MARyam namazie
Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born writer and activist. She is the Spokesperson for One Law for All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain.
The Islamic regime of Iran’s media outlets have called Namazie ‘immoral and corrupt’ and she has been barred for speaking out against Islam and Islamism and defending the right to apostasy and blasphemy.
She was awarded the 2016 International Secularism (Laïcité) Prize from the Comité Laïcité République and was honoured by the National Secular Society for her campaigning work defending free speech at universities (2016). She was also awarded Atheist of the Year by Kazimierz Lyszczynski (2014), Journalist of the Year at the Dods Women in Public Life Awards (2013), selected one of the top 45 women of the year by Elle magazine Québec (2007), one of 2006′s most intriguing people by DNA, awarded the National Secular Society’s Secularist of the Year Award (2005), amongst others.
The Islamic regime of Iran’s media outlets have called Namazie ‘immoral and corrupt’ and she has been barred for speaking out against Islam and Islamism and defending the right to apostasy and blasphemy.
She was awarded the 2016 International Secularism (Laïcité) Prize from the Comité Laïcité République and was honoured by the National Secular Society for her campaigning work defending free speech at universities (2016). She was also awarded Atheist of the Year by Kazimierz Lyszczynski (2014), Journalist of the Year at the Dods Women in Public Life Awards (2013), selected one of the top 45 women of the year by Elle magazine Québec (2007), one of 2006′s most intriguing people by DNA, awarded the National Secular Society’s Secularist of the Year Award (2005), amongst others.