘women’s revolution’ in Iran, The Independent, 30 October 2022
People in France march in Iran solidarity, Connexion, 30 October 2022
‘Kill us if you dare’, Iran protests continue, DW Arabic, 27 October 2022
Maryam Namazie’s interview with Carole Walker on Iran revolution, Time Radio, 27 October 2022
The Power of Protest, Freethought Radio, 27 October 2022
«مریم نمازی» میگه، خوب است بیاموزید که پرچم تابو یا مقدس نیست. انسان مقدسه…! Balatarin, 27 October 2022
Al menos 15 muertos tras un atentado del Estado Islámico contra un santuario chiíta en Irán, La Voz, 27 October 2022
Žene predvode novu revoluciju u Iranu, Maz, 25 October 2022
«Bisogna passare da una politica identitaria a una politica di solidarietà», UAAR, 23 October 2022
Frauen demonstrieren barbusig gegen Muezzin-Ruf, HpD, 17 October 2022
Maryam Namazie and Nuriyah Khan Protest At Trafalgar Square, Sunday Scoop, 16 October 2022
Interview with Maryam Namazie on topless protest at Cologne mosque, DW Persian, 14 October 2022
Why secularism matters, Workers Liberty, 11 October 2022
Celebrare il dissenso, Nessun Dogma, 9 October 2022
Interview with Maryam Namazie, Times Radio’s Sunday Morning, 9 October 2022
Solidarietà alle donne iraniane, Lecodelsud, 7 October 2022
“Wir wollen keine islamische Republik”, HpD, 7 October 2022
Maryam Namazie on Iran’s women’s revolution, Talk TV, 6 October 2022
The Islamic regime will end with a woman’s revolution, DW Arabic, 4 October 2022
Popular Protest Singer Released on Bail, Iran Wire, 4 October 2022
“Baraye” è l’inno delle proteste in Iran: canta il sogno di libertà, La Stampa, 4 October 2022
Popular Protest Singer Shervin Hajipour Arrested, Iran Wire, 30 September 2022
Join October 1 protests, Lankan News, 29 September 2022
Iran : les femmes disent merde aux mollahs, Charlie Hebdo, 28 September 2022
‘This is a woman’s revolution in the making’: how the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran sparked worldwide protest, Metro, 27 September 2022
Che cosa ci dice il sacrificio delle donne iraniane, MicroMedia, 27 September 2022
Maryam Namazie Explains What’s Been Happening in Iran? Sunday Scoop with Harris and Sultan, 26 September 2022
Iran Protesters Gather Outside London Islamic Center, Yahoo News, 26 September 2022
Maryam Namazie with Andrew Castle on LBC Radio on Mahsa Amini and Iran Protests, 25 September 2022
After Mahsa Amini’s Death, It’s Time for Hijab apologists to take a back seat, Sedaa, 25 September 2022
Report: Celebrating Dissent, Köln 2022, Humanisten, 25 September 2022
tract de soutien aux femmes iraniennes, Les Obscurs, 22 September 2022
Sesuatu yang Luar Biasa Terjadi di Iran, Warta Ekonomi, 22 September 2022
Proteste im Iran mit mehreren Toten, HpD, 22 September 2022
Maryam Namazie interview with John Pienaar, Times Radio, 21 September 2022
Something extraordinary is happening in Iran, The Spectator, 21 September 2022
Manifestations à travers le pays – y a-t-il une révolution maintenant, New Day France, 21 September 2022
Kommt es jetzt zu einer Revolution im Iran? Bild, 21 September 2022
Irán: Protestas en todo el país: ¿hay una revolución ahora? ESEuro, 21 September 2022
Muslims Harass Protest Against Death Penalty for Iranian Lesbians, Atheist Republic, 20 September 2022
تجمع در کلن علیه حکم اعدام دو فعال حقوق همجنسگرایان در ایران, DW Persian, 12 September 2022
94 Le corps des femmes (StopVOG / Patriarcats Religieux), La révolution sera féministe, 12 September 2022
Une Manifestation de Soutien Aux Militantes LGBTQ Iraniennes pas au Gout de tous En Allemagne, Vox Atheism, 12 September 2022
Entre les talibans et les Acadiens, les fautifs sont les Acadiens?, AN, 10 September 2022
IBKA verleiht “Sapio” an Maryam Namazie, HpD, 9 September 2022
“Es ist einfach zu sehen, warum die Menschen dachten, dass es einen Schöpfer geben muss“, HpD, 6 September 2022
CD2022: Ex-Muslims Standing up for Salman Rushdie and Against Obscurantism, Lanka News, 4 September 2022
Ex-Muslims, atheists, freethinkers celebrate dissent, seek Dec 20 World Secularism Day, Counterview, 3 September 2022
Laicità: un concetto fantasma nei programmi elettorali, MicroMega, 31 August 2022
Rassemblement international d’athées et de libres-penseurs : “Ne parlez surtout pas d’« islamophobie » à ces ex-muslims,” CLR, 30 August 2022
Maryam Namazie: “The Islamists are afraid of us”, Trend Detail, 25 August 2022
Cologne : les mécréants célèbrent Salman Rushdie et préparent l’avenir, Charlie Hebdo, 24 August 2022
Maryam Namazie : « Les islamistes ont peur de nous », Charlie Hebdo, 24 August 2022
Portraits d’athées : « Pour vivre libre, j’ai dû fuir mon pays », Charlie Hebdo, 24 August 2022
Säkularismus: Eine Freiheitsgarantie für alle, HPD, 24 August 2022
»Die Fundamentalisten werden uns nicht aufhalten!« Ex-Muslime aus aller Welt demonstrierten in Köln für Salman Rushdie, GBS, 23 August 2022
“Du kannst die Blumen stutzen, aber du kannst den Frühling nicht aufhalten!, HPD, 23 August 2023
Sortir de l’islam, mais à quel prix ?, Le Point, 23 August 2022
Leaving Islam, but at what cost?, Detail News, 23 August 2022
Abandonar el Islam, pero ¿a qué precio? , Trend News Spanish, 23 August 2022
Darum haben sie den Islam verlassen, Celebrating Dissent 2022“ in Köln, Bild, 22 August 2022
“Celebrating Dissent 2022” – Ex-Muslims report: That’s why they left Islam, Detail Zero, 22 August 2022
Größte Versammlung von Ex-Muslimen – deshalb haben sie den Islam verlassen, The World News, 22 August 2022
“Celebrando la disidencia 2022” – Informe de exmusulmanes: Por eso abandonaron el Islam , News ES Euro, 22 August 2022
“Merayakan Perbedaan Pendapat 2022” – Laporan Mantan Muslim: Inilah Alasan Mereka Meninggalkan Islam, Samosir News, 22 August 2022
“Célébrer la dissidence 2022” – Rapport d’ex-musulmans : c’est pourquoi ils ont quitté l’islam, News Day FR, 22 August 2022
عريضة بالفرنسية تندد بـ”عمل بربري” وتتضامن مع سلمان رشدي “فولتير العصر الحديث”
Rushdie : des intellectuels européens soutiennent “l’un des exemples les plus courageux” de la lutte contre le “totalitarisme”, RTBF, 14 August 2022
Pour Salman Rushdie: Liberté, humanisme, tolérance!, Le Temps, 14 August 2022
Orrore cancel culture: arriva la “black list” degli autori “pericolosi”, altaterradilavoro, 14 August 2022
Interview with Maryam Namazie on Celebrating Dissent 2022, Freethought Radio, 16 June 2022
The Lady of Heaven: How a movie on Fathima has exposed Islam’s Shia-Sunni conflict again as theatres in UK surrender before threats, OpIndia, 9 June 2022
FiLiA discusses Nazanin on BBC’s Women’s Hour, FiLiA, 26 May 2022
State-Enforced Starvation: Moroccans Arrested for Eating During Ramadan, Atheist Republic, 29 April 2022
Nous devons rester fermes, résolus et vigilants face au sort qui sera réservé à Marina Ovsyannikova, Le Soir, 17 March 2022
Nazanin Is Free, FiLiA, 17 March 2022
‘The best way to combat bad speech is with good speech’ – interview with Maryam Namazie, The Freethinker, 12 March 2022
Global campaign to save kidnapped dissident from execution in Iran, Jerusalem Post, 8 March 2022
Liberté pour l’Ukraine! A la résistance du peuple ukrainien, Tageblatt, 28 February 2022
« Nous nous tenons, fidèles et résolus, aux côtés de l’héroïque et vaillante résistance ukrainienne », L’Obs, 27 February 2022
Under The Guise Of Religion, Outlook, 4 February 2022
“World Hijab Day”: una vita da modeste, MicroMega, 1 February 2022
Young Muslim woman raped and her children kidnapped by violent husband after trying to obtain divorce through ‘sharia courts’, Carmon Report, 30 January 2022
Campaign launched after woman convicted over blasphemy charges, MMNewsTV, 24 January 2022
2021
Lettera di fine anno sulla difficile arte di discutere di temi “divisivi” tra femministe, MicroMega, 21 December 2021
Women fast in support of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, National News, 20 December 2021
UK Women Stage Global Fast To Call On Govt To Secure Freedom Of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliff, Republic World, 20 December 2021
Press Briefing: FiLiA Solidarity Action #FreeNazanin, FiLiA, 20 December 2021
Un tabou : ces musulmans qui quittent l’islam, 7 December 2021
“El derecho a criticar el islam es necesario para nosotras, las ateas de cultura musulmana”. Entrevista a Maryam Namazie, Translated into Spanish on 3 December 2021
Activism is the rent we pay to live on this planet – Our tribute to Pragna Patel, SBS, 17 November 2021
Writers at Risk, and what we can do at Warwick, The Boar, 17 November 2021
Campaigners call for release of Iranian blogger who ‘insulted Islam’, NSS News, 26 October 2021
Maryam Namazie: ‘Vrouwen zijn een makkelijk doelwit voor religie’, De Balie, 15 October 2021
«به این مادر گوش کنید» امروز خیلی از فعالان در جهان از سهیل عربی مینویسند, Balatarin, 3 October 2021
Blasphemy Day, The Pensive Quill, 29 September 2021
Hold your breath! UK ex-Muslims to celebrate Blasphemy Day on September 30, Counterview, 29 September 2021
AFGHAN LIVES MATTER, 30 INTELLECTUELS ET ARTISTES POUR L’AFGHANISTAN, Agoravox, 31 August 2021
Carte blanche: liberté, dignité et fraternité pour l’Afghanistan, Le Soir, 28 August 2021
Women Against Taliban, Frauen gegen Taliban, Hpd, 25 August 2021
Announcing the first publication from Humanist Canada Press: This World First by Marc Schaus, Humanist Canada, 11 August 2021
Kjenner du til disse kvinnene? De er vår tids feminister, Resett, 10 August 2021
Turning students into weapons, The Critic, August-September 2021
An audience with Diyaar, FiLiA Diary, 31 July 2021
Maryam Namazie talks early life, Iran, human rights, sexuality, women and more, XMuslimUK, 6 July 2021
The ex-Muslim movement seeks to challenge apostasy in Islam, Toronto Sun, 1 July 2021
Worthy, A Poem Inspired by an Interview with Maryam Namazie, 5CallyRoad, 15 June 2021
Women married in faith ceremonies need better protection, New Humanist, 10 June 2021
Against Apatheid, May 2021
TEDx’s DE-FACTO Blasphemy Law | Rationality Rules on Maryam Namazie’s censorship, Rationality Rules, 20 May 2021
Maryam Namazie Interview, Lay Led Unions, 7 May 2021
Irrsinn in der Uno: Der Iran soll sich um Frauenrechte kümmern. Die Schweiz schweigt, Nebelspalter, 4 May 2021
When Women Leave Islam: With Maryam Namazie, Secular Jihadists, 27 April 2021
Gremium für Frauenrechte nimmt Iran auf, Bild, 23 April 2021
Women Leaving Islam: the rights of those who leave religion must be protected, NSS Newsline, 14 April 2021
Ceci n’est pas un blasphème: Napoli celebra la libertà di espressione, Informa Press, 8 April 2021
Ex Muslim of Britain தோழர் மரியம் நமாஸி, தோழர் ஃபாரூக் 4ம் ஆண்டு நினைவேந்தலுக்கு அனுப்பிய கானோளி, 31 March 2021
Maryam Namazie wishes Richard Dawkins a Happy 80th Birthday, 30 March 2021
Support for the progressive side of the debate in Muslim communities, ACG, 29 March 2021
Why is @TedxWarwick refusing to release Maryam Namazie’s talk on Islamic Fundamentalism?, GS Podcast, 28 March 2021
Denmark to limit ‘non-western’ residents in some areas to 30 percent, Al Araby, 18 March 2021
The radical feminist campaigner who has ‘nothing left to lose’, The Critic, 8 March 2021
Prey, review by Maryam Namazie, Evening Standard, 27 February 2021
Interview with Maryam Namazie, Humanistically Speaking, 25 February 2021
In Defence of French Secularism: Maryam Namazie | Opinion, Byline TV, 16 February 2021
Women Leaving Islam: Stories of Courage and Change (with Maryam Namazie), The Thinking Atheist, 9 February 2021
Maryam Namazie, Human Rights Activist, Meenal’s World, 6 February 2021
Do Justice and Let the Sky Fall, News Intervention, 5 February 2021
Lost and found, sister-hood, 1 February 2021
Libere dall’islam: la sfida delle femministe al World Hijab Day, ND, 29 January 2021
World Hijab Day, la sfida delle femministe al velo islamico e alla sua celebrazione, ilFattoQuotidiano.it, 29 January 2021
On Zara Kay, News Intervention, 27 January 2021
Festival delle Arti per la libertà d’espressione, Di Redazione Informare, 21 January 2021
From the hijab to freedom, Rahila Gupta, New Humanist, 19 January 2021
Tanzania faces increasing pressure to free Muslim apostate Zara Kay, The Freethinker, 5 January 2021
#JusticeForZaraKay #JusticeForZara #StandUpForZaraKay, Faithless Hijabi, 5 January 2021
Free Speech Wars On Campus: My Experience, Res Publica, 1 January 2021
2020
A THIRD of British universities are in a free-speech crisis. Is ‘freedom’ just another word now? RT, 17 December 2020
Film: “Kobiety opuszczające islam”, EuroIslam, 13 December 2020
Moslims zijn de eerste slachtoffers van islamisme, Vrij Links, 27 November 2020
Daesh Bride Shamima Begum Launches Bid To Regain Citizenship At UK Supreme Court, Sputnik News, 23 November 2020
Maryam Namazie – The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss, 19 November 2020
Cancel culture tystade dessa kvinnor, Gardet, 18 November 2020
Intellectual Freedom and the Culture Wars—A Review, Quillette, 16 November 2020
Kamala Harris, een droom van een rolmodel: ‘Ze heeft de weg vrijgemaakt’, Het Parool, 14 November 2020
