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Maryam Namazie
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Iranian-born writer & campaigner. Called 'immoral, corrupt & a harlot’ by Islamic regime of Iran; ‘distressing & objectionable’ by @TedX. #WomanLifeFreedom
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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · Sep 16
We live in Age of Hate but humanity’s future is shared.

#MahsaJinaAmini murder & #WomanLifeFreedom it sparked summons Age of Humanity via a women’s revolution allowing us to imagine anew what it means to live, to resist, to be free & to be fully human.

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Ex-Muslim Awareness Month 2025: The Mission Behind #whynotislam & #FreeBetty #FreeSherifGaber

On Youtube with @unitingthecults @thesecularspirit @haramdoodles @binnaeus @raghed_rustom_ @apostatealaddin @yasmine_elbaramawy #FreeBetty #whereissherifgaber

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December 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Someone better warn Tommy in advance that "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas" is not technically a carol, and in fact refers to snow.

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'Putting Christ back into Christmas': Carol concert announced as follow up to Tommy Robinson rally - Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & Analysis
Controversial far-right activist Tommy Robinson has announced a carol event in London, urging his followers to "put Christ back into Christmas".
premierchristian.news
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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For #ExMuslimMonth my ExMuslim partner and I launched exmuslim.me!

It’s the first global map of stories shared anonymously by ExMuslims, giving them a safe & powerful way to share their journey out of Islam in a world where religions are respected more than the people they harm.

#whyNOTislam
exmuslim stories from around the world
Your story matters. Share it anonymously to help exmuslims on their journey out of Islam.
exmuslim.me
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
maryamnamazie.bsky.social
Criticism of #GodsandGirls film which I am in is it’s “critical of Islam” & Western-influenced feminism.

When it comes to us:.
Oppression is “culture.”
Submission is “authenticity.”
Patriarchy is “heritage.”
Resistance is“Islamophobia.”

A political tool to deny rights for those deemed “other.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
maryamnamazie.bsky.social
For #exmuslimawarenessmonth, let us know your main reasons for

WHY
NOT
ISLAM

#WhyNOTIslam

Let me start:

If #NotIslam, there would be no need to call for #FreeBetty, for end to #sexapartheid & #endapostasylaws #endblashemylaws

ex-muslims.international/events/2025-...
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Got a spare mattress? Support Ibtissame Betty Lachgar arrested for a T-shirt photo taken in London. Sentenced to 30 months. 120+ days without medical care, mattress or humane conditions.
Arm at risk of amputation.
#16Days
#FreeBetty
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@HaramDoodles @ShelleySegal
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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thefreethinkermag.bsky.social
#FreeBetty! Read the Free Betty Coalition's joint letter and find out what YOU can do to aid Betty Lachgar, now imprisoned for over 100 days for the crime of wearing an allegedly blasphemous t-shirt.

@maryamnamazie.bsky.social @natsecsoc.bsky.social

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Free Betty Lachgar! A joint letter from the Free Betty Coalition - The Freethinker
Yesterday marked 100 days since the imprisonment of Moroccan feminist Ibtissame Betty Lachgar for the crime of wearing…
freethinker.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
maryamnamazie.bsky.social
Urgent Concern Over Arrest and Disappearance of Egyptian Activist Sherif Gaber. Up to 20 other atheist activists arrested in government crackdown against freethinkers.
#FreeSherifGaber
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November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Southall Black Sisters (SBS) reassert without apology: solidarity with the Palestinian people is a feminist issue…Challenging male supremacy while ignoring Zionist violence, apartheid, and colonial domination is not feminism. southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/sbs-sta...
SBS STATEMENT ON FILIA CONFERENCE  - Southall Black Sisters
At a time when Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza has entered its second year, the FiLiA conference in Brighton highlighted deep schisms within a feminist movement committed to end violence against wo...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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thefreethinkermag.bsky.social
In honour of Betty Lachgar #FreeBetty, @maryamnamazie.bsky.social published the speech on abortion and women's rights she gave in Betty's place last month.

freethinker.co.uk/2025/10/abor...
Abortion and Bodily Autonomy: Restriction, Repression, and Feminist Fightback - The Freethinker
'The struggle for women’s bodily autonomy is not peripheral to human freedom but at its core.'
freethinker.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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For the record this is what I said @filiacharity.bsky.social 2025 conference. I'm being misrepresented by people intent on forwarding their own distorted agendas @maryamaldossari.bsky.social @maryamnamazie.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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My latest piece in @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social on Abortion & Bodily Autonomy: Restriction, Repression, and Feminist Fightback.
Abortion restrictions serve clear political, economic & ideological aims. Criminalisation disciplines women freethinker.co.uk/2025/10/abor...

