Calendar
Upcoming Events
Date: 10th February 2010
Time: 6pm
Venue: Human Rights Festival at Kingston University
Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, KT1 2EE
Maryam will be speaking on Iran Solidarity.
Date: 11 February 2010
Time: 4-8pm
Venue: Islamic regime of Iran's embassy in London
Rally in support of people of Iran
Date: 14th February 2010
Time: 2pm - 6pm
Maryam Namazie will be speaking at the "London for a Secular Europe" march is held in conjunction with a similar event in Rome ("NO VAT", i.e. "No Vatican"), where secular Italians are protesting against the political power and influence of the Vatican, and its anti-human rights agenda in Italy, Europe and worldwide.
Date: 25 February 2010
Time: 1300-1400
Venue: Lincoln College
Maryam will be speaking on topic of Ethics and Freedom and how Sharia law violates it
Date: Monday, March 8, 2010
Time: 1800-2100 hours
Venue: Conway Hall
A seminar with legal experts, legislators, campaigners and activists on the legal and legislative avenues to restrict Sharia law in Britain.
Tickets: £10; concessionary tickets available.
Date: May 23, 2010
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA, Southampton
Maryam Namazie will speak about the One Law for All campaign.
Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010
Time: 1400-16:00 hours
Venue: Central London
Rally against Sharia law
June 20 is the anniversary of the killing of protester Neda Agha-Soltan in Iran. The rally will oppose Sharia law and show soldiarity with people resisting it everywhere.
Date: December 11, 2009
Time: 1200-1800 hours
Venue: Conway Hall
Conference on Sharia Law and Apostasy
Tickets: £10; concessionary tickets available.
Past Events
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010
Time: 1900 hours
Venue: Central London gastropub
Fundraising Dinner to raise money for the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and One Law for All
Keynote Speaker: AC Grayling
Comedian Nick Doody, Singer/Songwriter David Fisher and Magician Neil Edward will do acts
To buy tickets to the event, which includes a three-course meal at one of the finest gastropubs in London , contact onelawforall@gmail.com or exmuslimcouncil@gmail.com. Tickets are £45 per person. If you can't come to the event, please donate the equivalent so that volunteers of the campaign can attend the dinner.
Date: 26 January 2010
Time: 7pm
Venue: University College Dublin Law Society
Maryam Namazie will debate on the conflict between many of the world's most followed religious doctrines, the place of women, and equality in society.
Date: 25 January, 2010
Time: Evening
Venue: SW London Humanist Group in Richmond
Maryam Namazie will speak on ‘Sharia versus Human Rights.'
Date: November 27, 2009
Time: 0800-1600
Venue: Malmo, Sweden
Maryam Namazie will be speaking at a conference entitled: A voice from voiceless women.
Date: Saturday 21 November 2009
Time: 1200-1400
Venue: North Carriage Drive, in-between Stanhope Place Gate and Albion Gate, Hyde Park, London (Closest underground: Marble Arch)
21 November is a day against Sharia law and for human rights
One Law for All campaign is organising a rally on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 1200pm in London 's Hyde Park . The rally aims to oppose religious laws in Britain and elsewhere, show solidarity with people living under and resisting Sharia, and to defend universal rights and secularism.
Simultaneous acts of solidarity and support for the rally and its aims will take place in countries across the world including Australia , Austria , Belgium , Canada , Denmark , France , Germany , Hungary , Israel , Kenya , Nigeria , Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden.
Moreover, winners of the campaign's art competition exposing the discriminatory nature of religious law and promoting freedom and equal rights will be announced at the event.
One Law for All Spokesperson, Maryam Namazie, commented, ‘Sharia law is becoming a key battleground, particularly because it is an extension and representation of the rising threat of Islamism. Sharia matters to people everywhere because it adversely affects the rights, lives and freedoms of countless human beings across the world. Opposing Sharia law is a crucial step in defending universal and equal rights and secularism and showing real solidarity with people living under and resisting it everywhere. November 21 is yet another important day for further strengthening the mass movement needed that can and will put a stop to Sharia once and for all.'
Notes
1. The One Law for All campaign rally marks Universal Children's Day and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
2. Speakers at the rally include: Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain's Asad Abbas; Poet ‘AK47;' Musician Fari B; International Humanist and Ethical Union's Roy Brown; Secularist Ismail Einashe; Singer/Songwriter David Fisher; Philosopher AC Grayling; Southall Black Sisters' Rahila Gupta; Poet ‘Lilith;' Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq's Houzan Mahmoud, Lawyer Rony Miah; Campaigner Maryam Namazie; Writer Taslima Nasrin; British Humanist Association's Naomi Phillips; European Humanist Federation's David Pollock; Iranian Secular Society's Fariborz Pooya; National Secular Society's Terry Sanderson; Poet Selina aka ‘Jus1Jam;' Activist Muriel Seltman; Equal Rights Now's Sohaila Sharifi; Organisation for the Defence of Secularism and Civil Rights in Iraq's Issam Shukri; Iran Solidarity's Bahar Milani; Human Rights Campaigner Peter Tatchell and National Secular Society's Keith Porteous Wood.
3. Art competition judges are Philosopher AC Grayling; Singer Deeyah; Journalist Johann Hari; and Columnist Polly Toynbee.
4. Responses to Frequently Asked Questions including the affinity between the far right and the Islamists, the issue of secularism, whether Islamic states are a threat to humankind and the need to defend the right to asylum for those who have fled Sharia law can be found on http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/about/faq.
5. One Law for All campaign was launched on 10 December 2008 - International Human Rights Day. It has since received the support of over 20,000 groups and individuals.
6. For further comment or information, please contact Maryam Namazie on +44 (0) 7719166731 or onelawforall@gmail.com or visit www.onelawforall.org.uk .
Date: July 13, 2009
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Venue: House of Lords, London
Launch of Iran Solidarity
For more information: contact iransolidaritynow@gmail.com
Date: July 15, 2009
Time: 8:00-9:30pm
Venue: The Village Centre, 59 High Street,The Square,Great Eccleston. (Nr Preston). PR3 0YB
Organisation Hosting: Lancashire Secular Humanists
Maryam Namazie will speak about the One Law for All campaign
Contact: Ian Abbott, ian@ianzere.demon.co.uk
Date: June 21, 2009
Time: 7:30pm
Maryam Namazie will speak about the One Law for All campaign
Organisation Hosting: Essex Humanists
Date: 21 May 2009
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: UK , Plowman Room, Oxford Town Hall
Organisation Hosting: Oxford Humanists
Maryam Namazie will speak about the One Law for All campaign
For more information, contact 01865 891876
17 April 2009, 7.30pm, Conway Hall, London , UK
Islam, Human Rights and Homophobia – A talk by Maryam Namazie sponsored by the Gay And Lesbian Humanist Association. For more information: www.galha.org
April 4-5, 2009, International Conference on Secularism, Paris , France
"Bourse du Travail" of Saint-Denis (93200)
9-11, street Génin – (Enter by street Bobby Sands)
Maryam Namazie will be speaking on a panel on the centrality of the struggle for women's rights from 16h 30 to 18h 30 on April 4. For more information: www.laicity.info
Political Islam, Sharia and Women's Rights, March 14, 2009,Toronto, Canada
25 Cecil Street, United Steelworkers' Hall, 7:30pm
Panel discussion on Political Islam, Sharia and Women's Rights with Maryam Namazie (Spokesperson of Equal Rights Now, Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and One Law for All Campaign against Sharia Law in Britain), Tarek Fatah (Founder of Muslim Canadian Congress and Author of "Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State," Khayal Ibrahim (Women's Liberation in Iraq), Justin Trottier (Executive Director of Center for Inquiry, Ontario) and Issam Shukri (Head of the Organization for the Defense of Secularism and Civil Rights in Iraq). For more information: 1-416-471-7138; WPIcanada@yahoo.com.
$5 entry.
Freedom of Expression and Political Islam, a presentation by Maryam Namazie, March 16th, TOronto, Canada
7:00-9:00PM
Centre for Inquiry, 216 Beverley St., Toronto, ON
For more information.
$8 regular, $4 students, FREE for CFI Friends of the Centre
Vancouver
March 20, UBC
6:30pm, Maryam Namazie's presentation on Political Islam, Sharia and Women's Rights
Victoria
March 24
7:00 to 10:00, UVIC
Lecture Hall at Bob Wright Building
Free entry; donations welcome
Maryam Namazie's presentation on Political Islam, Sharia and Women's Rights
For more information: 1-250-380-1319; vicc22@hotmail.com.
Sharia Law, Sexual Apartheid and Women's Rights, march 7, 2009, London
3:30-4:30pm, North Terrace, Trafalgar Square, London
Symbolic rally and march towards Red Lion Square from 4:30-5:30pm
6:00-8:00pm, Public Meeting on Sharia Law, Sexual Apartheid and Women's Rights
Conway Hall, 25 Red Line Square, London, WC1R 4RL
Speakers at the public meeting include: Sargul Ahmad (International Campaign against Civil Law in Kurdistan Iraq Head), Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Journalist and British Muslims for Secular Democracy Chair), Naser Khader (Democratic Muslims Founder), Gina Khan (One Law for All Spokesperson), Kenan Malik (Writer and Broadcaster), Yasaman Molazadeh (One Law for All Legal Coordinator):Maryam Namazie (Equal Rights Now Organisation against Women's Discrimination in Iran and One Law for All Spokesperson), Pragna Patel (Southall Black Sisters and Women Against Fundamentalism founding member), Fariborz Pooya (Iranian Secular Society and Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain Chair), and Carla Revere (Lawyers' Secular Society Chair).
One law for all: campaign against sharia law in britain launch, house of Lords, 4-5pm, December 10, 2008, london
on faith scools, january 14 from 7pm, leicester
Maryam Namazie will be speaking on faith schools at a local NUT meeting.