Maryam Namazie: Muslims are the primary victims of Islamism, sister-hood, 4 November 2020
“The right to criticize Islam is crucial for us atheists of Muslim culture,” SIAWI, 2 November 2020
“Le droit de critiquer l’islam est crucial pour nous athées de culture musulmane”, L’Express, 1 November 2020
Full Audio – Maryam Namazie, The Origins Podcast, 30 October 2020
Interview with Maryam Namazie on harassment at her Goldsmiths University Lecture, Origins Podcast Clip, 29 October 2020
Nina Sankari: Bez uwolnienia Polski od opresji religijnej nie będzie tu wolności i demokracji, Wyborcza, 27 October 2020
Non dimentichiamo Samuel Paty, MicroMega, 20 October 2020
Fundamentalism, the antidote is the knowledge of voices. Especially that of lay women, News Current, 19 October 2020
Fondamentalismo, l’antidoto è la conoscenza delle voci. Soprattutto quella delle donne laiche, il Fatto Quotidiano, 19 October 2020
Support voor Charlie Hebdo. ‘Wij zijn niet beledigd’, Vrij Links, 25 September 2020
Caricatures de Mahomet : Paroles de musulmans non offensés, Charlie Hebdo, 16 September 2020
Judicial murder of Iranian wrestler, Pink Triangle Trust joins chorus of condemnation, 15 September 2020
UK: All religious marriages must be registered to protect women, Lahore International, 4 September 2020
Getting Married, A Consultation, Law Commission, 3 September 2020
First ‘Apostasy Day’ defends the right to leave religion, NSS, 28 August 2020
‘Apostasy Day’: il libero pensiero è in pericolo anche in Europa?, MicroMega, 24 August 2020
Jour de l’Apostasie: bonne fête aux ex-musulmans! Causeur, 22 August 2020
22 augustus Apostasy Day: Dag van de Afvalligheid, Vrij Links, 22 August 2020
Ex-Muslims mark International Apostasy Day, Al Bab, 22 August 2020
Basta discriminazioni e violenze contro minoranze religiose e apostati, Europa, 22 August 2020
Ex-Muslims mark International Apostasy Day, Medium, 22 August 2020
Today is Apostasy Day. Please lend your support. The Free Thinker, 22 August 2020
August 22 to be observed as Apostasy Day: International coalition of ex-Muslim groups, Counterview, 21 August 2020
نام گذاری ۲۲ اوت برای نخستین بار به عنوان روز جهانی ارتداد؛ خبرگزاری ایرانشهر؛ جمعه 31 مرداد 1399
All religious marriages must be registered to protect women from abuse and discrimination, report warns, The Independent, 11 August 2020
The Spectre of Atheism: “Leaving the Allah Delusion Behind” by Ibn Warraq, Areo Magazine, 4 August 2020
You are not allowed to speak, The Article, 24 July 2020
Emna Charki et la liberté de conscience : une affaire emblématique des luttes à venir, Middle East Eye, 20 July 2020
Sourate et Corona. Le virus de la pensée unique, Media Part, 22 July 2020
The Threat to Civil Liberties Goes Way Beyond “Cancel Culture”, Jacobin Magazine, 12 July 2020
Conflating face masks with burqas is an an act of cultural assassination, sister-hood, 1 July 2020
Why Ex-Muslims Should Speak Up About #BlackLivesMatter: Ali Rizvi With Maryam Namazie, 15 June 2020
Interview with Maryam Namazie, Hardy Haberland Show #285, 5 June 2020
Open Letter From Women To Kurdish Leaders, Kurdistan Tribune, 21 May 2020
Brief von Frauen aus 20 Ländern an kurdische Parteien, AFN, 21 May 2020
Mihir Joshi talks to activist MaryamNamazie about honour based violence, blasphemy and the popular revolt against the Iranian regime, Backchat, 10 May 2020
Recensione del romanzo di Inna Shevchenko, leader delle FEMEN: “Eroiche. Amazzoni, peccatrici e rivoluzionarie”, Different Magazine, 4 May 2020
Celebrating Blasphemy and Dissent in the Ex-Muslim Movement | Maryam Namazie, Shuddhashar Issue 19 on Blasphemy, 1 May 2020
Thousands were released in Iran, but not atheist prisoner Soheil Arabi, New Humanist, 16 April 2020
IBKA-Preis „Sapio“ an Maryam Namazie, IBKA, 30 March 2020
Britain’s Ex-Muslims and atheists call to shun shunning, Asian Voices, 24 March 2020
8th March 2020 – Apostasy, Shunning and Survival, FiLiA, 11 March 2020
Women’s Day, Celebration, Power Trending, Baaz, 8 March 2020
The Cowardice of No Platforming, The Spectator, 6 March 2020
Solidarity With Organisation Of Women’s Freedom In Iraq, Culture Project, 28 February 2020
«L’Europe doit être une terre d’accueil pour Julian Assange», Le Soir, 26 February 2020
No Hijab, Civil Courage, 22 February 2020
Judges reject bid to make Islamic marriages legally binding, The Independent, 15 February 2020
A British Court of Appeal ruling that disregards the accounts of many minority women, Counterview, 14 February 2020
Donne, islam e sport: quando l’elogio della “diversità” sacrifica le donne (Women, Islam and sport: when the praise of “diversity” sacrifices women), MicroMega, 11 February 2020
CWJ : Emma Humphrey’s Awards – Awards Cut, 5 February 2020
World Hijab Day : une insulte au féminisme, Charlie Hebdo, 1 February 2020
‘Wie mag mij kritiek op een idee verbieden?’ Een nieuwe Iraanse generatie staat op (“Who can prohibit criticism of an idea from me?” A new Iranian generation stands up), Vrij Links, 25 January 2020
2019
When Paikidze Unveiled the Hijab & Liberal Hypocrisy, Medium, 26 December 2019
Ovo su najomraženije žene na svijetu. Napadaju ih i islamisti i zapadni liberali, IndexHR, 8 December 2019
Ces musulmans qui quittent l’islam, IQRI, 4 December 2019
The hijab: “preventing common impositions”, Solidarity, 27 November 2019
Blasphemy, Apostasy and Free Expression with Maryam Namazie, Sarah Haider and Shabana Rehman, Oslo, 27 November 2019
British women ‘being forced into polygamous relationships’ because law lets them down, campaigners say, The Independent, 25 November 2019
Does religion have a privileged status in the UK? CNN, 21 November 2019
S2 E9: Maryam Namazie- Apostasy, Blasphemy, Dissent, Islam, and Dancing, The Pondering Primates Podcast, 18 November 2019
Human-Etisk Forbund lanserer prinsipper for religionskritikk, Fri Tanke, 18 November 2019
Ateister med muslimsk bakgrunn mobiliserer til frihetskamp, Agenda, 18 November 2019
Islamkritikk er kommet for å bli, VG, 15 November 2019
Kvinnetungt møte om islam og religionskritikk, Fri Tanke, 8 November 2019
Statement by MENA Socialist Feminists and Allies on the Popular Uprisings in the Region, 8 November 2019
Sharia law in Britain shows women are traumatised and humiliated in a system weighted against them, Counterview, 7 November 2019
Activist Fauzia Ilyas Comes In Support Of Pakistani Singer Rabi Pizada; Posts Nude Photo on Twitter, Outside Bollywood, 5 November 2019
#IamRabiPirzada: Political activist Fauzia Iliyas posts nude pics in support of Pakistani pop singer, Yahoo News, 4 November 2019
#IAmRabiPirzada: کیا رابی پیرزادہ کی حمایت میں جاری مہم پر تنقید اس کے اصل مقصد پر حاوی تو نہیں ہو گئی؟, BBC Urdu, 4 November 2019
Women and Islamophobia, FiLiA Magazine, 29 October 2019
Women Defend Rojava, 22 October 2019
Undergraduate students may be required to sign free speech contracts, The Boar, 13 October 2019
Calls to ‘Free Nazanin’ increase after Iran releases jailed British national’s daughter, Daily Dot, 11 October 2019
Appel des intellectuels à l’arrêt de l’offensive militaire turque contre les Kurdes de Syrie, Le Soir, 11 October 2019
2019 Shortlist Announced, Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize, 3 October 2019
Celebrating Dissent, CFI, 25 September 2019
Richard Dawkins on …no‑platforming and someone new in his life, The Times, 16 September 2019
Celebrating Dissent festival, Humanistisch Verbond, 11 September 2019
Stand with the witches, heretics and blasphemers, Interview with Maryam Namazie, sister-hood, 10 September 2019
No Longer Without You Review, sister-hood, 10 September 2019
Celebrating Dissent – reflections after the festival, Humanisterna, 7 September 2019
Rishvin Ismath on the ISIS-attack on his life, turning away from religion and the great personal cost of his activism, Art 19, 6 September 2019
What’s going on at Goldsmiths? Evening Standard, 5 September 2019
“Lasst uns die Geschlechter-Apartheid im Iran ein für alle Mal beenden!” HPD, 5 September 2019
Women at the front, sister-hood, 4 September 2019
Celebrating Dissent Event Coverage, Amber Journals, 3 September 2019
The World is Watching us, Persberichten, 2 September 2019
Celebrating Dissent Festival at De Balie in Amsterdam, Arts Magazine, 2 September 2019
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema opens Celebrating Dissent, De Balie, 1 September 2019
Zineb El Rhazoui s’en prend au gouvernement hollandaise, Morokino, 1 September 2019
Garantstelling voor sprekers is censuur van De Balie, NRC, 30 August 2019
Islamcriticus Zineb El Rhazoui niet naar De Balie want gewapende beveiligers mogen NL niet in, The Post Online, 30 August 2019
Charlie Hebdo-redacteur niet naar De Balie vanwege gewapende beveiliging, AT5, 30 August 2019
Oud-Charlie Hebdo-journalist zegt Amsterdams debat af om beveiliging, NOS, 30 August 2019
Islam-critica Zineb El Rhazoui onderweg naar Balie, NL weigert wapenvergunning Franse agent, Geenstijl, 30 August 2019
Zineb El Rhazoui denied access to the Netherlands, De Balie, 30 August 2019
“Freedom demands effort,” Interview with Nadia El Fani, sister-hood, 29 August 2019
Shabana Rehman: Do I want to be scared to death or laugh to death, De Balie 29 August 2019
Directeur De Balie boos op IND vanwege strenge visumeisen voor ex-moslima’s: ‘Dit is gewoon censuur’, WLN, 29 August 2019
Streetart in de Beurs van Berlage en muziek in het Vondelpark, Parool, 29 Aug 2019
Directeur De Balie boos op IND vanwege strenge eisen voor gastsprekers: ‘Dit is een vorm van censuur’, EenVandaag, 27 August 2019
Inna Shevchenko: Religion is simply one idea among many others, De Balie, 26 August 2019
Deze vrouwen vertellen waarom ze zich niets in Gods naam, Trouw, 24 August 2019
Gita Sahgal on the danger of theocracy, De Balie, 23 August 2019
Maryam Namazie on Islam, Tommy Robinson and Grooming Gangs, Triggernometry, 11 August 2019
Islam is not a religion of Peace, Maryam Namazie interview with Triggernometry, 11 August 2019
‘Gekwetstheid geen rechtvaardiging van onthouding rechten’, Het Parool, 31 July 2019
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Interview with Sikivu Hutchinson – Creator, Women’s Leadership Project, Canadian Atheist, 29 July 2019
Op-ed: Ex-Muslims – a community in protest, The Freethinker, 21 July 2019
Interview: No religion promotes an inclusive society, Sri Lankan Guardian, 1 July 2019
Must take an unequivocal stand against all forms of hate, Sri Lankan FT, 1 July 2019
FiLiA meets: Maryam Namazie, Podcast, 30 June 2019
Defining Islamophobia, sister-hood, 19 June 2019
It’s getting hot in here: Middle Easterners getting naked for a cause, Albawaba
Zineb El Rhazoui, la femme qui fait peur aux islamistes, Le Point, 4 April 2019
Peine de mort à l’encontre des homosexuels: Une trentaine de personnalités appellent au boycott des hôtels du sultan de Brunei, La Libre, 2 April 2019
Brunei, Le Soir, 2 April 2019
Iran and the UN Women’s Rights Committee, FiLiA, 25 March 2019
Fidan Ekiz: Break the fearful, politically correct silence, The Post Online, 23 March 2019
Maryam Namazie: ‘Fundamentalisme is extreemrechts met andere kleren aan’, Vrij Links, 20 March 2019 English: Fundamentalism and White Nationalism: The Same just wearing different clothes
ٍEuropean Parliament Motion on Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression, 12 March 2019
De Balie Welcomes Modern Icons, De Balie, 5 March 2019
Pour un 8 mars féministe universaliste! Liberation, 3 March 2019
Convention speech — Mohammed Al Khadra: Open dialogue the key to religious freedom, Freethought Today, 2 March 2019
Women who fought for Salman Rushdie, Live Mint, 21 February 2019
Faith, Freedom and Fatwas: The Rushdie Affair 30 Years On, The National Student, 14 February 2019
Maryam Namazie – Exploring religious freedom episode 03, NSS Podcast, 11 February 2019
In Turkije kennen ze de gevaren van de politieke islam wel, AD, 11 February 2019
In Inghilterra la “polizia del pensiero” caccia un Hitchens dall’università, Il Foglio, 9 February 2019
‘We moeten niet toelaten dat imams ons onderdrukken,‘ De Nieuwe Maan, 9 February 2019
Vrije wil voor een hoofddoek hypocriet? De Nieuwe Maan, 8 February 2019
Kunnen islam en feminisme samengaan? De Nieuwe Maan, 8 February 2019
Spelen islamcritici extreemrechts in de kaart? De Nieuwe Maan, 7 February 2019
‘Kritiek op islam wordt gezien als aanval op moslims, dat is niet zo,’ De Nieuwe Maan, 7 February 2019
‘Islam afzweren zonder voor m’n eigen leven te vrezen,’ De Nieuwe Maan, 6 February 2019
Hoe kan vrouwenbesnijdenis bestreden worden? De Nieuwe Maan, 6 February 2019
Springs Springing, Medium, 3 February 2019
Witte mannen steunen ex-moslims. So. Fucking. What!? Vrij Links, 1 February 2019
MONICA LANFRANCO – Parità di genere, velo e spazio pubblico, MicroMega, 31 January 2019
De Vrijheidslezing: Maryam Namazie, De Balie, 30 January 2019
Britain’s honour crime shame, Unherd, 14 January 2019
Amina Lone: Denying women liberty and life is Islamophobic, The Times, 12 January 2019
