Online Monthly Meetups are held on the third Tuesday of every month, 7.00-8.00pm UK time. Meetups are run by Ali Malik.

This month’s meetup is with Khadija Khan on Religious Misogyny.

Link to live event on Youtube and Facebook will be posted here closer to the time.

Khadija Khan is a Pakistani journalist and a commentator currently based in UK. She writes about human rights, mainly women’s rights, as well as minorities, extremism and Islamism. She is an advocate for women’s rights, strongly believes that religion infringes women’s rights and Islam is no exception. She denounces the idea of Islamic feminism, since finding refuge for women’s rights under organised religion is not more than a myth. Being a humanist, she believes in tolerance and equality for all human beings. She criticizes the usage of blasphemy laws as a tool to crackdown on dissent and supports freedom of and from religion. She stresses the need of having freedom of speech to counter extremist ideologies in her write ups. She believes that freedom to challenge bad idea is the most effective way to counter extremist narratives.