| September 6, 2007 |
Interviews with Maryam Namazie in following Icelandic newspapers and radio: Blaðið „Það er greinilegt að hér hefur lítið verið rætt um íslam. Úr því þarf að bæta. Íslendingar sem og aðrir eiga ekki á láta fæla sig frá heilbrigðri gagnrýni af ótta við að vera úthrópaðir rasistar og árásarmenn á múslíma,” segir Maryam Namazie, stofnandi samtaka fyrrverandi múslíma í Bretlandi. Maryam hefur síðustu daga haldið fyrirlestra um pólitískt íslam hér á landi og hvatt til þess að Íslendingar læri af reynslu annarra þjóða. Salmann Tamimi, formaður Félags múslíma á Íslandi, greindi frá því í gær að honum þætti ummæli hennar árás á alla múslíma. Maryam segist vön slíkum ásökunum. „Slíkar fullyrðingar... Filed as: Media Coverage |
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| September 3, 2007 |  |
Overplaying the race card, American Spectator Overplaying the Race Card By Christopher Orlet Published 9/4/2007 12:07:10 AM Best to get this out of the way from the start: Islam is a religion and a religious ideology, not a race, therefore the recurrent charge that Islam’s critics are racist is nothing more than a thin smokescreen. Yet this truism is repeatedly rejected by Muslim spokesmen. Visit the Islamophobia Watch website and you will find among the many attempts at a definition (e.g. “the fear or hatred of Islam”) this qualification: [T]he term “Islamophobia” does not adequately express the full range and depth of antipathy towards Islam and... Filed as: Media Coverage |
| August 24, 2007 |  |
Maryam Namazie on Islamophobia in the Guardian Channel 4 rejects ‘Islamophobia’ claims Mark Sweney, MediaGuardian Friday August 24 2007 This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Friday August 24 2007. It was last updated at 11:20 on January 08 2008. The Channel 4 deputy head of news and current affairs, Kevin Sutcliffe, today dismissed accusations of Islamophobia in the broadcaster’s programming, stating that it would remain “fearless” in its coverage. Mr Sutcliffe, one of five panelists involved at a sometimes heated session at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh international television festival about the portrayal of Islam in the media, said critics would be “hard pressed to point to... Filed as: Media Coverage |
| July 18, 2007 |
Stephen Crittenden’s interview with Maryam Namazie on the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain on Australian radio [wpaudio url="/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/australian-radio-July-18-2007.mp3" text="Stephen Crittenden interviews Maryam Namazie on CEMB"] Filed as: Media Coverage |
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| July 3, 2007 |
Debate over Islamic terrorist profile and the political Islamic movement on BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show [wpaudio: url="/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/radi2-debate-maryam-namazie.mp3" text="BBC Radio 2: The Islamic terrorist profile and political movement"] Filed as: Media Coverage |
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| June 28, 2007 | |
Guardian Unlimited/Islamophonic: “A new group – issuing a political challenge to the rise of Islamism in this country, as expressed by British Oppression – is the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. We hear from the founding member, Maryam Namazie, and from one of its activists, Sohaila Sharifi” [wpaudio: url="/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/Islamophonic_28-06-2007.mp3" text="Islamophonic - June 28 2007"] Filed as: Media Coverage |
| June 24, 2007 |  |
Debate on Radio 4 on Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain [wpaudio: url="/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/maryam-namazie-exmuslim-bbc.mp3" text="Radio 4 Debate on CEMB"] Filed as: Media Coverage |
| June 22, 2007 |
New Group for those who renounce Islam, Pakistan Daily Times Monitor New group for those who renounce Islam Daily Times Monitor LAHORE: Former Muslims who fear for their lives because they have renounced their faith are to launch a new organisation in Britain on Friday, The Telegraph reports. The Council of ex-Muslims of Britain plans to speak out against Islamic states such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Sudan and Afghanistan that punish Muslim apostates with death. It also aims to become the voice of non-religious ex-Muslims who do not want to be represented by “regressive” umbrella groups such as the Muslim Council of Britain, writes Jonathan Petre in The Telegraph. The... Filed as: Media Coverage |
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| June 21, 2007 | |
New Ex-Muslim group speaks out, The Guardian Riazat Butt The Guardian, Friday June 22 2007 About this articleClose This article appeared in the Guardian on Friday June 22 2007 on p13 of the UK news and analysis section. It was last updated at 00:02 on June 22 2007. A new group of secular-minded former Muslims in the UK has urged the government to cut all state funding to religious groups and to stop pandering to political Islam. The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, launched yesterday in London, opposes the interference of religion in public life. Its spokeswoman, Maryam Namazie, said the group provided an alternative voice to... Filed as: Media Coverage |
| June 21, 2007 |  |
New group for those who renounce Islam, Telegraph New group for those who renounce Islam By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent Last Updated: 2:16am BST 21/06/2007 A new organisation, representing former Muslims who fear for their lives because they have renounced their faith, is to be launched at Westminster tomorrow. The Council of ex-Muslims of Britain plans to speak out against Islamic states that still punish Muslim apostates with death under Sharia law. It also aims to become the voice of non-religious ex-Muslims who do not want to be represented by “regressive” umbrella groups such as the Muslim Council of Britain. The council is being headed by Maryam Namazie,... Filed as: Media Coverage |