11 Great Things to do in January, Dutch News, 1 January 2019
2018
Conference held for universal rights and secularism in London, British Bangla News, 9 December 2018
Leyla Güven’in talebine uluslararası destek: Tecrit bitmeli, ANF News, 6 December 2018
Świecka Konferencja w Londynie/London Secular Conference 2018, Fundacja im. Kazimierza Łyszczyńskiego, 2 December 2018
A Landmark Conference for Universal Rights and Secularism, Scoop World, 1 December 2018
Secularism a “precondition” for women’s, minority rights: Speakers at London meet, Counterview, 1 December 2018
Maryam Namazie, KL Foundation, 29 November 2019
Asia Bibi: Lawyer defies death threats over Christian’s case, Law Gazette, 27 November 2018
کیهان لندن – کنفرانس «شریعت، جداسازی و سکولاریسم» در لندن برگزار شد
British activists examine Shariah law, Pakistan’s Asia Bibi case, Deutsche Welle, 26 November 2018
Why So Afraid of Secularism? Conatus News, 20 November 2018
Uncomfortable, but educational: Freedom of expression in UK universities, Index on Censorship, November 2018
Blasphemy in Pakistan: calls are multiplying to ask for the reception of Asia Bibi in France, International News, 7 November 2018
Intellectuels et artistes appellent le Président du Pakistan à libérer Asia Bibi, La Libre, 6 November 2018
Libérez Asia Bibi sans attendre!, Le Soir, 5 November 2018
The BBC is wrong: university censorship is definitely not a myth, The Spectator, 26 October 2018
Complacency about sharia is a threat to women’s rights, sister-hood, 18 September 2018
Claire Klingenberg on Heroes and Scooby-Doo, Medium, 8 September 2018
Vision and strategy: on solidarity, multiculturalism, identity politics, Muslims, Islamists and the Western Left, Interview with Maryam Namazie, ESSF, 1 September 2018
NSS backs call for review of role of sharia ‘courts’ in divorce, NSS Newsline, 14 August 2018
L’université contre l’universalisme, Marianne, 4 August 2018
We need solidarity on multiple fronts, Coppieters Foundation, 20 August 2018
323 prominent activists, artistes, academics call for Shahidul’s immediate release, New Age Bangladesh, 11 August 2018
A Dawkins tweet rings true, The Times, 4 August 2018
L’advocate des Diables, Le Nouveau Magazine littéraire, July 2018
10 Years of Resistance against Political Islam, Giordano-Bruno-Stiftung, 19 July 2018
EX-MOSLIMS: EEN PROTESTGEMEENSCHAP, Vrij Links, 12 July 2018
Ein Gläschen auf die Blasphemie, Jungle World, 5 July 2018
Maryam Namazie & Veedu on Goldsmiths and Safe Spaces, the rise of Ex Muslims and Iran (part 2)
Maryam Namazie & Veedu: Tommy Robinson, Identity Politics and Secularism (part 1), 3 July 2018
Defend the Rights of LGBT, Apostates and Blasphemers with CEMB at Pride in London, Conatus News, 3 July 2018
Ex-Muslims: A Community in Protest, sister-hood, 2 July 2018
Prêt-à-patriarcat. Quando l’industria della moda si allea con gli islamisti, MicroMega, 8 June 2018
Pret-A-Patriarchy, The New European, 31 May 2018
Egypt’s Ex- Muslim Atheist Has Gone Missing. Are Gov Using his Twitter Account? Albawaba, 13 May 2018
Noura Hussein sentenced to death for killing rapist husband, Egypt Today, 12 May 2018
The Rise of Atheism in the Muslim World, Interview with Maryam Namazie, EP 50, Secular Jihadists, 9 May 2018
Freiheit für Sharif Gaber!, Jungle World, 7 May 2018
Viva la blasfemia! Libertà di espressione contro ogni fondamentalismo, MicroMega, 2 May 2018
‘De Koran is niet goddelijk en dus niet onfeilbaar’, Trouw, 23 April 2018
No Sex Please, We’re Atheists, Medium, 6 April 2018
Crisis of Faith, The Tribune, 5 April 2018
Convention speech: Maryam Namazie — We resist and challenge because we must, FFRF, 3 April 2018
Many left-wing progressives who protest against the Pope are silent about Islam’s totalitarian tendencies – and the victims of this cowardice are overwhelmingly women, Unherd, 3 April 2018
The Silencing of the Liberals, BBC Radio 4, 5 March 2018
U ‘muslimanskom svijetu’ postoji tsunami ateizma, Umnjak, 14 February 2018
Kritiserer rapport om sharia-lovgivning, Utrop, 13 February 2018
Drohungen und Folter: Wenn Muslime nicht mehr an Allah glauben, SRF, 11 February 2018
Universities minister Sam Gyimah: further education should be demanding and disorientating — not an echo chamber, Sunday Times, 11 February 2018
Les athées, ces dissidents du monde musulman, TV5, 8 February 2018
Iran. Libération de la femme qui avait défié le port du voile et incarné les protestations, Ouest France, 29 January 2018
Jo Johnson asks universities to “open minds, not close them” in Boxing Day speech, The Boar, 28 January 2018
The ‘Underground Railroad’ To Save Atheists, The Atlantic, 18 January 2018
The Left has betrayed Iran, Spiked, 12 January 2018
À «Toujours Charlie!», le public troublé par la recomposition des tenants de la laïcité, Slate, 8 January 2018
Liberté d’expression : rencontre avec l’activiste iranienne Maryam Namazie, France Info, 8 January 2018
Siamo ancora Charlie? Sala piena, lo slancio cala, Corriere, 7 January 2018
Retratos das mulheres antes e depois da revolução islâmica alimentam debate no Irã, El Pais, 5 January 2018
Maryam Namazie: «Il y a un tsunami d’athéisme dans le “monde musulman”», Le Point, 4 January 2018
2017
Women walking away from Islam, sister-hood, 19 December 2017
NSS: free speech should be promoted as “a positive value” on campus, NSS, 15 December 2017
Maryam Namazie on Ahmad Shamlou, Passages Podcast, 13 December 2017
Warum die Linke muslimische Islamkritiker lieber ausgrenzt, NZZ, 9 December 2017
Leaving The Faith, The Sun Magazine, 1 December 2017
Interview mit Maryam Namazie, “Wir müssen uns unserer Stärke bewusst werden”, HPD, 24 November 2017
God: A Human History – a rescue attempt by Reza Aslan, The Freethinker, 23 November 2017
“La sinistra ci ha tradito”. La battaglia laica e illuminista degli ex-musulmani, Micromega, 18 November 2017
Has the Independent become a part of Saudi Arabia’s soft power strategy, News Maven, 14 November 2017
Iran separatist leader killed in the Hague, NL Times, 9 November 2017
Interventi di Maryam Namazie, Radio Radicale, 21 October 2017
Weekend read: Is Ofsted’s legal win a seismic step forwards for equality – or a storm in a teacup? TES, 20 October 2017
Gender segregation is humiliating and damaging, The Freethinker, 19 October 2017
‘Accept a debate’ Universities to be FINED if student unions ban controversial speakers, Express, 19 October 2017
Staša Zajović: Suzbijaju demokratiju pod plaštom religije, Autonomija, 13 October 2017
In support of Kurdish Independence, Conatus News, 12 October 2017
Silencing Linda Bellos, Conatus News, 5 October 2017
We’ve been celebrating, Patheos, 22 September 2017
Death in 13 Countries: Ex Muslims’ Struggle Discussed at Secularism Conference, Albawaba, 21 August 2017
Why is feminism so quiet about Muslim women who refuse to wear the hijab? The Irish Times, 21 August 2017
Plight of ex-Muslims and women under the spotlight at secularism conference, Your Middle East, 18 August 2017
Outrage as Columnist Compares ‘Ex-Muslims’ to Nazis, Albawaba, 15 August 2017
“I don’t want to die because I’m an atheist”: ex-Muslims speak out, Open Democracy, 11 August 2017
Richard Dawkins Celebrated by Activists and Ex-Muslims at London Conference for Free Expression, Quillette, 27 July 2017
Where is the line between Islam and Islamism? Open Democracy, 27 July 2017
Finchè ci sarà il reato di apostasia e blasfemia non ci sarà libertà di espressione al mondo: appunti dalla Secular Conference 2017, MicroMega, 27 July 2017
Secularism Conference ‘Largest Gathering of Ex-Muslims in History’, Conatus News, 26 July 2017
Decision to axe Richard Dawkins speech on Islam slammed as ‘double standard’, Evening Standard, 25 July 2017
The politics of nudity as feminist protest – from Ukraine to Tunisia, Open Democracy, 21 July 2017
مریم نمازی: استفاده از بدن زن برای اعتراض انقلابی است؛ كيهان لندن٬ ۲۱ جولاى ۲۰۱۷
Ex-Muslim group hit back after Pride ‘Allah is gay’ sign row: ‘They are trying to silence us’, Pink News, 17 July 2017
If Pride Means Anything, LGBT+ Must Defend the Rights of Ex-Muslims, Conatus News, 16 July 2017
‘Criticism of Islam or Islamism is not anti-Muslim bigotry’, The Freethinker, 15 July 2017
Muslim leaders make formal complaint over ‘Islamophobic’ banners at London Pride, Evening Standard, 14 July 2017
Facebook Says Rape Threat Against Ex-Muslim Activist Doesn’t Violate Standards, Patheos, 14 July 2017
Interview with Ex-Muslims of Sri Lanka, Conatus News, 10 July 2017
Court lifts ban on naming faith school in segregation case, The Guardian, 10 July 2017
Ex-Muslims at Pride in London to defend LGBT in countries under Islamic rule, Pink News, 7 July 2017
In Toronto LGBT Iranians were branded as ‘Islamophobes’, The Freethinker, 5 July 2017
University ‘safe space’ policies leave academics in fear of losing their jobs, claims professor, The Independent, 30 June 2017
No Apologies, sister-hood, 27 June 2017
Flemming Rose- From Where I stand, Church and State, June 2017
“Glastonbury of Freethinkers”: conference on freedom of conscience and expression, NSS Newsline, 12 June 2017
Islamists want their terrorism to become the new normal, The Freethinker, 7 June 2017
Q&A on Ex-Muslims with Waleed Al-Husseini, Conatus News, 5 June 2017
Why do Islamists hate free women? The Times, 27 May 2017
Religion is fundamentally patriarchal and anti-woman, The Freethinker, 25 May 2016
‘I Find That Offensive!’ – The Reasons Behind Millennial Outrage, Conatus News, 22 May 2017
I Find That Offensive by Claire Fox, Philosophy Now, 17 May 2017
Petition calls on Denmark to repeal blasphemy ban, Index on Censorship, 15 May 2017
Dozens of speakers to attend major conference on secularism and freedom of expression, NSS Newsline, 2 May 2017
Exposure, A Necessary Film, The Conflict Comment, 17 April 2017
Reforming Islam, Can it be done? The Spectator, 15 April 2017
Islamophobia aids anti-Muslim bigots? Bogus claim used by Islamists to shut down legitimate criticism, First Post, 13 April 2017
A blinkered view of Islamism, says Maryam Namazie, A Book Review on The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain by Sayeeda Warsi, Evening Standard, 6 April 2017
Opinion: Secret debate opened up female voices and asked, is Cheltenham seat of Women’s Liberation? Gloucestershire Live, 31 March 2017
“Secularism isn’t about the absence of religion, it’s about the structure of the state”, Interview with Yasmin Rehman, New Humanist, 30 March 2017
Pakistani twitter users call for hanging of ‘blasphemer’, NSS Newsline, 28 March 2017
‘Blasphemy’: Increased Attacks on Freethinkers, Conatus News, 26 March 2017
Freedom of Conscience, Interview with Maryam Namazie, Freethought Radio, 23 March 2017
British Universities Seen as Too Liberal, Intolerant, CNS News, 22 March 2017
BBC apologises for ‘what is the right punishment for blasphemy?’ tweet, The Guardian, 19 March 2017
‘What is the Right Punishment for Blasphemy?’ BBC Apologises, Conatus News, 19 March 2017
BBC Asian Network apologises for tweet about blasphemy, BBC, 18 March 2017
Yasmin Rehman named Secularist of the Year 2017, NSS Newsline, 18 March 2017
Stifling the freedom to mock and attack will reduce our universities to irrelevant echo chambers, The Telegraph, 14 March 2017
At Some British Universities, Free Speech Comes at a Price, Huff Post Young Voices, 8 March 2017
Death threats and apologies after teen twerked in a hijab, Newshub, 8 March 2017
The human rights of women and secularism go hand in hand, NSS Newsline, 8 March 2017
“Stupid b***h needs to be killed”: Muslim Girl in Hijab Barraged with Death Threats for Twerking, Conatus News, 8 March 2017
VIRAL VIDEO: Torrent of abuse for hijab-wearing girl twerking in public, Asian Express, 7 March 2017
Twerking Hijab-Girl Gets Death Threats, Branded ‘Sinner’ After ‘Inappropriate’ Dance, Heat Street, 7 March 2017
Fuck modesty for International Women’s day on March 8!, The Freethinker, 7 March 2017
Common humanity should be at the core of our politics, The Freethinker, 19 February 2017
Vil ha en mer religionskritisk venstreside, Utrop, 16 February 2017
Fra for den ekstreme middelvei, Nettavisen, 16 February 2017
Norsk først, religiøs etterpå, Utrop, 16 February 2017
Maryam Namazie: – Det er enda flere som kjemper imot ekstremistene, Nettavisen, 15 February 2017
43% of universities restrict speech that might “offend” religious people, NSS Newsline, 13 February 2017
More than nine in 10 UK universities restrict free speech on campus, report claims, The Independent, 13 February 2017
A Clash of the Uncivilised: Trump, Muslim Profiling and the Far-Right’s Assault, The Freethinker, 1 February 2017
The Fight Against Fascism Requires Awakening The Left’s Liberal Conscience, Huffington Post, 31 January 2017
Rompre avec l’Islam (Interview de Maryam Namazie), Revolution Feministe, 29 January 2017
Rouhani’s record, The Monocle Foreign Desk, 22 January 2017
Not safe, just absurdly soft, The Australian, 17 January 2017
Two Years on from the Hebdo Massacre, Freedom of Expression is More Imperiled Than Ever, Conatus News, 9 January 2017
The Unbelievers: Muslims who leave Islam, Buzz, 3 January 2017
2016
HOMMAGE À DEUX FEMMES ET DEUX HOMMES: Elham Manea, Maryam Namazie, Raïf Badawi et Kacem El Ghazzali, figures de proue de la résistance des musulmans à l’islamisme, LVS, December 2016
Wie man migrationspolitische Duftmarken setzt, Telepolis, 22 December 2016
Sharia courts pose a growing threat to women’s rights, The Freethinker, 15 December 2016
Minderheiten sind kein homogenen Gemeinschaften, Jungle World, 15 December 2016
Hate preacher ignored pleas of ‘abuse victim’ _ News _ The Times & The Sunday Times, The Times, 11 December 2016
Britisk eks-muslim til Nettavisen-konferanse, Nettavisen, 7 December 2016
British subjects did not deserve legal equality with their colonial masters, Interview with Marieme Helie Lucas, Sedda, 2 December 2016
Discrimination and violence lie at the heart of Sharia courts, The Freethinker, 29 November 2016
Britain’s secular minority women reject as “discriminatory” Home Affairs hearing of those using Shariat arbitration, Counterview, 25 November 2016
Britain has “turned a blind eye” to abuse of women by sharia ‘courts’, NSS Newsline, 23 November 2016
Les tribunaux islamiques sont une atteinte aux droits humains (Maryam Namazie), Révolution Féminist, 20 November 2016
Parlamentoda Şeriat Hukuku ve Adalet Konuşuldu, Londra Gazete, 19 November 2016
Women beaten, robbed and raped. A chilling expose of how BRITISH females are being sentenced to lives of misery by Muslim courts, Daily Mail, 13 November 2016
La Sharia in Europa, MicroMega, 8/2016
Leading Islamic charity told by watchdog to distance itself from those who condone ‘violent extremism and acts of terrorism’, The Telegraph, 13 November 2016
British ‘shariah courts’ under scrutiny, AFP, 13 November 2016
جایزه آزادی و لائیسیته برای مریم نمازیكيهان لندن؛ ۳ نوامبر ۲۰۱۶
Malek Boutih, prix de la Laïcité 2016, félicité par Manuel Valls, L’Express, 2 November 2016
Protecting women’s rights is the priority, but that isn’t the only legitimate concern about sharia, NSS Newsline, 3 November 2016
Feminism’s free speech problem is holding the movement back, Varsity, 3 November 2016
“La Politique Communautariste et Identitaire est Litteralement en train des nous tuer”, Charlie Hebdo Interview with Maryam Namazie, 2 November 2016
Sharia councils treat Muslim women unfairly, MPs told, BBC, 1 November 2016
Sharia Law through Women’s Eyes, Artefact, 31 October 2016
Sharia-oikeudet ratkovat perhekiistoja Britanniassa, mutta niissä on ongelma: Järjestelmä sortaa naisia, Helsingin Sanomat, 24 October 2016
On sharia courts, BBC Oxford, 21 October 2016 (9-37 minutes)
Blaming the Victim, SIAWI, 17 October 2016
When Chess Grandmaster Nazi Paikidze Said No To The Hijab, She Also Unveiled Liberal Hypocrisy, Huffington Post, 13 October 2016
LISTEN An ex-Muslim reveals the brutal reality of life as an ‘apostate’, Talk Radio, 13 October 2016
‘Those who insult Islam MUST DIE’, shocking undercover footage of former Tory candidate, Express, 13 October 2016
Thursday’s Best TV, Islam’s Non Believers, The Guardian, 13 October 2016
Extended Interview with Maryam Namazie, Conatus News, 10 October 2016
Islamic communities contain ‘tsunamis of atheism’ that are being suppressed, says leading ex-Muslim, The Independent, 4 October 2016
Young Muslims ‘attacked, abused, and threatened with DEATH’ for rejecting Islamic religion, Express, 4 October 2016
Young Muslims who quit the faith ‘live in fear of violent revenge’: Support group says some have been warned they will be killed if they abandon their religion, Daily Mail, 4 October 2016
Exposure: Islam’s Non-Believers, ITV, 4 October 2016
Minorités: Etats des lieux 1/4 Royaume-Uni, Canada: ces multiculturalismes en crise, France Culture, 3 October 2016 (From 33-40)
Des tribunaux islamiques “made in England”, Marianne, 1 October 2016
The Vilification of Controversy on College Campuses, Heat Street, 26 September 2016
Sharia BACKLASH: Campaign against Islamic courts steps up – experts BOYCOTT Gov inquiry, Express, 22 September 2016
Regressive Left puts bigotry and militant Islam on a pedestal, The Australian, 17 September 2016
Why Academic Freedom Matters, Civitas, September 2016
Politicising Empathy: On Safe Spaces, Mental Health, And Chicago, Huffington Post, 2 September 2016
We need to stop conflating ‘Muslims’ with Islamists, The Freethinker, 29 August 2016
My burkini and me in Brexit-on-Sea, Spectator, 29 August 2016
Sharia Councils, BBC Radio 4 Beyond Belief, 22 August 2016
Are Religious Courts on the Rise? w/ Maryam Namazie, Mythicist Milwaukee, 22 August 2016
Jazz hands, safe spaces, and bans on yoga: six things to watch out for at your new university, The Telegraph, 18 August 2016
The fresher’s guide to free speech on campus, Spiked, 18 August 2016
Burkini, vietarlo è un atto di libertà, Il Fatto Quotidiano, 17 August 2016
Islamkritiker beziehen gemeinsam Stellung, HPD, 10 August 2016
The FCO must secure Amina al-Jeffery’s safe return from Saudi Arabia, The Guardian, 4 August 2016
Sharia courts are a human rights scandal, The Freethinker, 29 July 2016
Concerns over the Inquiry into Sharia councils must not be Dismissed, Sedaa, 21 July 2016
Inquiry Into Shari’a In Britain Backed by New PM, But Women’s Rights Activists Unimpressed, CNS, 15 July 2016
Westminster University achieves national first by hiring first-ever paid secular adviser for staff and students, Independent, 15 July 2016
انتقاد فعالان حقوق بشر از نگاه دولت بریتانیا به قوانین شریعت٬ كيهان لندن٬ ۱۴ ژوئيه ۲۰۱۶
May’s Sharia Law review ALREADY under fire as new PM set for Number 10, Express,May’s Sharia Law review ALREADY under fire as new PM set for Number 10, Express, 13 July 2016
Inside Sharia Councils, Victoria Derbyshire Programme, 11 July 2016
More than 200 women’s rights campaigners have sent a letter to the Home Secretary raising serious concerns about the government-appointed independent review into Sharia councils in Britain. Maryam Namazie and Mona Siddiqui discuss, BBC Radio 4 Sunday, 10 July 2016
Sharia courts review branded a ‘whitewash’ over appointment ‘bias’ concerns, Independent, 10 July 2016
Panel Discussion on Chilcot, Israel, Sharia law in Britain, the veil with relations to Iran, Manoto TV, 08 July 2016
انتقاد ۳۰۰ سازمان و فعال حقوق بشری از تشکیل هیات بررسی چگونگی اجرای احکام شرعی در انگلستان و ولز٬ كيهان لندن٬ ۴ ژوئيه ۲۰۱۶
Nehru’s niece Nayantara Sahgal joins UK women to protest “discriminatory” review of Sharia courts in Britain, Counterview, 4 July 2016
Critics say a UK probe into Sharia courts is a sham, Freethinker, 3 July 2016
Unmasked: Gun-toting Jihadi ‘bride-maker’ who grooms British girls for ISIS fighters in Syria is student from London whose father is a successful businessman, Daily Mail, 3 July 2016
Britain probes Sharia courts treatment of women, UPI, 28 June 2016
Toute la rigueur républicaine contre l’islam radical, Liberation, 27 June 2016
‘Ex-Muslims’ organise ‘eating’ protests outside embassies of Islamic nations to defy Ramzan fast, India Today, 24 June 2016
Britain’s Sharia Courts Under Scrutiny, News Deeply, 24 June 2016
National Union of Students compared to fanatics from Maoist China, The Telegraph, 23 June 2016
Facebook facing criticism after removing major atheist pages, Dhaka Tribune, 20 June 2016
Facebook facing criticism after removing major atheist pages, The Hub, 16 June 2016
Free Expression, BBC Radio 4, 13 June 2016 (From 13:05-17:50)
Sri Lankan Muslim Women: Unequal before the law, sister-hood, 7 June 2016
Human Rights Defender Maryam Namazie Fights on Several Fronts, CFI, 4 June 2016
The Reason Rally is today in Washington – Lincoln Memorial, Daily Kos, 4 June 2016
Police Reportedly Tell Christian Evangelist Something That Has Him Quickly Changing Plans to Approach Atheists At This Weekend’s ‘Reason Rally’, the Blaze, 1 June 2016
Sharia law in UK: family counseling or women abuse? RT, 28 May 2016
Do Sharia councils discriminate against women? BBC World At One, 27 May 2016
An Ex-Muslim on Keeping Religion Out of Government, Interfaith Voices, 26 May 2016
Chat with Maryam Namazie on Islam & The Future of Feminism, The Skeptic Feminist, 15 May 2016
Episode 5 with Maryam Namazie, Passionate Voices, 15 May 2016
17 Skirmishes in Britain’s Campus Culture Wars, Heat Street, 6 May 2016
Bangladesh intellectuals speak against Islamist extremists, Catch News, 4 May 2016
Thousands of Atheists Might Be in For a Big Surprise When They Flock to Washington D.C. for Their Massive ‘Reason Rally’ Event Next Month, The Blaze, 4 May 2016
Why the NUS needs to stop ‘no-platforming’, National Student, 3 May 2016
Islamist terrorism: chilling echoes of Pastor Niemoller, Open Democracy, 2 May 2016
Eksmuslim: Kritik af islamisme er et forsvar for mennesker, Kristeligt Dagblat, 29 April 2016
Why is academic freedom important?, X Index, 28 April 2016
Safe space for whom? sister-hood, 26 April 2016
NUS ‘no platform’ policy goes ‘too far’ and threatens free speechh, Peter Tatchell warns, Independent, 25 April 2016
Secular Activist Targeted and Killed in Bangladesh, AdVox Global Voices, 7 April 2016
Women speak on secularism from … London, UK: Maryam Namazie, SIAWI, 6 April 2016
Tatchell’s reply: “A new left-wing McCarthyism”, Bright Green, 4 April 2016
Amanda Foreman on five novels about the status of women, Wall Street Journal, 1 April 2016
Protestors Sabotage Goldsmiths Free Speech Event Because They Disagreed With Comedian’s Views, Huffington Post, 1 April 2016
Playground politics have arrived at university: if your views differ from the norm, you’ll be ostracised, The Telegraph, 31 March 2016
Has It Become Racist to Condemn FGM?, Huffington Post Young Voices, 31 March 2016
Protesters scupper comic’s free speech gig at Goldsmiths… because they dislike her views, Evening Standard, 31 March 2016
Can student radicals please just publish a League Table of Oppression?, The Telegraph, 25 March 2016
“MULTICULTURALISM ROTS BRAINS”: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARYAM NAMAZIE, Current Affairs, 25 March 2016
Free speech is a Left wing value, Spiked, 21 March 2016
Educate Together awarded ‘Secularist of the Year’ prize, NSS, 19 March 2016
The end of free speech?, Bristol Festival of Ideas panel discussion, 19 March 2016
There Was A Protest Outside NUS Headquarters Against Group’s No Platform Policies, Huffington Post Young Voices, 18 March 2016
The idea of a university as a free space rather than a safe space is vanishing, The Spectator, 17 March 2016
Ra-Men Special with Maryam Namazie, 17 March 2016
Marginalised voices are the first victims of no-platforming, Politics, 16 March 2016
LSE’s Islamic Society holds banquet that separates men and women, IBT, 16 March 2016
EXCLUSIVE: London School of Economics Islamic Society holds segregated dinner with a curtain across the room to separate male and female students, Daily Mail, 15 March 2016
Can universities still provide a transformative experience?, Open Democracy, 15 March 2016
Why feminists need to learn about religion, The Conversation, 14 March 2016
Towards a secular european society, Euromind, European Parliament, 13 March 2016
Quand les islamistes infiltrent les universités, Marianne, 12 March 2016
Peter Tatchell, AC Grayling And Richard Dawkins Support Protest Against NUS No Platform Policies, Huffington Post, 11 March 2016
The “Inter-faith” trap, Secular News Network, 9 March 2016
Atheist students are losing their faith in free speech, Spiked, 7 March 2016
Now the baby boomers are the reactionaries. The tables are turned, The Guardian, 6 March 2016
‘No-platforming’ on university campuses: political correctness and the subversion of free speech, Free Speech Debate, 3 March 2016
NUS criticised in open letter for its safe space and no-platform policies as free speech campaigners plan protest, The Independent, 29 February 2016
Is This Hollywood Megastar an Atheist? Famed Actor Set to Speak to Tens of Thousands of Non-Believers at ‘Reason Rally’, The Blaze, 26 February 2016
Is university free speech under threat? My report on safe spaces, no platform & censorship, BBC, 26 February 2016
Salman Rushdie fatwa causes outrage, The Guardian, 25 February 2016
Sam Harris Podcast with Maryam Namazie, 25 February 2016
Euromind, ciencia para la política, El Mundo, 23 February 2016
Today’s student activists only reflect the censorship of our Government, The Independent, 21 February 2016
Taking offence: a new pandemic? Times Higher Education, 18 February 2016
Why must Maryam Namazie take on the left in her critiques of Islamic extremism? Feminist Current, 16 February 2016
Kerry called Daesh apostates: Here’s what real ex-Muslims had to say about that, Albawaba, 5 February 2016
The danger of equating speech with violence, Spiked, 1 February 2016
Free speech: we can recognise the wrongs of the past without using bans, Guardian Letters, 31 January 2016
I defend my right to express doubts freely about Islam, Sunday Times, 31 January 2016
