On Tuesday 13th January, women's rights groups, including Southall Black Sisters, One Law for All, Nari Diganta and the Iranian & Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation (IKWRO), met with Mark Stobbs, the Law Society’s…
FRENCH: Après le massacre de Charlie Hebdo, Soutenons ceux qui se battent contre la droite religieuse
After the massacre in Charlie Hebdo in Paris on January 7, 2015, expressing indignation, as so many are…
My message to Charlie Hebdo's editor in chief, Gerard Biard:
Dear Gerard
I spoke on a panel with you in November last year at the International Feminist and Secular Network in Paris.
I am writing to…
Interview with Amina Sboui and Aliaa Magda Elmahdy
Maryam Namazie: Why did you do the nude action in Egypt?
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy: In Egypt, a woman is like a lifeless body, a corpse. This body is…
Interview with AC Grayling
The below is a Bread and Roses TV interview broadcast via New Channel TV on 20 May 2014:
Maryam Namazie: What is secularism and what is the value of secularism for both believers…
Interview with Houzan Mahmoud
The below is an edited transcript of a Bread and Roses TV interview with Houzan Mahmoud, International Spokesperson for Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq:
Maryam Namazie: What is the situation in Iraq…
Maryam Namazie
A vast secular movement against the religious-Right is never more needed than in the ISIS era – whether it be in Sri Lanka vis-a-vis the Buddhist Right, India versus the Hindu-Right,…
Interview with Mina Ahadi.
The below is an edited transcript of a Bread and Roses TV interview with Mina Ahadi, Spokesperson for the International Committees against Execution and Stoning
Maryam Namazie: You have been unrelenting in your…
Interview with Chris Moos, Pragna Patel and Gita Sahgal on the Victory Against the Law Society.
Maryam Namazie: The Law Society has now withdrawn its Sharia-compliant guidance on wills and issued an apology. Why…
Patty Debonitas
Thousands of people have attended breastfeeding protests in support of a Staffordshire mother who was labelled a “tramp” for feeding her baby in public.
The breast is a thing of concern for…
All religions have a disturbing view of the female and her body. Islam is no different. Given that Islamism – a regressive political movement with state power and political influence in many places…
Interview with Pragna Patel and Gita Sahgal
Maryam Namazie: The term post-secular is being used a lot recently to say that western secularism may have come to an end and that it’s irrelevant for…