Read full piece in The Freethinker: Feminism and religion are incompatible, 19 November 2024
This is an edited version of Maryam Namazie’s contribution to a Cambridge Union debate: ‘This House Believes Feminism is…
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
With the UK judicial system cut to breaking point, conservative religious…
The announcement of the world’s first Sikh ‘Court’ in London in April 2024 – and due to open for business on 1 June 2024 – demands our urgent attention.
For many years, some of…
Court of Appeal rules that women who are unable to register their marriage in accordance with the law are not entitled to financial remedies on the break-up of their marriage.
On the 13th…
PRESS RELEASE
6 November 2019
On 13/14 November Southall Black Sisters (SBS) is intervening in an important case (Akhter v Khan) with far-reaching implications for minority women’s rights.
As part of the One Law for All…
My interview with Nilantha Ilangamuwa in Sri Lanka's FT
She is energetic and outspoken. Her creativity on resistance against repressive regimes has attracted many communities around the globe. Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born writer and…
We are outraged at the Islamist attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. Our hearts go out to the survivors and victims – 359 killed, including at least 45 children, and more…
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…
In the light of recent court decisions on marriage and divorce, today we have written to the Ministry of Justice, calling for an urgent review into Sharia and civil marriage and divorce laws…
Supplementary written evidence submitted by One Law for All
RE: New Submission by Maryam Namazie to Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into Sharia Councils
See Submission on Home Affairs Select Committee Website
I am writing to…
Here is the Open Letter to David Cameron and Press Release being handed in to 10 Downing Street on 10 December Human Rights Day.
One Law for All, Southall Black Sisters, Centre for Secular…
Dear Friend,
We are writing to you today to ask for your urgent and immediate support. As you may have seen in the papers recently, there is growing evidence that young