Maryam Namazie
@maryamnamazie.bsky.social
Iranian-born writer & campaigner. Called 'immoral, corrupt & a harlot’ by Islamic regime of Iran; ‘distressing & objectionable’ by @TedX. #WomanLifeFreedom
My new piece in @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social
On #Israel, #Hamas, and Refusing the Binary
Reflections on the 2025 @filiacharity.bsky.social @rahilag.bsky.social & Fringe Event Controversy
freethinker.co.uk/2025/12/on-i...
On #Israel, #Hamas, and Refusing the Binary
Reflections on the 2025 @filiacharity.bsky.social @rahilag.bsky.social & Fringe Event Controversy
freethinker.co.uk/2025/12/on-i...
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
My new piece in @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social
On #Israel, #Hamas, and Refusing the Binary
Reflections on the 2025 @filiacharity.bsky.social @rahilag.bsky.social & Fringe Event Controversy
freethinker.co.uk/2025/12/on-i...
On #Israel, #Hamas, and Refusing the Binary
Reflections on the 2025 @filiacharity.bsky.social @rahilag.bsky.social & Fringe Event Controversy
freethinker.co.uk/2025/12/on-i...
December 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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
www.youtube.com/live/tU8V-nX...
On Youtube with @unitingthecults @thesecularspirit @haramdoodles @binnaeus @raghed_rustom_ @apostatealaddin @yasmine_elbaramawy #FreeBetty #whereissherifgaber
www.youtube.com/live/tU8V-nX...
December 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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
www.youtube.com/live/tU8V-nX...
On Youtube with @unitingthecults @thesecularspirit @haramdoodles @binnaeus @raghed_rustom_ @apostatealaddin @yasmine_elbaramawy #FreeBetty #whereissherifgaber
www.youtube.com/live/tU8V-nX...
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.”
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
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.”
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.”
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-...
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
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-...
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-...
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
freebetty.org
@HaramDoodles @ShelleySegal
Arm at risk of amputation.
#16Days
#FreeBetty
freebetty.org
@HaramDoodles @ShelleySegal
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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
freebetty.org
@HaramDoodles @ShelleySegal
Arm at risk of amputation.
#16Days
#FreeBetty
freebetty.org
@HaramDoodles @ShelleySegal
Urgent Concern Over Arrest and Disappearance of Egyptian Activist Sherif Gaber. Up to 20 other atheist activists arrested in government crackdown against freethinkers.
#FreeSherifGaber
tinyurl.com/bdbbncsx
#FreeSherifGaber
tinyurl.com/bdbbncsx
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Urgent Concern Over Arrest and Disappearance of Egyptian Activist Sherif Gaber. Up to 20 other atheist activists arrested in government crackdown against freethinkers.
#FreeSherifGaber
tinyurl.com/bdbbncsx
#FreeSherifGaber
tinyurl.com/bdbbncsx
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
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
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
Abortion restrictions serve clear political, economic & ideological aims. Criminalisation disciplines women freethinker.co.uk/2025/10/abor...
My speech for #FreeBetty
Filia begins 💪🏽 @filiacharity.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Filia begins 💪🏽 @filiacharity.bsky.social
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
It's scandalous, a grave injustice & chilling attack on free expression & individual rights.
We will fight for #FreeBetty
A shameful day for #Morocco.
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...
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
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...
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...
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
www.instagram.com/reel/DPdhPdj...
Women read her sister Siham’s letter, a call for justice and dignity. #FreeBetty #EndBlasphemyLaws
www.instagram.com/reel/DPdhPdj...
October 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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
www.instagram.com/reel/DPdhPdj...
Women read her sister Siham’s letter, a call for justice and dignity. #FreeBetty #EndBlasphemyLaws
www.instagram.com/reel/DPdhPdj...
October 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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
*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
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
*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
On #blasphemyDay stand with Ibtissame Betty Lachgar unjustly imprisoned in #Morocco for a t-shirt. Whilst blasphemy laws claim to defend public/religious 'morality,' they in fact protect state & reinforce patriarchal control. #FreeBetty whose only 'crime' is to speak truth to power.
September 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
On #blasphemyDay stand with Ibtissame Betty Lachgar unjustly imprisoned in #Morocco for a t-shirt. Whilst blasphemy laws claim to defend public/religious 'morality,' they in fact protect state & reinforce patriarchal control. #FreeBetty whose only 'crime' is to speak truth to power.
I take Ibtissame Betty Lachgar place at Hrabre Sestre conference to speak on restrictions on abortion in countries under Islamic influence, honour Betty & demand #FreeBetty from unjust imprisonment in Morocco for a t-shirt.
📅 September 27, Split
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📅 September 27, Split
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September 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I take Ibtissame Betty Lachgar place at Hrabre Sestre conference to speak on restrictions on abortion in countries under Islamic influence, honour Betty & demand #FreeBetty from unjust imprisonment in Morocco for a t-shirt.
