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january 2026
2026fri30jan7:00 pmfri8:30 pmOn Iran Protests Meet-Up with Fariborz Pooya
Event Details
Join a discussion with Fariborz Pooya on the Iran Protests. The event will be chaired by Ali Malik. Organised by CEMB and One Law for All. Friday 30 January 2026. 7:00-8:30pm, Central
Event Details
Join a discussion with Fariborz Pooya on the Iran Protests. The event will be chaired by Ali Malik.
Organised by CEMB and One Law for All.
Friday 30 January 2026. 7:00-8:30pm, Central London
Tickets: £5. Get your tickets here.
BIOGRAPHIES
Fariborz Pooya is a political activist of Iranian origin. He founded the Iranian Secular Society and is a founding member of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. He is the producer of the political and social TV programme Bread and Roses.
Ali Malik is Co-spokesperson of Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain.
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Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
february 2026
2026wed04feb6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026wed11feb6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Women's Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
march 2026
2026wed04mar6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026fri06mar7:00 pmfri8:30 pmDo women hold the key to the future? Meet-Up with Rahila Gupta
Event Details
Rahila Gupta, Writer and Chair of Southall Black Sisters will ask whether women hold the key to the future. The event will be chaired by Ali Malik. Organised by CEMB and One
Event Details
Rahila Gupta, Writer and Chair of Southall Black Sisters will ask whether women hold the key to the future.
The event will be chaired by Ali Malik.
Organised by CEMB and One Law for All.
Friday 6 March 2026. 7:00-8:30pm, Central London
Tickets: £5. Get tickets here.
Join Rahila Gupta, Writer and Chair of Southall Black Sisters, in discussion on whether women hold the key to the future, chaired by Ali Malik.
Organised by CEMB and One Law for All.
Rahila Gupta is a freelance journalist, author and activist. Her latest book, Planet Patriarchy, co-written with Beatrix Campbell was published in July 2025. She is currently working on a history of feminism in the UK in the first quarter of the 21st century, British Feminism: Through the FiLiA Lens, due to be published in October 2025. Her poems and short stories have been published in several anthologies. Her books include: a collection of essays she edited, From Homebreakers to Jailbreakers: Southall Black Sisters in 2003; Provoked, the story of an abused woman who killed her violent husband and she co-wrote the screenplay of the film which was released in 2007; Enslaved, on immigration controls, was published in 2007; she edited and contributed to Turning the Page (2019), an anthology of writings by the Southall Black Sisters women’s group. Her play, a monologue in verse, Don’t Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong, ran in London, Edinburgh, New York, and four cities in India between 2012-14 and was nominated for a number of awards. The text was published in 2019. She was a member of the writing team on a BBC World Service drama series, Westway, from 2000-2002. She has written for the Guardian, New Humanist, New Internationalist and openDemocracy among other magazines, journals and websites. She was awarded the Flame Award by UKAFF (UK Asian Film Festival) for Championing Women’s Rights in 2018.
Ali Malik is Co-spokesperson of Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain.
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Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
2026wed11mar6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Women's Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
april 2026
2026wed01apr6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026wed08apr6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Women's Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
may 2026
2026wed06may6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026wed13may6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Women's Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
june 2026
2026wed03jun6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026wed10jun6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Women's Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
july 2026
2026wed01jul6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026wed08jul6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Women's Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
august 2026
2026wed05aug6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026wed12aug6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Women's Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
september 2026
2026wed02sep6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026wed09sep6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Women's Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026fri25sep7:00 pmfri8:30 pmApostasy, Blasphemy and the Right to Asylum with Ana Gonzalez
Event Details
25 September 2026, Central London Meet-Up Join Ana Gonzalez, Partner and Acting Head of Immigration at Wilson’s Solicitors, in discussion on Apostasy, Blasphemy and the Right to Asylum, chaired by Ali
Event Details
25 September 2026, Central London Meet-Up
Join Ana Gonzalez, Partner and Acting Head of Immigration at Wilson’s Solicitors, in discussion on Apostasy, Blasphemy and the Right to Asylum, chaired by Ali Malik. Organised by CEMB and One Law for All.
Tickets: £5. Get tickets here.
Ana Gonzalez was born in Spain and graduated in Employment Law at the University of A Coruña. She moved to the UK in 1994, qualifying as a solicitor in 2003. Ana became a partner in 2010.
Having trained in asylum, nationality and public law, she now practises in immigration and asylum work, and has interests in human rights and European Law. Ana is an internationally recognised expert in gender and sexuality-based asylum claims as well as having extensive expertise in representing individuals from vulnerable, marginalised client groups such as victims of human trafficking, apostates and transgender individuals, including members of Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. Ana is frequently instructed by Local Authorities all over the Greater London area to act for children and adults in their care.
Ana is praised in for her “constant attention to cases, leading client care and real knowledge of the law.” She “continues to stand out for significant work on human trafficking cases, often raising new country guidance points” (2012). “She is a stand-out practitioner in the field of refugee law, with particular expertise in trafficking cases” (2014). She “is very experienced, passionate and has very good judgement” (2016). Ana has been described “the epitome of a fighter who cares very deeply about her clients,” in the 2019 edition.
She practises in all aspects of immigration and asylum work, and has a specialist interest in European law. Ana has extensive experience of litigating in the higher courts, having had numerous cases over the years in the Administrative Court/Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal. She has also conducted cases in the Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.
Ana has been with the firm since 1999. Prior to joining us Ana was at the well-respected Refugee Legal Centre. She has been a guest speaker at the London School of Economics and is a regular speaker at conferences on human trafficking. Ana has recently been involved in advising EEA nationals on Brexit at a number of public events including a session at the Houses of Parliament on 3 July 2018. She is also a volunteer lawyer for UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group as well as for Micro Rainbow International.
Ali Malik is Co-spokesperson of Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain.
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Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
october 2026
2026wed07oct6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026wed14oct6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Women's Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
november 2026
2026wed04nov6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026wed11nov6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Women's Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
december 2026
2026wed02dec6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
2026fri04dec7:00 pmfri8:30 pmMarking Human Rights Day Meet-Up
Event Details
The event will be chaired by Ali Malik. Organised by CEMB and One Law for All. Friday 4 December 2026. 7:00-8:30pm, Central London Tickets: £5. More details to follow. Ali Malik is Co-spokesperson of Council
Event Details
The event will be chaired by Ali Malik.
Organised by CEMB and One Law for All.
Friday 4 December 2026. 7:00-8:30pm, Central London
Tickets: £5.
More details to follow.
Ali Malik is Co-spokesperson of Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain.
Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
2026wed09dec6:30 pmwed8:00 pmOnline Women's Support Group Session
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims. CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and
Event Details
Join monthly support groups to talk about issues that affect ex-Muslims.
CEMB currently has one 90-minute online session on the first Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time and a woman’s support group on the second Wednesday of every month, 6.30-8.00pm UK time. The sessions are led by Counselling Psychologist Dr SAVIN BAPIR-TARDY.
If you have never attended a session before, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm