Maryam Namazie News & Updates

Maryam Namazie

Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born writer and activist living in the UK. She is the Spokesperson of O...

Feb 16, 2023 • Libcom

Ex-Muslim speaker's Warwick University ban overturned following public pressure

A decision to ban a speaker from Warwick University, citing fears she may offend Muslim students, ha...

Sep 27, 2015 • Coventry Telegraph

Ex-Muslim human rights campaigner Maryam Namazie banned from Warwick University because she'd offend Islam

Maryam Namazie has condemned the claims she could incite hatred against Islam while speaking at Warw...

Sep 25, 2015 • IBTimes UK

Maryam Namazie: Secular activist barred from speaking at Warwick University over fears of 'inciting hatred' against Muslim students

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the st...

Sep 26, 2015 • The Independent

Maryam Namazie: Warwick University student union ban on ex-Muslim campaigner overturned after outcry

Maryam Namazie condemned the claims she could incite hatred against Islam while speaking at Warwick ...

Sep 28, 2015 • IBTimes UK

Maryam Namazie: What’s All The Fuss About The Veil

Bahar a young woman living in Germany wrote: When you see me on the street I am veiled but do not th...

Mar 26, 2007 • Scoop

International TV English with Maryam Namazie

Topics covered on week of Sunday 19 December 2004 English programme are: Hajieh Esmailvand’s immin...

Dec 21, 2004 • Scoop

Student union blocks speech by 'inflammatory' anti-sharia activist

Warwick University union says Maryam Namazie could incite hatred on campus if allowed to take up sec...

Sep 26, 2015 • The Guardian

University's U-turn on decision to BAN speaker over fears she may offend Muslims

Intense public pressure has prompted a university union to make a U-turn on a decision to ban a spea...

Sep 27, 2015 • The Mirror

Anger as speaker at Warwick University banned over Islam offence fears

High profile figures including Richard Dawkins and Prof Brian Cox have reacted angrily to the decisi...

Sep 27, 2015 • Coventry Telegraph

Petition launched to allow secular activist Maryam Namazie's speech at Warwick University, following 'ban'

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Sep 26, 2015 • The Independent

The Body Riots on Hijab Day for Woman, Life, Freedom and No Hijab Day

Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born writer and activist living in the UK. She's the spokesperson of "O...

Feb 15, 2023 • Libcom

MARYAM NAMAZIE: Why I had to face down the bullies trying to silence my supposedly 'offensive' stance on Islam

This week marked the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. The atrocity was a br...

Jan 09, 2016 • Daily Mail

Islam and the "culture of offence": missing the point

Dissent and criticism of religion has always been a crucial aspect of free expression. Historically,...

Feb 12, 2015 • openDemocracy

Iran: More executions, more protests in Iran, UK and everywhere. Silence is inhuman, unethical and self-defeating

Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born writer and activist living in the UK. She is the Spokesperson of O...

Apr 01, 2023 • Libcom