📅 September 27, Split
s4her.com/en
📅 September 27, Split
s4her.com/en
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.
tinyurl.com/vdmurf5d
#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.
tinyurl.com/vdmurf5d
September 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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.
tinyurl.com/vdmurf5d
#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.
tinyurl.com/vdmurf5d
Your national flags divide
Our future is shared
#Refugeesarewelcome
#UniteTheKingdom against racism and hate
Our future is shared
#Refugeesarewelcome
#UniteTheKingdom against racism and hate
September 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Your national flags divide
Our future is shared
#Refugeesarewelcome
#UniteTheKingdom against racism and hate
Our future is shared
#Refugeesarewelcome
#UniteTheKingdom against racism and hate
Jin, Jiyan, Azadî – #WomanLifeFreedom
with Natasha Walter, Mehri Rezai, Maryam Namazie, Noura Sabri, Shirona Jude-Manorajh, Dewa Khan, Freny Pavri, Sara Fotros, Suna Alan, EKA | Bandura
14 Sept, 2:00 PM
Kurdish Community Centre, 11 Portland Gardens, Harringay, London N4 1HU
with Natasha Walter, Mehri Rezai, Maryam Namazie, Noura Sabri, Shirona Jude-Manorajh, Dewa Khan, Freny Pavri, Sara Fotros, Suna Alan, EKA | Bandura
14 Sept, 2:00 PM
Kurdish Community Centre, 11 Portland Gardens, Harringay, London N4 1HU
September 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Jin, Jiyan, Azadî – #WomanLifeFreedom
with Natasha Walter, Mehri Rezai, Maryam Namazie, Noura Sabri, Shirona Jude-Manorajh, Dewa Khan, Freny Pavri, Sara Fotros, Suna Alan, EKA | Bandura
14 Sept, 2:00 PM
Kurdish Community Centre, 11 Portland Gardens, Harringay, London N4 1HU
with Natasha Walter, Mehri Rezai, Maryam Namazie, Noura Sabri, Shirona Jude-Manorajh, Dewa Khan, Freny Pavri, Sara Fotros, Suna Alan, EKA | Bandura
14 Sept, 2:00 PM
Kurdish Community Centre, 11 Portland Gardens, Harringay, London N4 1HU
Freedom of expression lives where offence begins: In defence of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social
To offend is to question certainty, strip sacred of its privilege & laugh in face of fear & threats. Society that bans offence bans thought itself.
tinyurl.com/r3e7wah2
#FreeBetty
To offend is to question certainty, strip sacred of its privilege & laugh in face of fear & threats. Society that bans offence bans thought itself.
tinyurl.com/r3e7wah2
#FreeBetty
September 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Freedom of expression lives where offence begins: In defence of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social
To offend is to question certainty, strip sacred of its privilege & laugh in face of fear & threats. Society that bans offence bans thought itself.
tinyurl.com/r3e7wah2
#FreeBetty
To offend is to question certainty, strip sacred of its privilege & laugh in face of fear & threats. Society that bans offence bans thought itself.
tinyurl.com/r3e7wah2
#FreeBetty
27 August: FREE IBTISSAME BETTY LACHGAR PROTEST
Date: Wednesday 27 August 2025
Time: 3–4 PM
Location: Moroccan Embassy, 49 Queen’s Gate Gardens, London SW7 5NE
ex-muslim.org.uk/2025/08/27-a...
Date: Wednesday 27 August 2025
Time: 3–4 PM
Location: Moroccan Embassy, 49 Queen’s Gate Gardens, London SW7 5NE
ex-muslim.org.uk/2025/08/27-a...
August 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
27 August: FREE IBTISSAME BETTY LACHGAR PROTEST
Date: Wednesday 27 August 2025
Time: 3–4 PM
Location: Moroccan Embassy, 49 Queen’s Gate Gardens, London SW7 5NE
ex-muslim.org.uk/2025/08/27-a...
Date: Wednesday 27 August 2025
Time: 3–4 PM
Location: Moroccan Embassy, 49 Queen’s Gate Gardens, London SW7 5NE
ex-muslim.org.uk/2025/08/27-a...
Join protest to #FreeBetty on date of trial for “Allah is a Lesbian” T-shirt. Being LGBT is not an insult; criticism of religion's not a crime.
Wed 27 Aug
15:00–16:00
Moroccan Embassy, 49 Queen’s Gate Gardens, London SW7 5NE
@CEMB_forum @FaithlessHijabi Ex-Muslims Intl
Wed 27 Aug
15:00–16:00
Moroccan Embassy, 49 Queen’s Gate Gardens, London SW7 5NE
@CEMB_forum @FaithlessHijabi Ex-Muslims Intl
August 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Join protest to #FreeBetty on date of trial for “Allah is a Lesbian” T-shirt. Being LGBT is not an insult; criticism of religion's not a crime.
Wed 27 Aug
15:00–16:00
Moroccan Embassy, 49 Queen’s Gate Gardens, London SW7 5NE
@CEMB_forum @FaithlessHijabi Ex-Muslims Intl
Wed 27 Aug
15:00–16:00
Moroccan Embassy, 49 Queen’s Gate Gardens, London SW7 5NE
@CEMB_forum @FaithlessHijabi Ex-Muslims Intl