Media
Maryam Namazie on Ahmad Shamlou, Passages Podcast, 13 December 2017
Warum die Linke muslimische Islamkritiker lieber ausgrenzt, NZZ, 9 December 2017
Interview mit Maryam Namazie, “Wir müssen uns unserer Stärke bewusst werden”, HPD, 24 November 2017
God: A Human History – a rescue attempt by Reza Aslan, The Freethinker, 23 November 2017
“La sinistra ci ha tradito”. La battaglia laica e illuminista degli ex-musulmani, Micromega, 18 November 2017
Has the Independent become a part of Saudi Arabia’s soft power strategy, News Maven, 14 November 2017
Iran separatist leader killed in the Hague, NL Times, 9 November 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
‘Accept a debate’ Universities to be FINED if student unions ban controversial speakers, Express, 19 October 2017
Staša Zajović: Suzbijaju demokratiju pod plaštom religije, Autonomija, 13 October 2017
In support of Kurdish Independence, Conatus News, 12 October 2017
Silencing Linda Bellos, Conatus News, 5 October 2017
We’ve been celebrating, Patheos, 22 September 2017
Death in 13 Countries: Ex Muslims’ Struggle Discussed at Secularism Conference, Albawaba, 21 August 2017
Why is feminism so quiet about Muslim women who refuse to wear the hijab? The Irish Times, 21 August 2017
Plight of ex-Muslims and women under the spotlight at secularism conference, Your Middle East, 18 August 2017
Outrage as Columnist Compares ‘Ex-Muslims’ to Nazis, Albawaba, 15 August 2017
“I don’t want to die because I’m an atheist”: ex-Muslims speak out, Open Democracy, 11 August 2017
Richard Dawkins Celebrated by Activists and Ex-Muslims at London Conference for Free Expression, Quillette, 27 July 2017
Where is the line between Islam and Islamism? Open Democracy, 27 July 2017
Finchè ci sarà il reato di apostasia e blasfemia non ci sarà libertà di espressione al mondo: appunti dalla Secular Conference 2017, MicroMega, 27 July 2017
Secularism Conference ‘Largest Gathering of Ex-Muslims in History’, Conatus News, 26 July 2017
Decision to axe Richard Dawkins speech on Islam slammed as ‘double standard’, Evening Standard, 25 July 2017
The politics of nudity as feminist protest – from Ukraine to Tunisia, Open Democracy, 21 July 2017
مریم نمازی: استفاده از بدن زن برای اعتراض انقلابی است؛ كيهان لندن٬ ۲۱ جولاى ۲۰۱۷
Ex-Muslim group hit back after Pride ‘Allah is gay’ sign row: ‘They are trying to silence us’, Pink News, 17 July 2017
If Pride Means Anything, LGBT+ Must Defend the Rights of Ex-Muslims, Conatus News, 16 July 2017
‘Criticism of Islam or Islamism is not anti-Muslim bigotry’, The Freethinker, 15 July 2017
Muslim leaders make formal complaint over ‘Islamophobic’ banners at London Pride, Evening Standard, 14 July 2017
Facebook Says Rape Threat Against Ex-Muslim Activist Doesn’t Violate Standards, Patheos, 14 July 2017
Interview with Ex-Muslims of Sri Lanka, Conatus News, 10 July 2017
Court lifts ban on naming faith school in segregation case, The Guardian, 10 July 2017
Ex-Muslims at Pride in London to defend LGBT in countries under Islamic rule, Pink News, 7 July 2017
In Toronto LGBT Iranians were branded as ‘Islamophobes’, The Freethinker, 5 July 2017
University ‘safe space’ policies leave academics in fear of losing their jobs, claims professor, The Independent, 30 June 2017
No Apologies, sister-hood, 27 June 2017
Flemming Rose- From Where I stand, Church and State, 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
Q&A on Ex-Muslims with Waleed Al-Husseini, Conatus News, 5 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
‘I Find That Offensive!’ – The Reasons Behind Millennial Outrage, Conatus News, 22 May 2017
I Find That Offensive by Claire Fox, Philosophy Now, 17 May 2017
Petition calls on Denmark to repeal blasphemy ban, Index on Censorship, 15 May 2017
Dozens of speakers to attend major conference on secularism and freedom of expression, NSS Newsline, 2 May 2017