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain Criticises Trinity’s Muslim Student Association, University Times, 26 January 2016
Is free speech in British universities under threat?, The Observer, 24 January 2016
Twice as many men as women to speak at the Union in Hilary, Oxford Student, 23 January 2016
KCL’s Student Israel society attacked by demonstrators, Telegraph, 20 January 2016
The poshos pushing campus censorship, The Telegraph, 19 January 2016
Student bans threaten free speech, Australian, 18 January 2016
Restriction of free speech has ‘increased’ on UK university campuses in 2015, IBT, 18 January 2016
Don’t blame the students. They’re a product of a Britain that’s losing its love of free speech, The Spectator, 18 January 2016
CAMPUS CENSORSHIP: IT’S WORSE THAN YOU THINK, BUT THERE IS HOPE, Spiked, 17 January 2016
Polite Conversation with Maryam Namazie, 14 January 2016
Stop, look, listen: the university’s role in counterterrorism, Times Higher Education, 14 January 2016
Oxford VC tells students to open their minds, The Australian, 13 January 2016
2015
MARYAM NAMAZIE: Why I had to face down the bullies trying to silence my supposedly ‘offensive’ stance on Islam, Daily Mail, 9 January 2015
Revealed: Extremists tell students to sabotage government anti-terror drive – as Corbyn girl backs fanatics and says ‘laws should be broken’, Daily Mail, 8 January 2016
After Charlie Hebdo: The free speech fight begins at home, Index for Censorship, 7 January 2016
Atheism is an old boys’ club. More women should admit to being Godless, The Telegraph, 7 January 2016
Lessons of free speech ‘Charlie Hebdo’ taught us have been forgotten already, Irish Independent, 6 January 2016
The 12 biggest events to have occurred at UK universities in 2015, The Independent, 30 December 2015
Who are the ex-Muslims, The Iranian, 30 December 2015
Timidity over free speech is a gift to political authoritarians, South China Morning Post, 29 December 2015
Not allowing free speech on-campus is dangerous – universities need to defend their right to be offensive, The Independent, 28 December 2015
Eight student stories that defined 2015, The Guardian, 22 December 2015
Do We Need a ‘Safe Space’ from Donald Trump?, New York Times, 21 December 2015
‘Free speech watch out, the unions are coming!’ The Telegraph, 21 December 2015
If Nelson Mandela could tolerate Cecil Rhodes, why can’t Oxford University? Daily Telegraph, 21 December 2015
Student censorship, Telegraph Letters, 19 December 2015
Universities ‘must stand up to easily offended students‘, academics warn, ITV, 19 December 2015
Universities are stifling free speech, warn leading academics as students campaign to remove statue of ‘racist’ Cecil Rhodes from Oxford college, Daily Mail, 19 December 2015
Head of student Islamic Society that heckled ‘intolerant’ speaker quits over a series of anti-gay tweets, Daily Mail, 19 December 2015
Politically correct universities ‘are killing free speech’, Daily Telegraph, 18 December 2015
Goldsmiths’ Islamic and Atheist societies may face disciplinary action over Maryam Namazie lecture, London Student, 16 December 2015
Andy O’Brien Podcast 6: Maryam Namazie, 16 December 2016
Islamic Students Disrupt Blasphemy and Apostasy Lecture, Monday Matters, 16 December 2015
The Left Must Stand With Apostates, Too, Huffington Post, 15 December 2015
It’s PMQs, not safe spaces, which is the future for open debate, Yahoo news, 15 December 2015
“Islamism is a vast killing machine” – An interview with Maryam Namazie, Exepose, 14 December 2015
MuslimInnen gegen Scharia-Gerichte, Emma, December 2015
Back To The Drawing Board At Goldsmiths SU, London Student, 14 December 2015
How A Speech About Secularism At Goldsmiths University Sparked A Debate About Homophobia And Islam, Albawaba, 14 December 2015
No cloak of invisibility, The Independent, 14 December 2015
Feminist hits out at ‘betrayal’ by students, The Times, 13 December 2015
University Islamic society president resigns after tweet ‘homosexuality is a disease’, Express, 10 December 2015
Goldsmiths University’s Islamic Society President Resigns After Sending Homophobic Tweets, Huffington, 10 December 2015
Calls For The NUS To Reform Safe Space Policy Following Maryam Namazie Disruption, London Student, 10 December 2015
University’s Islamic society president resigns after tweet saying ‘homosexuality is a disease of the heart and the mind’ is found on his account, Daily Mail, 10 December 2015
David Cameron urged to ban ‘discriminatory’ sharia courts from hearing divorce cases, Standard, 10 December 2015
Goldsmiths Islamic society head quits in wake of anti-gay tweet claims, Evening Standard, 9 December 2015
We must be free to challenge beliefs without fear of intimidation, Evening Standard, 9 December 2015
‘Progressieve’ fundamentalisten kapen safe places, Opiniez, 7 December 2015
Sharia courts in the UK should be stopped from presiding over divorces, campaigners warn, Independent, 6 December
There’s nothing safe about student ‘safe spaces’ anymore, The Spectator, 6 December 2015
The Shame and the Disgrace of the Pro-Islamist Left, Quilette, 6 December 2015
Multiculturalism and the culture of offence, Independent Ireland, 6 December 2015
Goldsmiths Islamic Society protesters intimidate ex-Muslim campaigner, The Mancunion, 6 December 2015
University ’safe space’ policies stifle freedom of expression, warns human rights activist, The Independent, 4 December 2015
See How Ex-Muslim Handles Muslim Disrupters During University Presentation: ‘Oh, You’re Intimidated? Go to Your Safe Space’, The Blaze, 4 December 2015
Islamic Student Society Heckles Human Rights Activist During Blasphemy Lecture, The Tower, 4 December 2015
Muslim students from Goldsmiths University’s Islamic Society ‘heckle and aggressively interrupt’ Maryam Namazie talk, The Independent, 4 December 2015
The Liberal Racism faced by ex-Muslims, Spiked, 4 December 2015
Activist to complain to police over death threats at controversial Goldsmiths talk, East London Lines, 4 December 2015
Professors bullied online by students as they lose control of classroom, academic says, The Telegraph, 3 December 2015
Islamic Society students disrupt university lecture on blasphemy and make ‘death threat’, Sunday Express, 3 December 2015
Muslim students disrupt, heckle human rights speaker, accuse her of ‘violating their safe space’, The College Fix, 3 December 2015
Muslim students try to disrupt ex-Muslim Maryam Namazie’s talk on blasphemy at Goldsmiths University, NSS, 3 December 2015
Goldsmiths’ Islamic Society students disrupt human rights activist’s speech, Evening Standard, 3 December 2015
Islamic students pull plug on talk by atheist who ‘violated safe space’, The Times, 3 December 2015
University Islamic Society students ‘make death threats’ as they disrupt controversial blasphemy lecture by human rights activist who they said ‘violated their safe space’, Daily Mail, 2 December 2015
University Islamic Society accused of ‘thuggery’ against campaigner, East London Lines, 2 December 2015
Human rights campaigner heckled at blasphemy lecture, The Telegraph, 2 December 2015
Malaysian Apostate Confesses On Twitter #ExMuslimBecause “I Wanna Eat Pork, Drink Alcohol And Fornicate Freely”, Malaysian Digest, 2 December 2015
Human rights campaigner heckled at blasphemy lecture, Daily Telegraph, 2 December 2015
University Islamic Society students ‘make death threats’ as they disrupt controversial blasphemy lecture by human rights activist who they said ‘violated their safe space’, Daily Mail, 2 December 2015
Death Threats and Intimidation at controversial Goldsmiths Lecture with speaker Maryam Namazie, London Student, 1 December 2015
Spare us the religious babble: In Paris and the GOP, the faith-deranged are who we need to be saved from, Salon, 29 November 2015
#ExMuslimBecause: Thousands of Former Muslims Are Speaking Out After Paris — and It’s Amazing, Huffington Post, 23 November 2015
#ExMuslimBecause sparks serious debate, cheap insults and everything in between, Al Bawaba, 22 November 2015
Universities must encourage free speech, not silence, The Boar, 22 November 2015
As David Starkey is the latest to be banned by our politically correct universities… Britain’s students: the new fascists? Daily Mail, 20 November 2015
Video: Richard Dawkins discusses Coventry Telegraph’s Warwick University speaker ban story on US television show, Coventry Telegraph, 19 November 2015
Young, well educated – and permanently offended, Irish Independent, 11 November 2015
The Internet is outraged after Briton who fought Daesh is banned from speaking at his old university, Al Bawaba, 8 November 2015
Students accused of stifling debate with speaker bans, The Times, 6 November 2015
Just look who the university Thought Police have banned now…, The Telegraph, 6 November 2015
Beware the soft Stalinists of campus, The Times, 5 November 2015
Interview with Maryam Namazie, BBC Scotland, 1 November 2015
We’ll lose something vital if we stop debate on campus and beyond, The Guardian, 1 November 2015
Death of free speech: As Germaine Greer is branded ‘transphobic’ by student feminists, a top academic attacks the self-righteous zealots censoring history and literature and crushing debate in our universities, Daily Mail, 31 October 2015
Report: Maryam Namazie Speaks at Warwick University, Student Rights, 29 October 2015
Maryam Namazie speaks at the Phil after cancelled SOFIA talk, Trinity News, 21 October 2015
Why I speak out against Islamism, The Guardian CiF, 13 October 2015
British universities have a duty to defend the ‘unsafe’ space, The Spectator, 13 October 2015
A hashtag shouldn’t make men fear for their lives. They already have a safe space – most of the world, The Guardian, 7 October 2015
Bill Maher, Richard Dawkins blast leftists for ‘betrayal’ of free speech, Campus Reform, 7 October 2015
Interview with Maryam Namazie, The Circled A, Resonance FM, 6 October 2015
Free Speech Is Being Defaced – We Must Fight, Huffington Post, 6 October 2015
Let Namazie speak, Trinity News, 4 October 2015
It’s time to shame ’shame culture’, Telegraph, 5 October 2015
How modern-day ‘liberals’ are destroying the idea of liberalism, DNA, 4 October 2015
How brave Muslims are being silenced, The Guardian, 4 October 2015
Stepford Students safe in their little PC world, Irish Independent, 3 Oct 2015
Liddle’s Got Issues: freedom of speech, Sunday Times, 3 October 2015
Richard Dawkins on Regressive Left, Real Time with Bill Maher, 2 October 2015
The Problem With Religious Tolerance, The Chronicles of Higher Education, 2 October 2015
If Islamists can speak on campus, why can’t I? Spiked, 29 September 2015
Free speech can’t just apply to those you agree with, Spectator, 28 Sept 2015
Maryam Namazie: Warwick University student union ban on ex-Muslim campaigner overturned after outcry, IBT, 28 September 2015
Warwick University Student’s Union forced to overturn ban on ex-Muslim speaker, Coventry Observer, 28 Sept 2015
Sometimes it’s painful and scary to hear the truth, Evening Standard, 28 September 2015
Ex-Muslim speaker’s Warwick University ban overturned following public pressure, Coventry Telegraph, 27 Sept 2015
Anger as speaker at Warwick University banned over Islam offence fears, Coventry Telegraph, 27 September 2015
Anger as speaker at Warwick University banned over Islam offence , Coventry Telegraph, 27 September 2015
Atheistophobia: It’s time to talk about the most persecuted minority in the world, The Nation, 27 September 2015
Secular activist BANNED from speaking at UK university in case she offends, Express, 26 September 2015
Petition launched to allow secular activist Maryam Namazie’s speech at Warwick University, following ‘ban’, Independent, 26 Sept 2015
Why Warwick university was wrong to ban ex-Muslim speaker Maryam Namazie, Al Bab, 26 September 2015
Maryam Namazie banned from university talk, Daily Mail, 26 September 2915
Student union blocks speech by ‘inflammatory’ anti-sharia activist, The Guardian, 26 September 2015
Maryam Namazie: Secular activist barred from speaking at Warwick University over fears of ‘inciting hatred’ against Muslim students, The Independent, 25 September 2015
Ex-Muslim human rights campaigner Maryam Namazie banned from Warwick University because she’d offend Islam, IBT, 25 September 2015
Warwick Student Union bans ex-Muslim activist and says speakers must “avoid insulting other faiths”, NSS Newsline, 25 September 2015
Speaker banned from Warwick University over fears of offending Islam, Coventry Telegraph, 25 September 2015
Controversial speaker BANNED from talking at university- because she might offend Muslims, Mirror, 25 September 2015
Interview met Maryam Namazie, Jalta, 22 September 2015
Iran: Women fined £169 for wearing ‘bad hijabs’, IBT, 16 September 2015
Why I self-identify as an agnostic Muslim, The Nation Pakistan, 16 September 2015
Government urged to tackle sharia ‘courts’ and religious tribunals by women’s rights and secular campaigners, NSS Newsline, 16 June 2015
