Maryam Namazie

Maryam Namazie is spokesperson of One Law for All, Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and Fitnah. She is also producer of Bread and Roses, a weekly TV programme broadcast in Iran and the Middle East.

One woman’s brush with Sharia courts in the UK: "It ruined my life forever"

“My daughter and I appeared before the Sharia court at Regent's Park mosque in London. They were not interested in anything we had to say, the whole process was shocking.”

By Maryam Namazie and Rahila Gupta

/ 7 Nov 2016

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

In the age of ISIS, dissent and criticism of religion is a life and death necessity. It has been - and remains - key for human progress.

By Maryam Namazie

/ 12 Feb 2015

Promoting the global secular alternative in the ISIS era

While many of us watch in horror as ISIS advances, and fundamentalist ideas spread across religious traditions around the world, Maryam Namazie and Marieme Hélie-Lucas - secular feminists from Iran and Algeria - told Karima Bennoune why they are convening the International Secular Conference in Lo

By Marieme Hélie-Lucas and Maryam Namazie

/ 4 Oct 2014