Press Release
| July 3, 2018 |  |
Ex-Muslims: A community in protest Published in sister-hood on 2 July 2018. When the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) started 11 years ago, in June 2007, we were hard pressed to find 25 people who would come out publicly to break the apostasy taboo. Today, we are witnessing an international ex-Muslim ‘community’ – a tsunami of atheism. But for me, this has […] Filed as: Featured, Press Releases |
| June 28, 2018 |  |
CEMB marches in Pride London to defend the rights of LGBT, Apostates and Blasphemers Our rights and lives are interlinked Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain will be marching at Pride London on Saturday 7 July 2018 for the rights of LGBT in countries under Islamic rule; in 15 countries or territories, homosexuality is punishable by the death penalty. Many of the same states punish apostasy and blasphemy with death. […] Filed as: Press Releases |
| June 12, 2018 |  |
LGBT Rights, Apostasy and Blasphemy at Pride Festival Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) is organising a screening of the film, Islam’s Non-Believers, by award-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan on 14th June, from 6:00-9:00pm, as part of London Pride Festival to raise awareness amongst those who are unfamiliar with CEMB & the ex-Muslim movement. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A on LGBT […] Filed as: Press Releases |
| May 25, 2018 |  |
Privacy Policy No doubt you’ll already be aware that on 25 May the new European data privacy laws (GDPR) will come into effect. CEMB operates a low-traffic announcement list to keep you updated on the latest events, news, and activities we are involved in organising. Your emails alone are included in this list because you have signed […] Filed as: Press Releases |
| May 17, 2018 |  |
Ramadan: Fasting is your right; Fast-Defying ours! On Friday 18 May Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) has a fast-defying protest at embassies of countries that punish eating during Ramadan with flogging, beatings and imprisonment. Join our “eat-in” at Saudi, Iranian, Pakistani, Moroccan, Tunisian, Bangladeshi and Egyptian embassies in London or defend the persecuted during the month of Ramadan. Fasting is your […] Filed as: Press Releases |
| May 10, 2018 |  |
CEMB Update: Urgent actions, events and campaigns Dear friend We hope you are well. We wanted to bring your attention to several urgent actions and also give you an update on some of our activities and upcoming events. URGENT ACTIONS #FreeSherifGaber You may have heard that Egyptian atheist blogger Sherif Gaber was arrested on 2 May at Cairo airport when attempting to […] Filed as: Press Releases |
| May 7, 2018 |  |
#FreeSherifGaber Egyptian Atheist and Youtube Vlogger Sherif Gaber was arrested when trying to leave Egypt on Wednesday 2nd May. He sent a message to friends telling them he was stopped and taken to an interrogation room at Cairo airport and his passport confiscated. His last message on Wednesday 2nd May at 11:08 am Cairo time said: […] Filed as: Press Releases |
| May 6, 2018 |  |
#AtheismNotACrime, #BlasphemyNotACrime, #ApostasyNotACrime Join our campaign stating loud and clear that freethought is not a crime! Islamic states consider atheism a “threat” – seeing it as an existential danger, especially since Islam and state power are intertwined, hence why atheists are persecuted (with many others including religious minorities, women’s rights activists, labour leaders and LGBT). • Iran as one of […] Filed as: Press Releases |
| March 27, 2018 |  |
Demand for atheism rises in countries under Islamic rule The scientist and author Richard Dawkins is giving away translations of The God Delusion in countries under Islamic rule like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan. The reason behind the decision is the thirst for atheism in such countries. Whilst 3.3 million copies of the bestseller have been sold since 2006, the unofficial Arabic pdf alone has been downloaded […] Filed as: Press Releases |
| March 16, 2018 |  |
CEMB calls on Government to prosecute incitement to violence Dear Prime Minister, Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) has been informed that members have received “Punish a Muslim” contest flyers. We are outraged at this clear incitement to violence and call on the government to take immediate action to investigate the origin of the letter and find and prosecute the perpetrators. We have cancelled […] Filed as: Press Releases |
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