Sectarianism in modern Britain, National Secular Society, 9 September 2015
Poorly veiled women can have their cars impounded in Iran, Digital Journal, 5 September 2015
Iran: Cars of ‘poorly veiled women’ to be confiscated by police, IBT, 2 September 2015
Le spectre de l’athéisme hante l’islam sur les réseaux sociaux, France TV, 29 May 2015
Losing their religion: the hidden crisis of faith among Britain’s young Muslims, The Observer, 17 May 2015
Women and minorities, the shocking facts of their existence, The Nation (Pakistan), 10 May 2015
Have human rights laws achieved more than religion for humankind, BBC Big Questions, 10 May 2015
Islam: Losing my religion, The Economist, 9 May 2015
Censorship: the real Islamophobia on campus, Spiked, 1 May 2015
Queen’s University Belfast cancels Charlie Hebdo event for ‘security’, National Secular Society Newsline, 22 Apr 2015
La laicità è uguale per tutti, Riforma, 1 April 2015
In Dublin, beheading expositor speaks freely, potential victim censored, 3 Quarks Daily, 30 March 2015
The funeral of patriarchy, The Nation, 29 March 2015
A dangerous silence has imprisoned our freedom of speech, The Times, 28 March 2015
Chiesa, religione e aborto: la leader delle Femen a Palazzo Ducale, Il Secolo, 28 March 2015
Trinity College Dublin ought to be a bastion of free speech and debate, Irish Examiner, 26 March 2015
The NUS bans drag as fancy dress – except it doesn’t, New Statesman, 25 March 2015
Trinity College hammers yet another nail into the coffin of free speech, Irish Independent, 24 March 2015
Activist pulls out of Trinity talk on ‘Rise of Islamism’ citing unreasonable conditions, Yahoo News, 23 March 2015
Activist pulls out of Trinity College talk due to ‘restrictions’ aimed at not ‘antagonising’ Muslims, Irish Independent, 23 March 2015
Activist claims Trinity speech on apostasy and Islam cancelled, Irish Times, 22 March 2015
What the Nazi era can teach us about deradicalizing extremists, CBC News, 22 March 2015
Terror, Islam and the Liberal Left Response, The Hindu, 17 March 2015
Genova, i 20 anni di Marea si celebrano con una mostra, Tiscali, 17 March 2015
Maryam Namazie: The Apostate Activist, The Londoner, 16 March 2015
Femmes, islam et autres ennuis, Sysphe, 14 March 2015
Some alliances are more impartial than others, Open Democracy, 13 March 2015
My Stealthy Freedom: The Iranian women who’ve cast off their veils on Facebook, The World Weekly, 12 March 2015
Marea: 20 anni a fianco delle donne, Mentelocale, 11 March 2015
Faire Entrer L’Islam Dans la Republique, France5TV, 3 March 2015
Report on International Conference on Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights, Secular World, First Quarter 2015
La rivista Marea compie vent’anni: si festeggia, Mentelocale, 28 February 2015
Dansende og glade muslimer får kjeft av ikke fullt så glade muslimer, Dagbladet, 21 February 2015
Islam and the culture of offence, missing the point, Open Democracy, 12 February 2015
Sharia law, apostasy and secularism, Open Democracy, 12 February 2015
Moroccan atheist: I have been betrayed by both east and west, Your Middle East, 11 February 2015
Sharia law versus secular democracy, Huffington Post, 11 February 2015
Atheist Ireland’s open letter, Guardian, 10 February 2015
La nudité très politique de Golshifteh Farahani, Liberation, 8 February 2015
What is more absurd than campus censorship, CiF, 7 February 2015
Girls aged 9 can marry, says new ISIS document, Christian Today, 5 February 2015
World Hijab Day, HNGN, 1 February 2015
“Blasphémateur ! Les prisons d’Allah” ou la critique de l’islam en pays musulman, Sysiphe, 15 January 2015
Charlie Hebdo and ‘you should do what he says’, Times Live, 12 January 2015 [external link]
Blasphemer: The right to be atheist in Palestine, SIAWI, 10 January 2015
Excerpt: ‘The Tyranny of Silence’ by Flemming Rose. ABC News, 10 January 2015 [external link]
Charlie Hebdo: alla violenza fondamentalista rispondiamo con la laicità, Il Fatto Quotidiano, 10 January 2015 [external link]
The Saudis who say a liberal blogger ‘deserves to be lashed’, BBC Trending, 9 January 2015 [external link]
Attacking Journalists, Times Union, 9 January 2015 [external link]
Under The Guise Of Religion, Outlook Magazine, 8 January 2015
Funny’s Funny: Humor Is An Essential Freedom of Speech, Newsweek, 8 January 2015 [external link]
Charlie Hebdo: “There is no way they will make us put down our pens”, Open Democracy, 8 January 2015 [external link]
Manifest gegen den religiösen Totalitarismus, RP Online, 7 January 2015
2014
Qanta Ahmed’s Message and Mission, Huffington Post, 11 December 2014
فارسى Movement against political Islam, New Channel TV interview with Maryam Namazie and Fariborz Pooya, 9 December 2014
By caving in to religious misogyny, ‘anti-racist’ liberals reveal their inner racist, The Spectator, 24 November 2014
Muslimer mot islamisme i London, Fritanke.No, 7 November 2014
Over a thousand rally to support the Kurdish struggle, but British left largely absent, AWL, 4 November 2014
Sexy, Feministes, Haut de Gamme: Ces Calendriers Qui Resteront dans l’histoire, Le “Nude Photo Revolutionnary Calendar”, Grazia, 3 November 2014
Iran’s Rouhani Promises “Harshest Possible Sentence” for Acid Attack Perpetrators, Newsweek, 27 October 2014
My enemy’s enemy – the battle for secularism,Daniel Silas Adamson, Open Democracy, 23 October 2014
“Todos somos Kobané”, el grito de los resistentes al integrismo, Cronica, 18 October 2014
Shariafication by Stealth, Pragna Patel, Open Democracy, 17 October 2014
London meet says RSS, Islamic State, Taliban, European far-right “using religion for political supremacy”, Counterview, 17 October 2014
Freethinkers take on religious far-right at secularism conference in Tower Hill, The Docklands and East London Advertiser, 16 October 2014
Secular conference created a sense of imminent and momentous change – and women will be the driving force, Terry Sanderson, NSS Blog, 15 October 2014
Donne contro l’Isis e i fondamentalismi, Pagina99, 15 October 2014 Un manifesto mondiale per la laicità, Lucida Mente, 15 October 2014
We are all Kobane: Rallying Cry of Resistants against Fundamentalism, Caroline Fourest, Huffington Post, 14 October 2014
Nous sommes tous Kobané: le cri de résistants à l’intégrisme, Caroline Fourest, Huffington Post, 14 October 2014
Guess what?: SIMPONI wins int’l competition, Jakarta Post, 14 October 2014
Child abuse policy at school run by Muslim hardliner was based on sharia: Islamic scholars were to be consulted in welfare cases, Mail on Sunday, 11 October 2014
Secularism at risk in Sub-Saharan secular states: the challenges for Senegal and Mali, Fatou Sow, Open Democracy, 10 October 2014
Secular conference to discuss rise of religious-Right, The Guardian, 9 October 2014
Conquering Fear with Hope, Gita Sahgal, Open Democracy, 9 October 2014
L’urgenza della laicità, Riforma, 9 October 2014
Event on Rise of Religious Extremism to be Hosted in London, Prensa Latina, 9 October 2014
Promoting the global secular alternative in the ISIS era, Karima Bennoune’s interview with Marieme Helie Lucas and Maryam Namazie. Open Democracy, 4 October 2014
Law Society under growing pressure over sharia wills guidance, NSS Newsline, 19 September 2014
Episode 23: Maryam Namazie, Godless Spellchecker Podcast, 29 June 2014 [external link]
Beware the game of shadows in Syria, The Guardian Letter, 26 June 2014 [external link]
Kate Middleton Breaks Celeb Boycott Of The Dorchester, The Huffington Post UK, 2 June 2014 [external link]
Is feminism only as strong as the men who support it? The Age, 28 May 2014 [external link]
Apostasy and Asylum: Escaping the Clutches of Religion, Open Democracy, 26 May 2014 [external link]
On CEMB’s report on iERA, BBC Radio 4, 25 May 2014 [external link]
UK: Charity Commission probes Islamic charity which calls for gays to be put to death, Pink News, 25 May 2014 [external link]
‘Anti-Semitic’ charity under investigation, The Telegraph, 24 May 2014 [external link]
Lars Åberg: Vänsterns kulturrelativism leder till en ideologisk kullerbytta, Sydsvenskan, 23 May 2014 [external link]
Iranian Women Launch Facebook Page Against Hijab: ‘A Key Challenge to Regime’ Activist Says, IBN, 16 May 2014 [external link]
Maryam Namazie: Fear, Fitnah and Freedom, The Thinking Atheist, 8 May 2014 [external link]
Bunuh Pemerkosa, Malah Terancam Hukuman Gantung, Inilah, 30 April 2014 [external link]
Maryam Namazie: There is no place for Sharia in Britain’s legal system, HeadofLaw, 29 April 2014 [external link]
Iran courts still blaming rape victims for their attack, Vice News, 29 April 2014 [external link]
اعتراض عريان آينه تمام قد, Iranian, 16 April 2014 [external link]
Atheist Leaders Host Mormon Exodus, KCSG TV, 4 April 2014 [external link]
The Apostate, Sunday Times, 30 March 2014 [external link]
Marsz Ateistow i Egzekucja ich Patrona, Polski Radio, 29 March 2014 [external link]
ثبت شد, Rowzane, 27 March 2014 [external link]
Who represents British Muslims, BBC Newsnight, 24 March 2014 [external link]
این بدن متعلق به من است, Tavana, 17 March 2014 [external link]
MU skeptics group brings big-name atheists to campus, KBIA, 17 March 2014 [external link]
Women go Nak*d to mark International Women’s Day, Ghana News, 15 March 2014 [external link]
كسی كه مشت به آسمان می كوبد!, International, 14 March 2014 [external link]
از طاهره قرة العین تا مریم نمازی, Journal, 13 March 2014 [external link]
Women’s Day Nudity, Iranian, 12 March 2014 [external link]
عریان میشوم، اعتراض میکنم، تو را به چالش میکشم, RFI, 10 March 2014 [external link]
Calcio: delegazione ong da Blatter, stop divieto islamico donne negli stadi, Libero, 12 February 2014 [external link]
Separate is never equal, Open Magazine, 8 February 2014 [external link]
Should secular universities in the UK allow for Muslim segregation? Deutch Welle Radio, 9 February 2014 [external link]
Muslim gender segregation stirs UK debate, Al Jazeera, 30 January 2014 [external link]
Tickets on sale now for Secularist of the Year 2014, NSS newsline, 30 January 2014 [external link]
University Challenge: secular neutrality or religious privilege? Open Democracy, 20 January 2014 [external link]
Allah vs atheism: ‘Leaving Islam was the hardest thing I’ve done’, The Independent, 19 January 2014 [external link]
Student and women’s groups write open letter to UN condemning gender segregation in UK universities, The Independent, 15 January 2014 [external link]
Leaving the Faith, BBC World Service, 11 January 2014 [external link]
‘Come explore your doubt with us’: Atheist billboard campaign in Salt Lake City parodies ‘I’m a Mormon’ ads, Daily Mail, 3 January 2014 [external link]
2013
Saudi blogger may face death penalty for apostasy, RT, 26 December 2013 [external link]
Religion and democracy: never the twain, The Times, 18 December 2013 [external link]
On sex segregation, BBC World Service, 14 December 2013 [external link]
Gender segregation guidelines u-turn following PM warning, Channel 4 News,13 December 2013 [external news]
Universities pull back from sex segregation as Cameron weighs in, Daily Telegraph, 13 December 2013 [external link]
On the niqab, Community Channel, 13 December 2013 [external link]
Sexual apartheid: Is there any room for gender segregation, This Week, 12 December 2013 [external link]
A future labour government will ‘not tolerate’ gender segregation at our universities, Left Foot Forward, 12 December 2013 [external link]
Outcry at ‘gender apartheid’ in new guidance for UK universities, The Independent, 11 December 2013 [external link]
University gender segregation ‘violation of women’s freedom’, BBC, 11 December 2013 [external link]
Backlash grows over university gender segregation guidelines, Daily Telegraph, 11 December 2013 [external link]
Gender Apartheid is real in UK universities so why aren’t more people fighting it? Daily Telegraph, 11 December 2013 [external link]
‘We will fight them like the suffragettes’: Protesters target Universities UK over sex segregation policy, Politics, 11 December 2013 [external link]
The segregation of women and the appeasement of bigotry at UK’s universities, The Spectator, 11 December 2013 [external link]
Sex apartheid in British universities deemed acceptable, Voice of Russia, 11 December 2013 [external link]
Gender Segregation protests against university guidelines, Channel 4 News, 10 December 2013 [external link]
Why we are protesting against gender segregation this evening, Left Foot Forward, 10 December 2013 [external link]
Sex segregation at university debates is not okay, Care2, 30 November 2013 [external link]
Should Britain ban the niqab? Channel 4thought.tv, 27 November 2013 [external link]
Leaving the Faith, BBC Radio 4, 27 November 2013 [external link]
British Universities shouldn’t condone this kind of gender segregation, The Guardian CiF, 26 November 2013 [external link]
Atheism in the Middle East, Levant TV’s Forbidden Talk, 20 October 2013 [external link]