Political Islam and Free Expression, 22 November 2008, 12-4pm, Stockholm
Lars Vilks, Mina Ahadi, Maryam Namazie, Rebecca Hybbinette, Jens Ganman, will be speaking on a panel moderated by Afsaneh Vadhat, and Ellis Wohlner in Sweden.
Emma Humphreys Award Ceremony, 24 October, Drill Hall, London
Maryam Namazie has been nominated for the award and will be attending the ceremony.
On the importance of the CEMB, Central London, October 15
Maryam Namazie will be speaking to members of the Central London Humanist Group on October 15 at 6:30pm.
On the Council of Ex-Muslims, North London, October 16
Maryam Namazie will be responding to questions raised over the past year on the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain at a meeting organised by the North London Humanists, October 16, 8pm.
POlitical Islam, Sharia Law and Civil Society, October 10, 2008 at Conway Hall, London
The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain presents its first international conference: Political Islam, Sharia Law, And Civil Society on Friday 10 October 2008 - International day against the Death Penalty - from 10am-6pm (Registration begins at 9am) at Conway Hall London 25 Red Lion Square WC1R 4RL (Closest station: Holborn). Speakers at the event are: Mina Ahadi, Mahin Alipour, Roy Brown, Andrew Copson, Richard Dawkins,Giles Enders, AC Grayling, Johann Hari, Ehsan Jami, Rony Miah, Maryam Namazie, Fariborz Pooya, Terry Sanderson, Joan Smith, Bahram Soroush, Hanne Stinson, Hamid Taqvaee, Ibn Warraq, Keith Porteous Wood, and Zia Zaffar. Thee vent includes a comedy act by Nick Doody, Fitna Remade by Reza Moradi and Breaking the Taboo by Patty Debonitas. To see the conference proceedings, visit CEMB site: http://www.ex-muslim.org.uk/indexPressreleases.html.
Annual Reunion of Kindred Organisations, 21 September, Conway Hall, London
Maryam Namazie will be speaking on behalf of the CEMB at the annual reunion at 1430.
CEMB's One year anniversary celebration, Central London , July 5, 2008, from 2pm onwards
We are asking members and supporters to join CEMB executive committee members for drinks to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the establishment of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and to meet other like-minded people in central London on 5th July 2008 from 2pm onwards. For more details, please RSVP by emailing us.
Political Islam and Freedom of Expression, June 6, 2008, World Humanist Congress, Washington , DC
Maryam Namazie will be speaking at the World Humanist Congress plenary session: Freedom of conscience and Expression at 1:30-2:45pm at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel just off the National Mall. For more information, click here.
Alternative Islam Conference, Koln, Germany, 31 May-1 June, 2008
Maryam Namazie will be speaking at the alternative Islam conference in Koln, Germany on May 31 at 11am and again at 1230pm on a panel with other heads of Ex-Muslim Councils. Her 11am speech is entitled Islam is significant because of political Islam'.
Secularism, Sharia law and the future of civil society, Oxford Secular Society, April 29, 2008, 7:30pm, Oxford
Maryam Namazie will talk about Rowan Williams' recent comments on Sharia law's inevitability for Britain and the future of secularism and civil society. She will explain why political Islam needs to be challenged, and how her organisation is helping.
Medieval Executions in 2008, April 15, Boras, Sweden
Maryam Namazie will be speaking on Islam, stonings, honour killings and women's rights.
International conference against honour killings, April 12, 2008, 5-9pm, London
Maryam Namazie will be speaking at an Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq conference in commemoration of Du'a Kahlil, the 17 year old girl who was stoned to death in Iraqi Kurdistan, and to denounce "honour killings" globally.
Sexual apartheid, Islam and political Islam and Women's Rights, International Women's Day seminar, March 10, 2008, Conway Hall, London
The Council of Ex-Muslims and Equal Rights Now, an organisation against women's discrimination in Iran are holding a seminar in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day on March 10, 2008 from 6-10pm at Conway Hall. The seminar will focus on Sexual apartheid, Sharia law, Islam and political Islam and Women's Rights. Confirmed speakers at the seminar are: Louise Couling, Chair of the Regional Women's Committee and member of the National Executive Council of Unison; Joan Smith, Novelist, columnist and human rights activist; Maryam Namazie and Mina Ahadi, the Councils of Ex-Muslims of Britain and Germany and National Secular Society Secularist of the Year award winners in 2005 and 2007 respectively, and Houzan Mahmoud, spokesperson of the Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq. The event will be chaired by Hanne Stinson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association. The seminar has been endorsed by the National Secular Society, the British Humanist Association, the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association and Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq.
Life after leavingIslam, Cambridge University Atheist and Agnostic Society, January 30, 2008, Cambridge
Maryam Namazie will be speaking at Cambridge University Atheist and Agnostic Society on the ex-Muslim movement and its challenge to political Islam on January 30, 2008 at 7:30pm.