Across Iran, the region, and the global diaspora, people have risked everything for Woman, Life, Freedom, demanding a society grounded in rights, equality, and human dignity.
Today, those aspirations face renewed pressure. Authoritarian forces,…
In this compilation of various interviews for WBAI NYC Radio, BBC 5 Live, and Times Radio, which has been edited for clarity, Maryam Namazie argues that the real struggle in Iran is not between rival powers…
Blasphemous. Corrupt. Apostate. Kafir.
These words are always defined from the perspective of the religious. The religious lens is treated as neutral, as default. Blasphemy is assumed to be harm, at best offensive,…
Maryam Namazie
Every year on 1 February, World Hijab Day invites women, primarily those whose refusal carries no consequence, to wear a hijab for a day. This invitation is framed as empathy: an opportunity…
2008
The One Law for All Campaign was launched on 10 December 2008, International Human Rights Day, to call on the UK Government to recognise that Sharia and religious courts are arbitrary and discriminatory…
This is the amended text of a speech given by me at the International Conference on Science for Choice, held in Split, Croatia, on 27 September 2025. I spoke in place of Ibtissame Betty…
This is the slightly amended text of a speech given on 14 September 2025 at a commemorative event for Mahsa Jina Amini in London organised by Jiyan Women’s Assembly. it was first published…
Ex-Muslims International denounces the detention of Moroccan feminist, human rights defender, and ex-Muslim activist Ibtissam “Betty” Lachgar for wearing a T-shirt proclaiming, “Allah is lesbian.”
Betty is a key figure in the global ex-Muslim…
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and One Law for All Joint Submission to Islamophobia/Anti-Muslim Hatred Definition Working Group
15 July 2025
1. Introduction
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB), founded in 2007, and One Law for…
PRESS STATEMENT
For Immediate Release
3 March 2025
Date: Thursday 6 March 2025
Time: 14:00 (for a 14:30 start) – 17:00
Venue: Committee Room 4A, Houses of Parliament, London
[London] – In the lead-up to International Women’s Day, a…
Gender Apartheid: A Crime Against Humanity
Date and Time: 6 March, 14:00 for a 14:30 start. The event ends at 17:00.
Venue: Committee Room 4a, Houses of Parliament
As we prepare to mark International Women’s Day,…
Joint submission to the Women and Equalities Committee on Gendered Islamophobia
Ahead of the Women and Equalities Committee’s (WEC) one off session around Gendered Islamophobia on Wednesday, 15th January 2025, Southall Black Sisters (SBS) along…