Amnesty International urges Iran not to re-hang drug smuggler who is recovering after surviving his first execution, Daily Mail, 18 October 2013 [external link]
Leaving Islam behind is a scary prospect for Britain’s ex-Muslims, Vice, 18 October 2013 [external link]
The Scholarly Web, Times Higher Education, 17 October 2013 [external link]
Iránec prežil 12 minútovú popravu. Obesia ho znovu, Aktuality, 17 October 2013 [external link]
Un iranian va fi executat pentru a doua oară, după ce a supravieţuit primei spânzurări, Journalul, 17 October 2013 [external link]
No-body- notatki o kobiecym ciele i nagości. Amina Tyler, Alaia Magda Elmahdy, Boushra Almutawake, ArtMix, 17 October 2013 [external link]
Pedofilia legalizzata? In Iran si può, Panorama, 11 October 2013 [external link]
Caos in Libia- Intervista a Maryam Namazie- Pedofilia legalizzata in Iran? Radio3 Mondo,10 October 2013 [external link]
Student atheists’ ‘offensive’ ‘Jesus and Mo’ T-shirts spark bitter freshers’ fair row, West End Extra, 10 October 2013 [external link]
LSE Student Outrage after they are told to cover up Jesus and Mo T-shirts,Huffington Post, 5 October 2013 [external link]
Atheist convention hosts celebrities, athletes, Oregon Faith Report, 31 August 2013 [external link]
On Homophobia and Racism, NSS newsline, 29 August 2013 [external link]
Stoning – the true horror, NSS Newsline, 9 August 2013 [external link]
Le Conseil des ex-musulmans de France est né, La Regle du Jeu, 10 July 2013 [external link]
Inna Schevchenko, JOL Press, 9 July 2013 [external link]
Interview exclusive de Waleed Al Husseini, fondateur du Conseil des ex-musulmans de France, Enquete and Debat, 9 July 2013 [external link]
Des athées marocains et algériens lancent un conseil des ex-musulmans de France, Slate Afrique, 8 July 2013 [external link]
Des athées marocains et algériens lancent un conseil des ex-musulmans de France, Le Mag de Morocco, 8 July 2013 [external link]
Islam : au nom de la tolerance, Le Point, 7 July 2013 [external link]
Des athées lancent un Conseil des ex-musulmans de France, Liberation, 6 July 2013 [external link]
Religion : création d’un Conseil des ex-musulmans de France, Le Parisien, 6 July 2013 [external link]
Des athées d’origine musulmane lancent un Conseil des ex-musulmans de France, Midi Libre, 6 July 2013 [external link]
Des athées d’origine musulmane lancent un Conseil des ex-musulmans de France, AFP, 6 July 2013 [external link]
Création du conseil des ex-musulmans, Le Figaro, 6 July 2013 [external link]
Ex-Muslims form first French council for non-believers, RFI English, 6 July 2013 [external link]
The Morsi Code, NSWCorp, 5 July 2013 [external link]
Why is the left so blinkered to Islamic extremism?, Independent Voices, 28 June 2013 [external link]
ElMahdy, Liberation, 11 June 2013 [external link]
Sharia and Shahbagh, Pakistan’s Daily Times, 5 May 2013 [external link]
Fitnah targets Islam; “ready to cause affliction”, Interview with Maryam Namazie, Women’s eNews, 2 May 2013 [external link]
Lividi sotto l’hijab: prima campagna saudita contro la violenza sulle donne, Il Fatto Quotidiano, 1 May 2013 [external link]
No flag large enough to cover the shame, Avijit Roy, Mukto Mona, 29 April 2013 [external link]
Interview with Maryam on Fitnah, Token Skeptic, 29 April 2013 [external link]
«Free Amina!» réclament les Femen à Paris, Liberation, 4 April 2013 [external link]
Femen Tunisie : Amina Tyler séquestrée et droguée par sa famille, Terrafemina, 4 April 2013 [external link]
Stand by for topless jihad, albawaba, 4 April 2013 [external link]
«La nudité est l’antithèse du voile», Liberation, 3 April 2013 [external link]
4 avril: Amina, 19 ans et 18 jours de captivité, Huffington Post, 3 April 2013 [external link]
Amina Tyler: o corpo é dela, não serve a honra de ninguém, Mondo P, 1 April 2013 [external link]
Dov’e Finita Amina? Atlas, 27 March 2013 [external link]
Amina: non, tout ne va pas bien…, Huffington Post, 26 March 2013 [external link]
Is this photo grounds for death? Daily Life, 25 March 2013 [external link]
Tunisian woman under fire for bare-breasted protest, Uncut, 25 March 2013 [external link]
Amina, JOL, 25 March 2013 [external link]
Tunisian, Amina, in psych ward for posting topless FEMEN photos, Digital Journal, 24 March 2013 [external link]
Topless Tunisian Femen Protester ‘Amina’ Threatened With Death By Stoning, Huffington Post, 22 March 2013 [external link]
Amina desaparece tras ser condenada a morir a pedradas, El Diario, 22 March 2013 [external link]
Tunisian Woman Sent to a Psychiatric Hospital for Posting Topless Photos on Facebook, The Atlantic, 22 March 2013 [external link]
Med sharia skal man land bygge, Weekendavisen, 15 March 2013 [internal link]
International Day to Defend Apostates and Blasphemers, Scoop, 13 March 2013 [external link]
International Women’s Day: Time for Action to End Violence against Women, Iranian.com, 8 March 2013 [external link]
Women and Islam, The Thinking Atheist, 6 March 2013 [external link]
I want to shout out my atheism from every rooftop, A Better Life, 5 March 2013 [external link]
Muslimska domstolar på frammarsch i väst, Swedish GP, 4 March 2013 [external link]
Shortlist announced for Secularist of the Year, NSS Newsline, 25 February 2013 [external link]
Naakte feministen zenden schokgolf door Midden-Oosten, Trouw, 22 February 2013 [external link]
Nagie kobiety-rewolucjonistki w kalendarzu. “Dlaczego? Bo możemy!”, SwiatOBrazu, 13 February 2013 [external link]
Pierwszy Światowy Dzień Hidżabu, Maryam Namazie quoted on World Hijab Day, onet.posts, 1 February 2013 [external link]
Hijab for a day, BBC News, 31 January 2013 [External link]
Maryam Namazie on “Muslim Patrols” and Islamism, Hungarian magazine Hetek, p. 7, 25 January 2013 [external link] or [here]
2012
Winners of Passion for Freedom awards, Scoop, 7 November 2012 [external link]
My life as a connoisseur, The Spectator, 4 November 2012 [external link]
Religious versus secular student clashes resume, University World News, 14 October 2012 [external link]
Secularism 2012: A great success, NSS, 25 September 2012 [external link]
Islam: Dove sono i laici, Tellus Folio, 24 September 2012 [external link]
Laici Musulmani, il fatto societe, 22 September 2012 [external link]
London: Challenging religious privilege, Examiner, 16 August 2012 [external link]
Dawkins to speak at conference on Secularism, NSS Newsline, 14 August 2012 [external link]
Sex and secularism, Rush PR News, 30 July 2012 [external link]
Elle veut exclure des JO les pays qui voilent leurs femmes, Rue89, 24 July 2012 [external link]
Richard Dawkins, Aljazeera’s The Stream, 30 June 2012 [external link]
On Kamloops conference, The Thinking Atheist, 11 June 2012 [external link]
The case for women, Pakistan’s The Friday Times, 18-24 May 2012 [external link]
Imagine no religion Canadian atheist convention sells out, Christian Post, 24 May 2012 [external link]
The Hejab or Bikini, Open Democracy, 17 May 2012 [external link]
International Call in support of Tunisian Secularists, Kapitalis, 13 May 2012 [external link]
When anti-racism becomes anti-woman, The Huffington Post, 1 May 2012 [external link]
Sharia Councils in Great Britain, Le Point, 13 April 2012 [external link]
FEMEN провели в Парижі акцію «Аллах створив мене голою!», ZN, UA, 31 March 2012 [external link]
Topless Revolution is here, Global Post, 30 March 2012 [external link]
Donne contro. Anima e corpo, La Regione, 30 March 2012 [external link]
Talking with Maryam Namazie: Stripping for Iran, NOW Lebanon, 26 March 2012 [external link]
Nude per la rivoluzione, Ilgiornale, 20 March 2012 [external link]
Peter Tatchell named as secularist of the year, Gay Star News, 18 March 2012 [external link]
Queen Mary Sharia Talk goes ahead despite Islamist Intimidation, NSS Newsline, 16 March 2012 [external link]
Des féministes posent nues pour soutenir la liberté des femmes, Gentside, 16 March 2012 [external link]
Iranian women pose topless for those who can’t, Forbes, 14 March 2012 [external link]
Tutte nude nel nome di Aliaa, l’Espresso, 13 March 2012 [external link]
Mideast women’s rights movement comes into focus, Jewish News, 10 March 2012 [external link]
İranlı kadınlardan çıplak protesto, Radikal, 10 March 2012 [external link]
Iranianas gravam vídeo nuas em protesto contra opressão sexual, Terra Brasil, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Féminas pitean con calendario entero piluchito, La Cuarta, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Iranerinnen demonstrieren nackt gegen Unterdrückung, Bild, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Des feministe posent nues pour un calendrier, 20 minutes online, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Mujeres iraníes se desnudan en protesta contra la oppression, Terra Chile, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Nude Calendar protests Muslim oppression of women, Care2, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Freedom unveiled: Iranian women strip to slam repression, RT, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Aktivis Perempuan Iran Beraksi Tanpa Busana, Inilah, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Aktivistice se skinule do gola za calendar, Vijesti, 8 March 2012 [external link]
8 marzo: donne su Twitter, tra impegno sociale e politica, Panorama, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Aliaa ElmahdyDes féministes posent nues en hommage à Aliaa Elmahdy, Le Monde, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Iranian women undress to protest their role as second class citizens, France24, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Nackt, mutig, selbstbestimmt: Der Körper als Waffe, Spiegel Online, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Il nudo rivoluzionario delle donne arabe, Italian AgoraVox, 8 March 2012 [external link]
‘My body, my choice’: Exiled Iranian women pose nude for video in protest against sexual oppression in their native country, Daily Mail, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Iranian Women go naked to oppose repression, NOW Lebanon, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Nues pour la revolution, Liberation, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Iranian Activist Likens Nude Revolutionary Calendar to Topless Tabloid, IBTimes UK, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Iranske kvinner kaster klærne, Norwegian NK, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Egypte – Le calendrier nu des féministes du monde entire, SlateAfrique, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Calendarul care le-ar fi putut aduce condamnarea la moarte. Un grup de iranience au pozat nud, Adevaril, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Phụ nữ Iran ngực trần phản đối Đạo Hồi hà khắc, Xaluan, 8 March 2012 [external link]
International Women’s Day 2012: Nude Calendar Tribute to Blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, IBTimes UK, 7 March 2012 [external link]
Topless Iranian women say no to political Islam, Digital Journal, 7 March 2012 [external link]
International Women’s Day 2012: The Nude Revolutionary Calendar, International Business Times, 7 March 2012 [external link]
On Sharia and One Law for All, Sweden’s GP, 3 March 2012 [external link]
An important stand for free expression, Scoop, 17 February 2012 [external link]
Civil life must bind us not ritual and religion, Polly Toynbee, Guardian CiF, 16 February 2012 [external link]
UK: Islamist intimidation shuts down free speech, Shiraz Maher, Stonegate Institute, 16 February 2012 [external link]
11 February: A Day to Defend Free Expression, New Zealand’s Scoop, 20 January 2012 [external link]
Islamist stops university talk with threats of violence, National Secular Society Newsline, 17 January 2012 [external link]
2011
Richard Dawkins to guest-edit New Statesman Christmas issue, 8 December 2011 [external link]
Nude Calendar Homage to Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, International Business News, 8 December 2011 [external link]
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Nude Activism and the Arab Spring, International Business News, 5 December 2011 [external link]
Local Islamists draw on British success to Bid for Sharia Law, The Australian, 7 October 2011 [external link]
Women Against the Law, The Spirit of Things, ABC Radio, 18 September 2011 [external link]
A Critic of Political Islam warns of ‘Misguided’ West, Huffington Post, 17 September 2011 [external link]
Romanian Youtube sensation set for Melbourne Conference, Melbourne Leader, 16 September 2011 [external link]
Maryam Namazie’s interview on terrorism, Sharia law and the veil, ABC Newsline, 7 September 2011. Watch video here [external link]
Maryam Namazie’s in depth interview with Virginia Hausegger, ABC News 24’s One Plus One program, 2 September 2011. Watch video here [internal link]
Keeping quiet allows intolerance to thrive, Elizabeth Farrelly, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 September 2011.
