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Apostasy, Blasphemy and Free Expression in the Age of ISIS
Namazie, Maryam
Article
2015
The right to religion comes with a corresponding right to be free from religion.
Ayatollah BBC and #ExMuslimBecause
Namazie, Maryam
Article
2015
Whilst we mourn our dead in Paris, we must not forget the countless others killed by ISIS and Islamists, including this very month in Lebanon, Nigeria, Mali, Iraq, Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghani...
Gay imperialism: Postcolonial particularity
Article
2016
Since her refusal to accept the Berlin Pride Civil Courage Award, Judith Butler has been a leading critic of "homonationalism" and the closely related phenomenon of so-called "pinkwashing." Homonation...
Gender segregation is humiliating and damaging
Namazie, Maryam
Article
2017
The author looks at gender segregation, drawing on her own personal experiences in Iran but also in a broader context and the resulting psychological damage done to girls from a very young age.
Grasping Diversity, Embracing Democracy
Malik, Kenan
Article
2017
Can Diversity Embrace Democracy? Can Democracy Acknowledge Diversity?
Hamas, Hezbollah, and so-called 'resistance' against Zionist imperialism
Article
2010
Imperialism, as Lenin states, is more progressive than the fanatical religious tendencies that fight to resist it. But to be clear, this does not amount to an endorsement of U.S. or Israeli policies o...
Ideological Violence and Sociopathic Rage
Malik, Kenan
Article
2017
‘How can we distinguish violence driven by ideology from sociopathic rage?
Islam, Politics and the State: The Pakistan Experience
Khan, Mohammad Asghar
Book
Mohammad Asghar Khan, prominent in the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy, has assembled leading Pakistani scholars at home and abroad to assess critically the consequences of Zia's Islamicisat...
Sharia 'Courts': Why Regulation is Not the Answer
Patel, Pragna
Article
'Sharia' and other religious systems of arbitration are back in the news once again. There appears to be growing recognition of the profoundly discriminatory nature of religious arbitration systems wh...
The Sharia debate in the UK: who will listen to our voices?
Patel, Pragna
Article
2016
Over 300 abused women have signed a statement opposing Sharia courts and religious bodies, warning of the growing threat to their rights and to their collective struggles for security and independence...
Trump, Namazie, Islam, Free Speech and the Left
Malik, Kenan
Article
On the odd relationship that many on the left have with Islam. They view all Muslims as helpless victims, and regard any criticism of Islam as a form of bigotry.
Why I had to face down the bullies trying to silence my supposedly 'offensive' stance on Islam
Namazie, Maryam
Article
2016
This week marked the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. The atrocity was a brutal attack not just on human life but also on the principle of free speech, one of the pillars of h...

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Thou Shalt Not Give Offence
Malik, Kenan
2017
Kenan Malik looks at the free speech debates around the Danish cartoons and Charlie Hebdo.