14-16 September 2016
Keele international symposium on Changing times, changing minds: Child Protection and bodily integrity, Staffordshire
Sharia Review Secretariat
Dear Mona Siddqui
RE: Independent Review into Sharia Law
Thank you for your invitation to give evidence to the Sharia review.
We will not be able to accept your invitation. We are boycotting the…
An unprecedented number of women’s rights campaigners and organisations from Britain and internationally recently submitted a letter to Theresa May, the then Home Secretary raising serious concerns about the government’s ‘independent review’ into…
18 July 2016
Evening Drinks with lawyer Ana González on apostasy and asylum. Ana will go through the procedures and also provide one-on-one advice during the evening. E-mail onelawforall@gmail.com to register if this is…
17 July 2016, Leicester Secular Society
Maryam will be speaking on Sharia law in Britain: Discriminatory parallel legal systems and women's rights
Organisers call on women's rights campaigners and organisations to boycott the Sharia law inquiry
We are writing to you because you signed a letter of women’s rights advocates calling on the Home Secretary…
9-10 July 2016
Workers' Liberty annual summer festival, Ideas for Freedom
Can religion play a progressive role in politics? With Maryam Namazie; Kate Harris; and Lev Taylor.
The fight for free speech around the world with…
Elham Manea's new book "Women and Sharia Law: The Impact of Legal Pluralism in the UK" (I. B. Tauris, May 2016) provides considerable evidence to show how Sharia courts violate the fundamental principles…
Elham Manea, Academic and Author of “Women And Sharia Law: The Impact Of Legal Pluralism In The UK”
30 April 2016 Day Conference on Sharia Law, Legal Pluralism and Access to Justice
MC: Rayhana Sultan.
Filming…
Day Conference on Sharia Law, Legal Pluralism and Access to Justice
Panel Discussion with Gita Sahgal, Director of Centre for Secular Space; Pragna Patel, Director of Southall Black Sisters; Maryam Namazie, Spokesperson of One…
On Sharia Council and Muslim Arbitration Tribunals: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Updated 4 July 2016
The accommodation of arbitration systems to govern private and family matters had led, arguably, to the greatest human rights violations…
Updated 7 December 2016
The accommodation of arbitration systems to govern private and family matters had led, arguably, to the greatest human rights violations of minority women in the UK.
Personal testimonies below aim to highlight…