British experiment a warning on Sharia law, Chris Merritt, The Australian, 26 August 2011.
Strength in Numbers, Channel 7;Today Tonight, 24 August 2011.
Listen ABC Radio 774’s ABC Radio 774’s Conversation Hour with Jon Faine (Melbourne) interviewing Maryam Namazie along with artist Kavisha Mazzella and 9/11 survivor Genelle Guzman-McMillan, 24 August 2011.
British campaigner battles media cone of silence on Sharia law, Chris Merritt, The Australian, 23 August 2011.
Strength in Numbers, Channel 7;Today Tonight, 24 August 2011.
Listen ABC Radio Nationals ABC Radio National’s Late Night Live with Phillip Adams interviewing Maryam Namazie along with Director of DV8 physical theatre Lloyd Newson whose latest work, Can We Talk About This? deals with freedom of speech, censorship and Islam. The production premiered in August 2011 at Sydney Opera House, and will be followed by an international tour. This documentary-style dance-theatre production is based on interviews, thoughts and speeches of individuals such as Maryam Namazie, the director of ‘One Law for All,’ which fights for the rights of women, and against Sharia courts and Sharia law being introduced in Britain, 22 August 2011.
Maryam was also interviewed in Persian on SBS Radio’s Persian Program, 27 August 2011. Listen SBS Radios Persian
Australia must fight call for sharia law, Maryam Namazie, The Australian, 12 August 2011 [external link]
On Stoning, BBC Uzbek, 11 July 2011 [external link]
Successful debate on Sharia law in Britain at House of Commons, Newsline, 8 July 2011 [external link]
International Day against Stoning, Washtington Post, 5 July 2011 [external link]
Support International Day Against Stoning, Richard Dawkins Foundation, 4 July 2011 [external link]
Dawkins urges constitutional reform to remove church role, Irish Times, 6 June 2011 [external link]
Last day of the Dublin Conference, Pharyngula, 5 June 2011 [external link]
Atheist confab in Ireland comes as Europe confronts religion in public life, CS Monitor, 3 June 2011 [external link]
Dublin hosts first atheist conference, Irish Times, 1 June 2011 [external link]
The great Olympic cover up, Standpoint magazine, 1 June 2011 [external link]
Scotland and the veil, Scotland Herald, 17 April 2011 [external link]
Maryam Namazie, A Courageous Activist,International Humanist News, 12 January 2011 [external link]
2010
Night Waves, The Observer, 26 December 2010 [external link]
Maryam Namazie debates whether God has gone Global at the BBC Radio 3 Freethinking Festival, Radio 3, broadcast 16 December 2010 Listen BBC 3 Freethinking Festival or see BBC [external link]
Conference examines Sharia and Apostasy, Newsline, 17 December 2010 [external link]
Passion for Freedom art exhibition, Human Rights Service, 12 December 2010 [external link]
New photo raises false hopes in Sakineh saga, France 24, 10 December 2010 [external link]
Violence and Restraints on Women in Islamic Immigrant Communities, AHA Foundation, 9 December 2010 [external link]
One Law for All report cited in The official indulgence of Islamism in East London, Nick Cohen, The Spectator, 5 December 2010 [external link]
Western lobbying bars Iran from UN women’s agency, The Australian, 11 November 2010 [external link]
2 foreigners arrested; tied to stoning case, AP, 10 November 2010 [external link]
No Sharia law in Britain, Maryam Namazie, Sofia no. 97, Religion and Social Justice, September 2010 [external link]
Harsh judgment on the pope and religion, open letter, The Guardian, 15 September 2010 [external link]
Iran: Women on the frontlines of the fight for rights, 12 September 2010 [external link]
I am afraid of dying,’ CNN, 31 July 2010 [external link]
Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazie’s interview in Persian, Voice of America, 30 July 2010 [external link]
Iran stoning case asks to be reunited with her children, Guardian, 30 July 2010 [external link]
Iranian mother facing stoning pleads to see children, AFP, 30 July 2010 [external link]
Campaign to stop stoning, Fox News, 30 July 2010 [external link]
Iranian with stoning sentence tormented, AFP, 30 July 2010 [external link]
Protests held worldwide against execution of Iranian woman, CNN, 25 July 2010 [external link]
BBC 5 Live on Sakine’s case, 24 July 2010 [external link]
Human Rights test case call for sharia law, Law Society Gazette, 24 June 2010 [ external link ]
Coverage of 20 June rally, RT, 20 June 2010 [ external link ]
Hundreds expected for Sharia law rally this weekend, PinkPaper, 17 June 2010 [ external link ]
Maryam Namazie interviewed on Sharia arbitration in Britain, BBC The World, 15 March 2010 [external link]
Maryam quoted on Fears over non-Muslim’s use of Islamic law to resolve disputes, The Guardian, 14 March 2010 [external link]
Maryam quoted on Scots Lawyers lead way with Sharia advice, Sunday Herald Scotland, 7 March 2010 [external link]
Maryam Namazie’s interview on International Women’s Day and situation in Iran, New Jersey USA’s progressive radio, 1 March 2010 [external link]
One Law for All on BBC Oxford, February 25, 2010 One Law for All on BBC Oxford
Maryam is interviewed on February 11 protests in Iran on ITN News, 11 February 2010 [external link]
Maryam Namazie quoted on Sharia law, Express, 7 February 2010 [external link]
Maryam’s article on Sharia law in the Independent World, February 1, 2010 [external link]
Maryam Namazie’s debate on banning the burka, Ireland’s Newstalk Radio, 31 January 2010 [external link]
East meets west: speakers debate women’s rights and religious beliefs, The Irish Times, 27 January 2010 [external link]
2009
Maryam Namazie on BBC Radio 4 on Sharia Law, 22 November 2009 [external link]
Maryam’s interview with the Secular Humanist League of Brazil, November 11, 2009 [external link]
Maryam Namazie’s chapter published in a book called 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why we are Atheists, October 2009 [external link]
BBC Our World, Interview with Maryam Namazie on Sharia law, October 2009 [external link]
BBC Woman’s Hour interview on the burka with Maryam Namazie, July 2009 [external link]
Easy Living Magazine writes about Maryam Namazie and her campaigning work, July 2009 [internal link]
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One law for all activist speaks at UofT, The Strand, March 29, 2009 [external link]
One Law for All, National Post, Canada, March 12, 2009 [external link]
On sharia law in Britain, French TV, March 11, 2009 [external link]
Hundreds expected at anti-Sharia demo in London, The Times, March 6, 2009 [external link]
Raise your voices against Sharia, Newsline, February 27, 2009 [external link]
2008
Is Islam intolerant, BBC’s Question time [external link]
Interviews on One Law for All Campaign against Sharia law in Britain [external link]
Women on Women, The Observer [external link]
Free Speech Threatened, BBC [external link]
Victims of Intimidation [external link]
Sharia law called racist, CNSNews [external link] [external link]
Free to think for themselves, AC Grayling [external link]
Richard Dawkins’ Commentary [external link]
It’s time to take a stand against Islam and Sharia, The Times [external link]
Maryam Namazie – top 45 women of the 2007, Elle Quebec [external link]
Religion in schools, Teachers TV [external link]
Why do we ignore plight of ex-Muslims, Johann Hari, The Independent [external link]
A new brand of non-believers, ABC News [external link]
Ex-Muslim Committee launch in Holland [external link]
On the veil, Islam and political Islam, Icelandic TV [external link]
Borders exist to be crossed, Anthony McIntyre for Gallerie [external link]
On Islam, BBC’s Newsnight [external link]
2007
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain media coverage, June 2007 [external link]
The courage of their convictions, AC Grayling, June 19, 2007[external link]
There is an immense difference between understanding something with one’s head, and understanding it with one’s guts. Think of the phrase, “the courage of one’s convictions”. This week the true meaning of these words, hitherto eroded into a flat nap-worn cliche by overuse and misuse, comes home with the force of a kick in the belly. For on Thursday June 21 in London, a group of people are going to take a stand for their principles in a way that involves real courage, admirable courage, and which at the same time lights a torch of hope in a dark quadrant of the world’s affairs.
The occasion is the launch of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, following the establishment of such groups elsewhere in Europe, notably Germany and Scandinavia. The British branch is led by the outstanding Maryam Namazie, Iranian-born champion of (among other things) human rights, women, and refugees from religious persecution. The manifesto of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain eloquently speaks for itself, and I hope Maryam Namazie and her fellow-members of the council will not mind if I quote it here in full, because it deserves the widest publicity, not least because the 10 demands appended to it constitute a bill of rights which is absolutely necessary for everyone, non-religious and otherwise, to adopt and observe now that the world is again experiencing, with such bitterness, widespread religion-generated difficulties.
2006
Eye of the Storm
DNA Magazine, December 2006 [external link]
Maryam Namazie is selected as one of 2006’s most intriguing people by the best selling magazine for gay men in Australia.
Women’s Right to Equality
The Australian, November 30, 2006
Some women from Muslim backgrounds believe that Islam and women’s rights are antithetical. Maryam Namazie, a British-based human rights activist, said recently: “Debating the issue of women’s rights in an Islamic context is a prescription for inaction and passivity, in the face of the oppression of millions of women struggling and resisting in Britain, the Middle East and elsewhere. Anywhere they (Islamists) have power, to be a woman is a crime.”
Namazie is of the Left. She is the director of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran’s International Relations Committee and has been named British secularist of the year. But in general, she notes, the Left, the traditional defender of human rights, is silent about the oppression of Muslim women.
Anger over Khatami
The Herald, November 1, 2006
Maryam Namazie of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran left the country in 1980, a year after the Islamic revolution and now lives in London. She said: “Khatami should be arrested, not honoured, it is an outrage. Khatami has held positions of power in Iran since Khomeni’s days, he represents the regime and is a defender of the supreme spiritual leader and the Islamic Republic.”
I know that there are a lot of manifesto buffs who read Comment is free, and the Manifesto of the Third Camp against US Militarism and Islamic Terrorism looks like it deserves a bit more publicity. It seems to me that it is rather a better document than the Euston manifesto for a number of reasons:
- It is being promoted by people who have some personal stake in the matter: it is specifically aimed at establishing a position against military or economic warfare against Iran, and it is being sponsored by a number of Iranian opposition groups who have a decent claim to speak for Iranian democratic opposition. The UK contact is Maryam Namazie of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran, who won the “Secularist of the Year” award last year for her courageous opposition to Iranian totalitarianism specifically and authoritarian Islam generally.
Islamic ‘lifestyle’ imposed by force
Letter to the editor, The Independent, 23 June 2006
Sir: Thanks but no thanks. Many of us have fled the Islamic “lifestyle” Dominic Lawson advocates for Britain (Opinion, 20 June). Islamic laws are anything but lifestyle choices. They are imposed by brute force. The penalty for gambling, doing drugs and drinking alcohol is execution under Islamic law and so too is it for having an affair, acts incompatible with chastity, apostasy, blasphemy, and so on. With the rise of the influence of political Islam in the heart of Europe, Mr Lawson