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February 20, 2016 | ![]() |
Facebook: Stop censoring Arab ex-Muslims and freethinkers NOW Please contact Facebook calling for an end to censorship of Arab ex-Muslim and freethinker pages or Tweet @Facebook. We are thousands of free thinkers and Ex-Muslims who lives in Middle East. We left the religion after a lot of research, but we still can’t announce this in our countries due to local laws and threat […] Filed as: Press Releases |
February 3, 2016 | ![]() |
Omar Makram must be granted asylum Omar Makram, an ex-Muslim, vocal atheist and a critic of Islam from Egypt fled his home country due to the threats he faced. Despite the threats, the Swedish authorities have refused his application. Currently, the Swedish authorities seek to deport him back to Egypt were his freedom and perhaps even his life would be in […] Filed as: Press Releases |
January 26, 2016 | ![]() |
2016: Onwards and Upwards! Hello NEW CASE STUDY: ISLAMISM ON CAMPUS The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) has today published a case study on the Islamic Societies at Trinity College Dublin, Warwick University and Goldsmiths University where attempts were made to restrict or bar our spokesperson Maryam Namazie from speaking in 2015. The case study shows that the […] Filed as: Press Releases |
January 26, 2016 | ![]() |
Apostasy and Blasphemy are basic Human Rights In 2016, the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain will continue to highlight the cases of those languishing in prisons or on death row for apostasy or blasphemy, including: Abdulaziz Dauda, also known as Abdul Inyass, an Islamic scholar sentenced to death in Nigeria for blasphemy for a lecture which was deemed to be blasphemous against Islam’s […] Filed as: Press Releases, Resources |
January 26, 2016 | ![]() |
A Case Study of Islamism on Campus: University of Dublin, Goldsmiths and University of Warwick A CASE STUDY OF ISLAMISM ON CAMPUS: UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN, GOLDSMITHS, AND UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) has today published a case study on the Islamic Societies at Trinity College Dublin, Warwick University and Goldsmiths University where attempts were made to restrict or bar our spokesperson Maryam Namazie from speaking […] Filed as: Press Releases, Resources |
January 20, 2016 | ![]() |
End Year Celebrations a huge success; Onwards to 2016 One the Law for All and Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain’s end-year celebration was a huge success. Watch the event which included Philosopher AC Grayling, Secular Activist Aliyah Saleem, British Iraqi singer Alya Marquardt, Goldsmiths Atheist Society President Asher Fainman, Warwick Atheist Society President Benjamin David, London Black Atheist organiser Clive Aruede, Magician Neil Edwards, […] Filed as: Press Releases |
January 9, 2016 | ![]() |
MARYAM NAMAZIE: Why I had to face down the bullies trying to silence my supposedly ‘offensive’ stance on Islam Original published in Daily Mail on 9 January 2016 This week marked the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. The atrocity was a brutal attack not just on human life but also on the principle of free speech, one of the pillars of human civilisation. In the aftermath of the killings, people […] Filed as: Press Releases |
December 11, 2015 | ![]() |
#ExMuslimBecause; Goldsmiths Islamic Society thugs, End-Year Event and the Right to Apostasy and Blasphemy Dear friend We wanted to write and thank you for your support during this past year and ask that you donate to our organisation in order to help us continue our important work in 2016 and beyond. #EXMUSLIMBECAUSE As you well know, CEMB’s work is needed more than ever before. A campaign to defend the […] Filed as: Press Releases |
December 1, 2015 | ![]() |
Goldsmiths ISOC fails to intimidate and silence dissenters SEE VIDEO BELOW CEMB spokesperson Maryam Namazie spoke on “Apostasy, Blasphemy and Free Expression in the Age of ISIS” on 30 November 2015 at Goldsmiths University at the invitation of the Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society (ASH). See Video Below. The night before her talk, the ASH president received an email from the president of […] Filed as: Press Releases |
November 27, 2015 | ![]() |
Saudi Arabia: International organisations call for Ashraf Fayadh’s release More than 60 international organisations have joined a letter in support of poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for apostasy 27 November 2015 Your Excellency RE: Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh We, the undersigned organisations, all dedicated to the value of creative freedom, are writing to express our […] Filed as: Press Releases |