My speech for #FreeBetty
October 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Filia begins 💪🏽 @filiacharity.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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I and @maryamaldossari.bsky.social & others will speak at fringe event on Palestine Liberation as a feminist issue. My position -Neither Israeli State nor Hamas: A Progressive Case Against Genocide, War, Occupation, Fundamentalism & Politics of Identity & Dehumanisation — For Woman, Life, Freedom
October 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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On Saturday at @filiacharity.bsky.social, Celebrating Dissent discussion on blasphemous women with Yasmine El Baramawy. @IbtissameBettyLachgar was meant to be with us but she is unjustly imprisoned in Morocco. We will celebrate her and all blasphemous women. #FreeBetty
October 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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On Friday at @filiacharity.bsky.social, join @maryamaldossari.bsky.social Pragna Patel Yasmin Rehman @GitaSahgal @maryamnamazie.bsky.social and Munira Baharaki to discuss sex apartheid as a crime against humanity.
October 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Update: Betty's Lachgar's sentence was upheld after her appeal! H/T @matriactivista.bsky.social

Visit our page, which will be updated with actions, & also links to @maryamnamazie.bsky.social's campaign.

We will show our #solidarity with Betty at #FiLiA2025

#FreeBetty

www.filia.org.uk/freebetty
Join the #FreeBetty campaign — FiLiA
Take a stand for feminist freedom. Visit the #FreeBetty stand to have your photo taken with our striking cardboard cutout of Betty Lachgar — a powerful symbol of resistance and courage.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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At @IbtissameBetty hearing today, Rabat court rejected appeal & upheld 30 month prison sentence & fine for a t-shirt.

It's scandalous, a grave injustice & chilling attack on free expression & individual rights.

We will fight for #FreeBetty

A shameful day for #Morocco.
October 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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T-shirt worn in #London, judged in #Morocco.

Today: @IbtissameBetty Appeal
Imprisoned unjustly in Morocco — sentenced to 30 months for a T-shirt worn in London.

#FreeBetty #EndBlasphemyLaws

ex-muslim.org.uk/2025/09/free...
October 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
maryamnamazie.bsky.social
Today @IbtissameBetty Appeal. She has been imprisoned unjustly in #Morocco — sentenced to 30 months in prison for a T-shirt worn in London.

Women read her sister Siham’s letter, a call for justice and dignity. #FreeBetty #EndBlasphemyLaws

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October 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
maryamnamazie.bsky.social
Trailer of Deeyah Khan's 2016 Film #IslamsNonBelievers, ITV Exposure.

#EndBlasphemyLaws
#FreeBetty
October 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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A debate I did with apologist @TariqRamadan at Oxford Union with 2.7 million views in 2016 on #Islam in Europe. On free expression, relevant as we just celebrated #blasphemyday.
You can see full debate in defence of @Charlie_Hebdo_ here:

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Islam In Europe | Full Head-to-Head Debate | Oxford Union
YouTube video by OxfordUnion
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October 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Secularism is Woman's Issue with Anna Zobnina, Gita Sahgal, Ibtissame Betty Lachgar* & @MaryamNamazie

*Betty is unjustly in prison in Morocco

Chaired by Ali Malik

Friday 3 October, 7:00-8:30pm, London

Organised by CEMB and One Law for All

Tickets: tinyurl.com/mrxvrj3b
October 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Our previous image of the week featured Betty herself. Find out how you can help her by clicking on the links to this and the Jyllands-Posten image.

freethinker.co.uk/2025/08/imag...

#FreeBetty #BlasphemyDay @maryamnamazie.bsky.social
Image of the week: 'Allah is lesbian' (#FreeBetty) - The Freethinker
Ibitissamme Lachgar, known as Betty, is a feminist, human rights activist, and ex-Muslim who for many years has…
freethinker.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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'Betty Lachgar is in prison...not because she harmed anyone, but because of her t-shirt. For that, she is being persecuted and prosecuted, whilst those who threatened her with rape and death walk free.' - @maryamnamazie.bsky.social on Betty's plight. #FreeBetty

freethinker.co.uk/2025/09/free...
Freedom of expression lives where offence begins: In defence of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar - The Freethinker
'To criminalise dissent is to give ideas rights they cannot have, whilst stripping individuals of rights they must.'
freethinker.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM