Media Coverage
2025
Attorney General Under Fire for Praising Mosque Amid Extremism Allegations, Telegraph, 12 June 2025
Atheism in the Muslim World: Voices of Nonbelief Under Pressure, Atheism Daily, 23 May 2025
Culture professionals ‘afraid to speak freely’, Museum Association, 14 May 2025
Verses of Life: A Review of ‘Woman Life Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution’, The Freethinker, 5 May 2025
It is time to recognize sex apartheid as a crime against humanity, The Freethinker, 21 March 2025
«Oppression is outdated», Austrian Film, 18 March 2025
The War on Women: Beyond the Hijab of Erasure, The Fire Next Time, 10 March 2025
IBAHRI to co-host gender apartheid event at UK Houses of Parliament, IBAHRI, 13 February 2025
DALL’IRAN AI TRIBUNALI DELLA SHARIA IN UK: LA BATTAGLIA DI MARYAM NAMAZIE PER LE DONNE, L’ISLAM SPIEGATO DA UN CANE, 31 January 2025
Women call for international recognition of the Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria, AFN News, 28 January 2025
Vrouwen roepen op tot internationale erkenning van het autonome bestuur van Noordoost-Syrië, Koerdisch News, 28 January 2025
50 ülkeden 650 kadın: Özerk Yönetimi tanıyın, Yeni Yasam, 28 January 2025
‘Charlie Hebdo’: diez años que han ido a peor, OK Diario, 8 January 2025
2024
Britain revealed as the Sharia capital of the West, Times Radio, 19 December 2024
“When the law is fundamentally and from the start discriminatory against women, then you’re not going to get justice for women,” Times Radio, 19 December 2024
‘I feel like I have to pay ransom to get out of my marriage’, The Times, 18 December 2024
100 FEMEN Women In Paris to mark International Day against Violence against Women and Woman, Life, Freedom, Action de 100 FEMEN contre les violences faites aux femmes dans le monde, CLR Presse, Full Action, 24 November
– Brut
– Liberation
– AuFeminin
– France3
– Sirenes
– Paris Il des France
– BFMTV
– Q Haber
– HerZindagi
7 cose da fare nei prossimi 7 giorni in Emilia, Tipo, 22 November 2024
Feminism and Religion, Freethought Matters, 21 November 2024
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
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 Oslo hosts ‘Celebrating Dissent’ conference, Freethought Today, 8 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 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 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 LAICITÀ E FEMMINISMO, La Bottega del Barbieri, 14 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 The world is getting its first Sikh court in London. That’s a threat to women’s rights, Guardian Comment is Free, 31 May 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 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
2023
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 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 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 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 ‘Un voile sur le monde’: over de islamitische hoofddoek, Doorbraak, 7 August 2023 Theocracy, a Few Strands of Hair, and Iran’s Democratic Future, Shuddhashar (free voice) Belief Issue, 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 “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 End Sex Apartheid Today 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 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 Photos at Imago Images Also here at Imago Images Photos at Zuma Press Photos at Getty Images Videos at Getty Images 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
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
“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
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 Activism is the rent we pay to live on this planet – Our tribute to Pragna Patel, SBS, 17 November 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 Women married in faith ceremonies need better protection, New Humanist, 10 June 2021 Worthy, A Poem Inspired by an Interview with Maryam Namazie, 5CallyRoad, 15 June 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 Maryam Namazie, Human Rights Activist, Meenal’s World, 6 February 2021 SBS and women’s organisations are alarmed by Government’s dual strategy on VAWG, 12 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 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 All religious marriages must be registered to protect women from abuse and discrimination, report warns, The Independent, 11 August 2020 You are not allowed to speak, The Article, 24 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 Interview with Maryam Namazie, Hardy Haberland Show #285, 5 June 2020 Brief von Frauen aus 20 Ländern an kurdische Parteien, AFN, 21 May 2020 Ep 26 Podcast on Hindutva with Gita Sahgal, NSS podcast, 20 May 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 Sharia and “non-marriage” in the UK, sister-hood, 26 February 2020 Judges reject bid to make Islamic marriages legally binding, The Independent, 14 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 “On The Side Of Those Who Fight For Freedom,” Centre for Women’s Justice, January 16, 2020
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, 20 November 2019 S2 E9: Maryam Namazie- Apostasy, Blasphemy, Dissent, Islam, and Dancing, The Pondering Primates Podcast, 18 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 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 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 Interview with Sikivu Hutchinson – Creator, Women’s Leadership Project, Canadian Atheist, 29 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 Iran and the UN Women’s Rights Committee, FiLiA, 25 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 Interview with Shelley Segal, Vent, 4 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 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 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 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 Staši Zajović nagrada za sekularizam i ženska prava, Danas, 23 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 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 Court of Injustice, The Indian Expression, 30 July 2018 Noura Hussein sentenced to death for killing rapist husband, Egypt Today, 12 May 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 Kritiserer rapport om sharia-lovgivning, Utrop, 13 February 2018 Universities minister Sam Gyimah: further education should be demanding and disorientating — not an echo chamber, Sunday Times, 11 February 2018 The independent review into the application of sharia law in England and Wales, Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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 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
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 Website designed to help Muslim men find second wives ‘should be shut down’, says former second bride, Evening Standard, 29 October 2017 100,000 Brits sign up for polygamous dating site helping Muslim men find multiple wives, Newsline, 24 October 2017 Website that helps Muslim men find a second wife in the UK has 100,000 users despite bigamy carrying a sentence of up to seven years in prison, Daily Mail, 23 October 2017 La segregazione di genere è apartheid, MicroMega, 22 October 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 Schools chief inspector to meet Muslim campaigners who are calling for a ban on hijabs in state primaries, Daily Mail, 10 September 2017 Politics and religion are a dangerous mix, The Times, 9 September 2017 Politics and religion are a dangerous mix _ Comment _ The Times & The Sunday Times Hijab has no place in our primary schools, The Times Letter to the Editor, 9 September 2017 Hijabs in schools: James Whale says ‘we’re in danger of going back to the stone age’, Talk Radio, 5 September 2017 Take hijab off uniform lists, primary schools are urged, Times, 4 September 2017 Church of England Schools Stir Controversy for Allowing Islamic Hijab Uniforms for Girls, Christian Post, 4 September 2017 Schoolgirls as young as five-years-old are wearing a Muslim hijab for school uniform in UK, Express, 3 September 2017 Hijab-clad toon in books sparks row, Deccan Chronicle, 16 August 2017 Cartoon accused of ‘sexualising four-year-old Muslim girl’ scrapped after backlash, Mirror, 15 August 2017 The hijab is not for children. It was right to drop these distasteful images, The Guardian, 15 August 2017 TfL pulls child safety campaign that showed young girl in hijab, Metro, 14 August 2017 TfL pulls campaign featuring girl in hijab amid ‘sexualisation’ accusations, Sky News, 14 August 2017 Religion, gender segregation and sex education in schools, The Guardian letters, 11 July 2017 Court lifts ban on naming faith school in segregation case, The Guardian, 10 July 2017 Muslim women reject sexism in fight to be heard, The Times, 24 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 Why do Islamists hate free women? The Times, 27 May 2017 Religion is fundamentally patriarchal and anti-woman, The Freethinker, 25 May 2016 Dozens of speakers to attend major conference on secularism and freedom of expression, NSS Newsline, 2 May 2017 How Rojava-inspired women’s councils have spread across Europe, OpenDemocracy, 28 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 Saudi Woman, Detained In Philippines, May Be Killed On Her Return, Carbonated TV, 12 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 #WeAreNotAfraid: Londoners unite in wake of Westminster attack, SBS Australia, 23 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 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 Council boss is related to girl in hijab school row, ITV, 9 February 2017 Rompre avec l’Islam (Interview de Maryam Namazie), Revolution Feministe, 29 January 2017 Catholic primary school bans four-year-old Muslim girl from wearing a hijab, Independent, 24 January 2017 Roman Catholic school in Birmingham bans 4-year-old Muslim girl from wearing hijab, sparks row, IBT, 24 January 2017 Catholic primary school bans four-year-old Muslim girl from wearing a hijab, The Independent, 24 January 2017 Catholic school prompts uniform row by banning Muslim girl from wearing a headscarf, Telegraph, 23 January 2017 Not safe, just absurdly soft, The Australian, 17 January 2017 Wie man migrationspolitische Duftmarken setzt, Telepolis, 22 December 2016 Sharia courts pose a growing threat to women’s rights, The Freethinker, 15 December 2016 The Sharia debate in the UK: who will listen to our voices? Open Democracy, 14 December 2016 Sharia courts have no place in UK family law. Listen to women who know, The Guardian, 14 December 2016 Hate preacher ignored pleas of ‘abuse victim’ (Hate preacher ignored pleas of ‘abuse victim’ _ News _ The Times & The Sunday Times), The Times, 11 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 Denounce Those Playing Political Games with Women’s Lives over Sharia and Islamophobia, Community Women’s Blogs, 27 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 British ‘shariah courts’ under scrutiny, AFP, 13 November 2016 One Woman’s Brush with Sharia courts: “It ruined my life forever”, Open Democracy, 7 November 2016 Battles in the basti, Muslim women opposing triple talaq, polygamy face attack, but are fighting back, Indian Express, 7 November 2016 Protecting women’s rights is the priority, but that isn’t the only legitimate concern about sharia, NSS Newsline, 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 Extended Interview with Maryam Namazie, Conatus News, 10 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 Why Academic Freedom Matters, Civitas, 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 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 Fresh Concerns Raised About Sharia Courts In Britain, The News Hub, 27 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 May’s Sharia Law review ALREADY under fire as new PM set for Number 10, Express, 13 July 2016 May’s inquiry into sharia is not fit for purpose, The Times, 11 July 2016 Inside Sharia Councils, Victoria Derbyshire Programme, 11 July 2016 Refusing to recognise polygamy in the West: a solution or a soundbite?, Open Democracy, 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 Polygamy is not a cultural conceit. It is an affront to women, Guardian CiF, 10 July 2016 Sharia courts review branded a ‘whitewash’ over appointment ‘bias’ concerns, Independent, 10 July 2016 Activism Spotlight, sister-hood, 5 July 2017 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 Britain probes Sharia courts treatment of women, UPI, 28 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 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 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 Why is academic freedom important?, X Index, 28 April 2016 NUS ‘no platform’ policy goes ‘too far’ and threatens free speech, 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 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 Lars Åberg: Allt fler vill krocksäkra det offentliga samtalet, Goteborgs Posten, 1 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 UK sharia courts condone forced marriage and ignore violence against women, Double Bind, 28 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 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 Why Does Everyone Want To Silence Ex-Muslims? Huffington Post, 22 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 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 Restriction of free speech has ‘increased’ on UK university campuses in 2015, IBT, 18 January 2016 CAMPUS CENSORSHIP: IT’S WORSE THAN YOU THINK, BUT THERE IS HOPE, Spiked, 17 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 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 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 Islamic Students Disrupt Blasphemy and Apostasy Lecture, Monday Matters, 16 December 2015 The Left Must Stand With Apostates, Too, Huffington Post, 15 December 2015 News Goldsmiths’ Islamic and Atheist societies may face disciplinary action over Maryam Namazie lecture, London Student, 16 December 2015 Islamic Students Disrupt Blasphemy and Apostasy Lecture, Monday Matters, 16 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 The Left Must Stand With Apostates, Too, Huffington Post, 12 December 2015 Feminist hits out at ‘betrayal’ by students, The Times, 12 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 2015 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 Universities must encourage free speech, not silence, The Boar, 22 November 2015 #ExMuslimBecause sparks serious debate, cheap insults and everything in between, Al Bawaba, 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, Guardian Comment is Free, 13 October 2015 British universities have a duty to defend the ‘unsafe’ space, The Spectator, 13 October 2015 Het cultuurrelativisme zal ons redden, Trouw, 11 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 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 2015 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 Muslim
