http://www.tolerance.ca/Rubrique.aspx?ID=80&L=en Maryam Namazie Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:15:08 -0500 2012 Tolerance.ca en-ca http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=129705&L=en The One Law for All 11 February rally for Free Expression is being held in London from 14:00-16:00 hours at the Old Palace Yard opposite the House of Lords. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=128667&L=en One Law for All is calling for a rally in defence of free expression and the right to criticise religion on 11 February 2012 in central London from 2-4pm.  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=124575&L=en 10 December 2011 was One Law for All’s third anniversary. We were established in 2008 to oppose Sharia and religious law courts and demand one secular law for all. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=123071&L=en On 22 November, One Law for All will host a seminar on sharia law and the Children Act. In the first examination of its kind, One Law for All will claim that there is a real danger that children, within Muslim communities, are at risk of being exposed to sharia law rulings and removed from the protections of the Children Act. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=121417&L=en The recent murders of Syrian poet and song writer Ibrahim Qashoush and Iraqi playwright and filmmaker Hadi al-Mahdi, as well as the sentence of one year in jail and 90 lashes to actress Marzieh Vafamehr, and the six-year jail sentence and 20-year filmmaking and travel ban against international award-winning Iranian director Jafar Panahi, amongst others, demands serious attention.   Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=121695&L=en 76 secularists and human rights campaigners, including Mina Ahadi, Nawal El Sadaawi, Marieme Helie Lucas, Hameeda Hussein, Ayesha Imam, Maryam Jamil, Maryam Namazie, Taslima Nasrin, Farida Shaheed, Fatou Sow, and Stasa Zajovic have signed on to a Manifesto for a Free and Secular Middle East and North Africa. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=120548&L=en One Law for All presents its 2011 Passion for Freedom Art Festival showcasing a shortlist of international artists discussing religion, Sharia law, equality and one secular law for all through painting, drawing, sculpture, film and installation. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=116787&L=en A new One Law for All report explores how the far-Right has attempted to hijack opposition to Islamism for its own ends. It focuses on the British National Party, the English Defence League and Stop Islamisation of Europe/America, and exposes how their activities, associations, opinions and intentions reveal a racist and inhuman worldview, which must be resisted and criticised with as much vigilance as Islamism itself. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=113341&L=en As you know Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is still languishing in prison. The authorities recently mentioned her case saying that no final decision had yet been reached on her stoning sentence and that Sakineh must remain in prison. Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98115&L=en PASSION FOR FREEDOM ART EXHIBITION 20-27 NOVEMBER 2010. One Law for All is pleased to present an art exhibition in London, England, during 20-27 November 2010 in which a group of international artists address the controversial subject of religion and human rights.   Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=99731&L=en One Law for All is pleased to present a private viewing of an art exhibition in London on 20 November 2010 from 18.30-21.30 hours in which a group of international artists address the controversial subject of religion and human rights. Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98764&L=en According to news received by the International Committee against Stoning and International Commitee against Execution on 1 November 2010, the authorities in Tehran have given the go ahead to Tabriz prison for the execution of Iran stoning case Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. It has been reported that she is to be executed this Wednesday 3 November. Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98582&L=en According to information obtained by the International Committees against stoning and executions, Sajjad, the son of Sakineh and Houtan Kian, her lawyer, are subjected to pressure and severe torture in a prison of Tabriz. Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98204&L=en Iran stoning case Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's son and lawyer, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh and Houtan Kian, have been held by the Islamic regime of Iran since their arrest along with two German journalists on 10 October. Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=96972&L=en Larry King’s overly cordial interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad failed to press the head of a repressive Islamic Republic of Iran on many issues raised, including on the Iran stoning case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani.   Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=96082&L=en BBC Sunday Live invited me to join its debate on whether ‘it is right to condemn Iran for stoning’ on 5 September 2010 via webcam. During the debate, the programme allowed only two interventions via webcam (that of Suhaib Hassan of the Islamic Sharia Council and Mohammad Morandi of Tehran University – both of whom were in support of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s stoning and/or execution). I (who had presumably been invited to defend Ms Ashtiani and oppose stoning in the debate) was never given the opportunity to speak.   Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=92124&L=en We, the undersigned, are extremely concerned about the fate of 43 year old Sakine Mohamadi Ashtiani and fear she may be executed in Iran at any time for ‘having an illicit relationship.’ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=91822&L=en 24 July 2010 is to be designated International Sakine Mohamadi Ashtiani Day according to an open letter signed by Mina Ahadi, International Committee against Stoning and Execution (Germany), Pierre Cassen, Riposte Laïque (France), Richard Dawkins, Scientist (UK), Anne-marie Lizin, Belgian Senate Honorary Speaker (Belgium), and Irshad Manji, European Foundation for Democracy and New York University (USA)  and myself. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=92663&L=en On Friday 30 July 2010, a press conference was held in London on the Iran stoning case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. Mina Ahadi, Coordinator of the International Committee against Executions and International Committee against Stoning read out the latest message from Sakineh... Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=89900&L=en 11 July is the International Day against Stoning – a day we would do well to mark especially given that Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani faces imminent death by stoning for adultery. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie