Calendar

Upcoming Events

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: 21-23 August 2009
All-Ireland Humanist Summer School
Venue: Carlingford Heritage Centre, Co. Louth
Maryam will speak about One law for All.
Contact: Brian McClinton, brianmcclinton@btinternet.com

Date: 21 November 2009
Time: afternoon
Central London
To mark Universal Children's Day and International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

SHOW YOUR OPPOSITION TO SHARIA LAW AND ALL RELIGIOUS-BASED TRIBUNALS IN BRITAIN, IRAN, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, SOMALIA AND ELSEWHERE
DEMAND AN END TO CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND RACISM
DEMAND ONE SECULAR LAW AND UNIVERSAL RIGHTS
DEFEND THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FLED SHARIA
DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS

Confirmed Speakers/acts include Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Mina Ahadi, Fari B, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Roy Brown, Nick Doody, AC Grayling, Rahila Gupta, Johann Hari, Marieme Helie-Lucas, Cllr Mehboob Khan, Houzan Mahmoud, Maryam Namazie, Taslima Nasrin, David Pollock, Fariborz Pooya, Terry Sanderson, Issam Shukri, Sohaila Sharifi, Bahram Soroush, Hanne Stinson, Peter Tatchell and much more...

For more information, contact:

BM Box 2387
London WC1N 3XX, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 7719166731
onelawforall@gmail.com

Date: May 23, 2010
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA, Southampton
Maryam Namazie will speak about the One Law for All campaign.

Past Events

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.