Exposure, A Necessary Film, The Conflict Comment, 17 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
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
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
Fuck modesty for International Women’s day on March 8!, The Freethinker, 7 March 2017
Common humanity should be at the core of our politics, The Freethinker, 19 February 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
A Clash of the Uncivilised: Trump, Muslim Profiling and the Far-Right’s Assault, The Freethinker, 1 February 2017
The Fight Against Fascism Requires Awakening The Left’s Liberal Conscience, Huffington Post, 31 January 2017
Rompre avec l’Islam (Interview de Maryam Namazie), Revolution Feministe, 29 January 2017
Rouhani’s record, The Monocle Foreign Desk, 22 January 2017
Not safe, just absurdly soft, The Australian, 17 January 2017
Two Years on from the Hebdo Massacre, Freedom of Expression is More Imperiled Than Ever, Conatus News, 9 January 2017
The Unbelievers: Muslims who leave Islam, Buzz, 3 January 2017
2016
HOMMAGE À DEUX FEMMES ET DEUX HOMMES: Elham Manea, Maryam Namazie, Raïf Badawi et Kacem El Ghazzali, figures de proue de la résistance des musulmans à l’islamisme, LVS, December 2016
Wie man migrationspolitische Duftmarken setzt, Telepolis, 22 December 2016
Sharia courts pose a growing threat to women’s rights, The Freethinker, 15 December 2016
Minderheiten sind kein homogenen Gemeinschaften, Jungle World, 15 December 2016
Hate preacher ignored pleas of ‘abuse victim’ _ News _ The Times & The Sunday Times, The Times, 11 December 2016
Britisk eks-muslim til Nettavisen-konferanse, Nettavisen, 7 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
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
Leading Islamic charity told by watchdog to distance itself from those who condone ‘violent extremism and acts of terrorism’, The Telegraph, 13 November 2016
British ‘shariah courts’ under scrutiny, AFP, 13 November 2016
جایزه آزادی و لائیسیته برای مریم نمازیكيهان لندن؛ ۳ نوامبر ۲۰۱۶
Malek Boutih, prix de la Laïcité 2016, félicité par Manuel Valls, L’Express, 2 November 2016
Protecting women’s rights is the priority, but that isn’t the only legitimate concern about sharia, NSS Newsline, 3 November 2016
Feminism’s free speech problem is holding the movement back, Varsity, 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
When Chess Grandmaster Nazi Paikidze Said No To The Hijab, She Also Unveiled Liberal Hypocrisy, Huffington Post, 13 October 2016
LISTEN An ex-Muslim reveals the brutal reality of life as an ‘apostate’, Talk Radio, 13 October 2016
‘Those who insult Islam MUST DIE’, shocking undercover footage of former Tory candidate, Express, 13 October 2016
Thursday’s Best TV, Islam’s Non Believers, The Guardian, 13 October 2016
Extended Interview with Maryam Namazie, Conatus News, 10 October 2016
Islamic communities contain ‘tsunamis of atheism’ that are being suppressed, says leading ex-Muslim, The Independent, 4 October 2016
Young Muslims ‘attacked, abused, and threatened with DEATH’ for rejecting Islamic religion, Express, 4 October 2016
Young Muslims who quit the faith ‘live in fear of violent revenge’: Support group says some have been warned they will be killed if they abandon their religion, Daily Mail, 4 October 2016
Exposure: Islam’s Non-Believers, ITV, 4 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
Regressive Left puts bigotry and militant Islam on a pedestal, The Australian, 17 September 2016
Why Academic Freedom Matters, Civitas, September 2016
Politicising Empathy: On Safe Spaces, Mental Health, And Chicago, Huffington Post, 2 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
Jazz hands, safe spaces, and bans on yoga: six things to watch out for at your new university, The Telegraph, 18 August 2016
The fresher’s guide to free speech on campus, Spiked, 18 August 2016
Burkini, vietarlo è un atto di libertà, Il Fatto Quotidiano, 17 August 2016
Islamkritiker beziehen gemeinsam Stellung, HPD, 10 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
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
انتقاد فعالان حقوق بشر از نگاه دولت بریتانیا به قوانین شریعت٬ كيهان لندن٬ ۱۴ ژوئيه ۲۰۱۶
May’s Sharia Law review ALREADY under fire as new PM set for Number 10, Express,May’s Sharia Law review ALREADY under fire as new PM set for Number 10, Express, 13 July 2016
Inside Sharia Councils, Victoria Derbyshire Programme, 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
Sharia courts review branded a ‘whitewash’ over appointment ‘bias’ concerns, Independent, 10 July 2016
Panel Discussion on Chilcot, Israel, Sharia law in Britain, the veil with relations to Iran, Manoto TV, 08 July 2016
انتقاد ۳۰۰ سازمان و فعال حقوق بشری از تشکیل هیات بررسی چگونگی اجرای احکام شرعی در انگلستان و ولز٬ كيهان لندن٬ ۴ ژوئيه ۲۰۱۶
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
Unmasked: Gun-toting Jihadi ‘bride-maker’ who grooms British girls for ISIS fighters in Syria is student from London whose father is a successful businessman, Daily Mail, 3 July 2016
Britain probes Sharia courts treatment of women, UPI, 28 June 2016
Toute la rigueur républicaine contre l’islam radical, Liberation, 27 June 2016
‘Ex-Muslims’ organise ‘eating’ protests outside embassies of Islamic nations to defy Ramzan fast, India Today, 24 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
Facebook facing criticism after removing major atheist pages, Dhaka Tribune, 20 June 2016
Facebook facing criticism after removing major atheist pages, The Hub, 16 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
The Reason Rally is today in Washington – Lincoln Memorial, Daily Kos, 4 June 2016
Police Reportedly Tell Christian Evangelist Something That Has Him Quickly Changing Plans to Approach Atheists At This Weekend’s ‘Reason Rally’, the Blaze, 1 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
Eksmuslim: Kritik af islamisme er et forsvar for mennesker, Kristeligt Dagblat, 29 April 2016
Why is academic freedom important?, X Index, 28 April 2016
Safe space for whom? sister-hood, 26 April 2016
NUS ‘no platform’ policy goes ‘too far’ and threatens free speechh, 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
Ra-Men Special with Maryam Namazie, 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
‘No-platforming’ on university campuses: political correctness and the subversion of free speech, Free Speech Debate, 3 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
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
Sam Harris Podcast with Maryam Namazie, 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
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
Restriction of free speech has ‘increased’ on UK university campuses in 2015, IBT, 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
CAMPUS CENSORSHIP: IT’S WORSE THAN YOU THINK, BUT THERE IS HOPE, Spiked, 17 January 2016
Polite Conversation with Maryam Namazie, 14 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
2015
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
Who are the ex-Muslims, The Iranian, 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
Andy O’Brien Podcast 6: Maryam Namazie, 16 December 2016
Islamic Students Disrupt Blasphemy and Apostasy Lecture, Monday Matters, 16 December 2015
The Left Must Stand With Apostates, Too, Huffington Post, 15 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
Feminist hits out at ‘betrayal’ by students, The Times, 13 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
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
Human rights campaigner heckled at blasphemy lecture, Daily Telegraph, 2 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
Death Threats and Intimidation at controversial Goldsmiths Lecture with speaker Maryam Namazie, London Student, 1 December 2015
Spare us the religious babble: In Paris and the GOP, the faith-deranged are who we need to be saved from, Salon, 29 November 2015
#ExMuslimBecause: Thousands of Former Muslims Are Speaking Out After Paris — and It’s Amazing, Huffington Post, 23 November 2015
#ExMuslimBecause sparks serious debate, cheap insults and everything in between, Al Bawaba, 22 November 2015
Universities must encourage free speech, not silence, The Boar, 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, The Guardian CiF, 13 October 2015
British universities have a duty to defend the ‘unsafe’ space, The Spectator, 13 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
Anger as speaker at Warwick University banned over Islam offence , 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 2915
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 Muslims, Mirror, 25 September 2015
Interview met Maryam Namazie, Jalta, 22 September 2015
Iran: Women fined £169 for wearing ‘bad hijabs’, IBT, 16 September 2015
Why I self-identify as an agnostic Muslim, The Nation Pakistan, 16 September 2015
Government urged to tackle sharia ‘courts’ and religious tribunals by women’s rights and secular campaigners, NSS Newsline, 16 June 2015
Sectarianism in modern Britain, National Secular Society, 9 September 2015
Poorly veiled women can have their cars impounded in Iran, Digital Journal, 5 September 2015
Iran: Cars of ‘poorly veiled women’ to be confiscated by police, IBT, 2 September 2015
Le spectre de l’athéisme hante l’islam sur les réseaux sociaux, France TV, 29 May 2015
Losing their religion: the hidden crisis of faith among Britain’s young Muslims, The Observer, 17 May 2015
Women and minorities, the shocking facts of their existence, The Nation (Pakistan), 10 May 2015
Have human rights laws achieved more than religion for humankind, BBC Big Questions, 10 May 2015
Islam: Losing my religion, The Economist, 9 May 2015
Censorship: the real Islamophobia on campus, Spiked, 1 May 2015
Queen’s University Belfast cancels Charlie Hebdo event for ‘security’, National Secular Society Newsline, 22 Apr 2015
La laicità è uguale per tutti, Riforma, 1 April 2015
In Dublin, beheading expositor speaks freely, potential victim censored, 3 Quarks Daily, 30 March 2015
The funeral of patriarchy, The Nation, 29 March 2015
A dangerous silence has imprisoned our freedom of speech, The Times, 28 March 2015
Chiesa, religione e aborto: la leader delle Femen a Palazzo Ducale, Il Secolo, 28 March 2015
Trinity College Dublin ought to be a bastion of free speech and debate, Irish Examiner, 26 March 2015
Trinity College hammers yet another nail into the coffin of free speech, Irish Independent, 24 March 2015
Activist pulls out of Trinity talk on ‘Rise of Islamism’ citing unreasonable conditions, Yahoo News, 23 March 2015
Activist pulls out of Trinity College talk due to ‘restrictions’ aimed at not ‘antagonising’ Muslims, Irish Independent, 23 March 2015
Activist claims Trinity speech on apostasy and Islam cancelled, Irish Times, 22 March 2015
What the Nazi era can teach us about deradicalizing extremists, CBC News, 22 March 2015
Terror, Islam and the Liberal Left Response, The Hindu, 17 March 2015
Genova, i 20 anni di Marea si celebrano con una mostra, Tiscali, 17 March 2015
Maryam Namazie: The Apostate Activist, The Londoner, 16 March 2015
Femmes, islam et autres ennuis, Sysphe, 14 March 2015
Some alliances are more impartial than others, Open Democracy, 13 March 2015
My Stealthy Freedom: The Iranian women who’ve cast off their veils on Facebook, The World Weekly, 12 March 2015
Marea: 20 anni a fianco delle donne, Mentelocale, 11 March 2015
Faire Entrer L’Islam Dans la Republique, France5TV, 3 March 2015
Report on International Conference on Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights, Secular World, First Quarter 2015
La rivista Marea compie vent’anni: si festeggia, Mentelocale, 28 February 2015
Dansende og glade muslimer får kjeft av ikke fullt så glade muslimer, Dagbladet, 21 February 2015
Islam and the culture of offence, missing the point, Open Democracy, 12 February 2015
Sharia law, apostasy and secularism, Open Democracy, 12 February 2015
La nudité très politique de Golshifteh Farahani, Liberation, 8 February 2015
What is more absurd than campus censorship, CiF, 7 February 2015
Girls aged 9 can marry, says new ISIS document, Christian Today, 5 February 2015
World Hijab Day, HNGN, 1 February 2015
“Blasphémateur ! Les prisons d’Allah” ou la critique de l’islam en pays musulman, Sysiphe, 15 January 2015
Charlie Hebdo and ‘you should do what he says’, Times Live, 12 January 2015 [external link]
Excerpt: ‘The Tyranny of Silence’ by Flemming Rose. ABC News, 10 January 2015 [external link]
Under The Guise Of Religion, Outlook Magazine, 8 January 2015
Funny’s Funny: Humor Is An Essential Freedom of Speech, Newsweek, 8 January 2015 [external link]
Charlie Hebdo: “There is no way they will make us put down our pens”, Open Democracy, 8 January 2015 [external link]
Manifest gegen den religiösen Totalitarismus, RP Online, 7 January 2015
2014
Qanta Ahmed’s Message and Mission, Huffington Post, 11 December 2014
فارسى Movement against political Islam, New Channel TV interview with Maryam Namazie and Fariborz Pooya, 9 December 2014
By caving in to religious misogyny, ‘anti-racist’ liberals reveal their inner racist, The Spectator, 24 November 2014
Muslimer mot islamisme i London, Fritanke.No, 7 November 2014
Over a thousand rally to support the Kurdish struggle, but British left largely absent, AWL, 4 November 2014
Sexy, Feministes, Haut de Gamme: Ces Calendriers Qui Resteront dans l’histoire, Le “Nude Photo Revolutionnary Calendar”, Grazia, 3 November 2014
Iran’s Rouhani Promises “Harshest Possible Sentence” for Acid Attack Perpetrators, Newsweek, 27 October 2014
My enemy’s enemy – the battle for secularism,Daniel Silas Adamson, Open Democracy, 23 October 2014
“Todos somos Kobané”, el grito de los resistentes al integrismo, Cronica, 18 October 2014
Shariafication by Stealth, Pragna Patel, Open Democracy, 17 October 2014
London meet says RSS, Islamic State, Taliban, European far-right “using religion for political supremacy”, Counterview, 17 October 2014
Freethinkers take on religious far-right at secularism conference in Tower Hill, The Docklands and East London Advertiser, 16 October 2014
Secular conference created a sense of imminent and momentous change – and women will be the driving force, Terry Sanderson, NSS Blog, 15 October 2014
Donne contro l’Isis e i fondamentalismi, Pagina99, 15 October 2014
Un manifesto mondiale per la laicità, Lucida Mente, 15 October 2014
We are all Kobane: Rallying Cry of Resistants against Fundamentalism, Caroline Fourest, Huffington Post, 14 October 2014
Nous sommes tous Kobané: le cri de résistants à l’intégrisme, Caroline Fourest, Huffington Post, 14 October 2014
Guess what?: SIMPONI wins int’l competition, Jakarta Post, 14 October 2014
Child abuse policy at school run by Muslim hardliner was based on sharia: Islamic scholars were to be consulted in welfare cases, Mail on Sunday, 11 October 2014
Secularism at risk in Sub-Saharan secular states: the challenges for Senegal and Mali, Fatou Sow, Open Democracy, 10 October 2014
Secular conference to discuss rise of religious-Right, The Guardian, 9 October 2014
Conquering Fear with Hope, Gita Sahgal, Open Democracy, 9 October 2014
L’urgenza della laicità, Riforma, 9 October 2014
Event on Rise of Religious Extremism to be Hosted in London, Prensa Latina, 9 October 2014
Promoting the global secular alternative in the ISIS era, Karima Bennoune’s interview with Marieme Helie Lucas and Maryam Namazie. Open Democracy, 4 October 2014
Law Society under growing pressure over sharia wills guidance, NSS Newsline, 19 September 2014
Kate Middleton Breaks Celeb Boycott Of The Dorchester, The Huffington Post UK, 2 June 2014 [external link]
Is feminism only as strong as the men who support it? The Age, 28 May 2014 [external link]
Apostasy and Asylum: Escaping the Clutches of Religion, Open Democracy, 26 May 2014 [external link]
Lars Åberg: Vänsterns kulturrelativism leder till en ideologisk kullerbytta, Sydsvenskan, 23 May 2014 [external link]
Iranian Women Launch Facebook Page Against Hijab: ‘A Key Challenge to Regime’ Activist Says, IBN, 16 May 2014 [external link]
Maryam Namazie: Fear, Fitnah and Freedom, The Thinking Atheist, 8 May 2014 [external link]
Bunuh Pemerkosa, Malah Terancam Hukuman Gantung, Inilah, 30 April 2014 [external link]
Maryam Namazie: There is no place for Sharia in Britain’s legal system, HeadofLaw, 29 April 2014 [external link]
Iran courts still blaming rape victims for their attack, Vice News, 29 April 2014 [external link]
اعتراض عريان آينه تمام قد, Iranian, 16 April 2014 [external link]
ثبت شد, Rowzane, 27 March 2014 [external link]
این بدن متعلق به من است, Tavana, 17 March 2014 [external link]
Women go Nak*d to mark International Women’s Day, Ghana News, 15 March 2014 [external link]
كسی كه مشت به آسمان می كوبد!, International, 14 March 2014 [external link]
از طاهره قرة العین تا مریم نمازی, Journal, 13 March 2014 [external link]
Women’s Day Nudity, Iranian, 12 March 2014 [external link]
عریان میشوم، اعتراض میکنم، تو را به چالش میکشم, RFI, 10 March 2014 [external link]
Separate is never equal, Open Magazine, 8 February 2014
Muslim gender segregation stirs UK debate, Al Jazeera, 30 January 2014
University Challenge: secular neutrality or religious privilege? Open Democracy, 20 January 2014
On sex segregation, BBC World Service, 14 December 2013
Gender segregation guidelines u-turn following PM warning, Channel 4 News,13 December 2013
Universities pull back from sex segregation as Cameron weighs in, Daily Telegraph, 13 December 2013
On the niqab, Community Channel, 13 December 2013
Sexual apartheid: Is there any room for gender segregation, This Week, 12 December 2013
Outcry at ‘gender apartheid’ in new guidance for UK universities, The Independent, 11 December 2013
University gender segregation ‘violation of women’s freedom’, BBC, 11 December 2013
Backlash grows over university gender segregation guidelines, Daily Telegraph, 11 December 2013
Sex apartheid in British universities deemed acceptable, Voice of Russia, 11 December 2013
Gender Segregation protests against university guidelines, Channel 4 News, 10 December 2013
Why we are protesting against gender segregation this evening, Left Foot Forward, 10 December 2013
Sex segregation at university debates is not okay, Care2, 30 November 2013
Should Britain ban the niqab? Channel 4thought.tv, 27 November 2013
Iránec prežil 12 minútovú popravu. Obesia ho znovu, Aktuality, 17 October 2013
Pedofilia legalizzata? In Iran si può, Panorama, 11 October 2013
An end to legalised paedophilia, CNN iReport, 6 October 2013
Fitnah targets Islam; “ready to cause affliction”, Women’s eNews, 2 May 2013
On Fitnah, Interview with Maryam Namazie, Token Skeptic, 29 April 2013
Fitnah Movement for Women’s Liberation Founded, National Secular Society Newsline, 26 April 2013
Fitnah Founded, Akhbar e Rooz, 20 April 2013
Fitnah Founded, Peyk e Iran, 20 April 2013
«La nudité est l’antithèse du voile», Liberation, 3 April 2013[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]