Events

CANCELLED BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS

Please note that this support group will be cancelled because of the risk of spreading coronavirus. We feel it particularly important to take action to stop the spread, particularly given the government’s inaction in the face of this epidemic.

All events will be cancelled until further notice.

Join us for our monthly support group, to talk about issues that still affect us after leaving Islam. Support group will be led by Marwa Wain.

If you would like to come along and have not been to a support group, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk for details of the venue. Otherwise show up at usual venue for support groups.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, our meet-ups will be online until further notice.

The link to the meeting will be placed on this page an hour before the meeting time via Zoom. Please be signed into the app so you can join the meeting or RSVP on hello@ex-muslim.org.uk so we can email you the link of the meeting before it starts.

Talks will be followed by Q&A.

ONLINE – 21 April, 7-8:00pm

Join us for our monthly meet-up with Comedian and Youtuber Veedu Vidz: To laugh is to live! Importance of comedy in speaking against Islam.

Veedu Vidz is a YouTube comedian who creates satirical videos on a range of topics mainly focusing on Islam. Veedu is an ex-Muslim who enjoys engaging with his religious and cultural heritage by exploring different ideas and religious preachers in the form of parodies and discussions. Veedu is a free speech advocate and stands for individual rights.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, our London meet-ups will now be online until further notice.

The link to the meeting will be placed on this page an hour before the meeting time via Zoom. Please be signed into the app so you can join the meeting.

19 May, 7:00-8:00pm, ONLINE

Join us for our monthly meet-up on Apostasy and Asylum with Ana Gonzalez.

Ana Gonzalez is a solicitor and partner at Wilson Solicitors. She 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. 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 Chambers and Partners 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.

Talks will be followed by Q&A.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, our meet-ups will be online until further notice.

The link to the meeting will be placed on this page an hour before the meeting time via Zoom. Please be signed into the app so you can join the meeting or RSVP on hello@ex-muslim.org.uk so we can email you the link of the meeting before it starts.

Talks will be followed by Q&A

16th June, 7-8:00pm

Join us for our monthly meet-up to explore stories by and about ex-Muslims with Mwhamadu Kuusi.

Kuusi a British-born writer, playwright, actor and spoken word artist. Being of Jamaican parentage and born into Islam has given him a niche yet broad and ever-broadening perspective on life and a yearning to expose the flaws, discrepancies and lies of mainstream paradigms. While his works do not adhere to any particular genre, he does like to tell stories and messages that would normally be ignored or left unknown.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, our meet-ups will be online until further notice.

The link to the meeting will be placed on this page an hour before the meeting time via Zoom. Please be signed into the app so you can join the meeting or RSVP on hello@ex-muslim.org.uk so we can email you the link of the meeting before it starts.

Talks will be followed by Q&A.

21 July 2020,  7-8:00pm

Join us for our monthly meet-up to explore LGBT Rights and Apostasy with CEMB Spokesperson Jimmy Bangash.

Jimmy Bangash is a gay British ex-Muslim Pakistani living in the UK. He grew up in a traditional Pashtun family in London where he struggled with both the homophobia and ardent misogyny within his community. He has written poems and prose about these experiences; many of which have been published on Sedaa. As an LGBT ex-Muslim activist, he is committed to unbridling the reins of patriarchy on gays and women of Muslim heritage. As a coach, he seeks to empower those individuals liberated from problematic ideologies to live a life of authenticity, self-assurance and self-expression.

15 September, 7-8:30pm, Central London, few minutes walk from Kings Cross station

Join us for our monthly meet-up with Writer and Activist Rahila Gupta on Political Blackness.

Rahila Gupta is a freelance journalist and writer. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and New Humanist among other papers and magazines. Her books include, “Enslaved: The New British Slavery”; “From Homebreakers to Jailbreakers: Southall Black Sisters”; “Provoked”; and “Don’t Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong” (Playdead Press, 2013). She is co-authoring a book with Beatrix Campbell with the title “Why Doesn’t Patriarchy Die?” She is also patron of Peace in Kurdistan, on the management committee of Southall Black Sisters, chair of the Nihal Armstrong Trust which she set up in 2004 in memory of her dearly loved, disabled son who died in 2001, a judge on the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize awarded to individual women and groups who have campaigned, raised awareness of and supported women escaping violence, amongst others.

If it is your first time attending the monthly meet-up, please email hello@ex-muslim.org.uk to register.

Talk will be followed by Q&A, drinks and snacks.