FWD from Maryam:
Hello
Thanks for your email. I am at the European Parliament in Brussels on
8-9 December with Mina Ahadi on the Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani stoning
case. I will be back on 9 December evening.
If you are interested in attending the 11 December conference below,
please do so. You can still register at the door. If you have already
registered and have not heard back, just come and your name will be at
the door.
If your email is not related to the conference, I will respond next week.
Thank you.
Maryam
Maryam Namazie
Conference on Apostasy, Sharia Law and Human Rights
11 December 2010
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
http://www.conwayhall.org.uk/where.htmConference registration begins at 10.00am for 11.00am start
To mark International Human Rights Day, a coalition of secular and
humanist activist groups are co-sponsoring an all day conference on
Apostasy, Sharia Law and Human Rights at Conway Hall. The conference
will highlight urgent cases including Pakistani Asia Bibi who has
received a death sentence for blasphemy, Palestinian Waleed
Al-Husseini who has been arrested for criticising Islam and
campaigners in Iran charged with ‘enmity against God’.
Panel discussions include International Apostasy and Religion,
Ex-Muslims in Britain and Europe and Multiculturalism and
Multifaithism versus Universal Human Rights. There will also be a
play Masculine Laws by Ghazi Rabihavi and a comedy act by Nick Doody.
Confirmed speakers include:
John Adams, Emeritus Professor at the University of Hertfordshire
Mina Ahadi, Spokesperson of the International Committee against
Stoning and Council of Ex-Muslims of Germany
Roy Brown, International Representative of International Humanist and
Ethical Union
Goranka Gudelj, Outreach Coordinator of One Law for All
Rumy Hassan, Senior Lecturer at the Science Policy Research Unit of
the University of Sussex and Author of Multiculturalism: Some
Inconvenient Truths
Marieme Helie Lucas, Algerian Sociologist and Founder of Women Living
Under Muslims Laws and Secularism is a Women’s Issue
Maryam Namazie, Spokesperson of One Law for All, Iran Solidarity and
the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain
Hassan Radwan, Teacher at an Islamia school for 15 years and presently
Management Committee Member of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain
Gita Sahgal, Women’s Rights Campaigner; former head of Amnesty
International’s Gender Unit
Hamed Abdol Samad, German-Egyptian Political Scientist and Author of
Farewell to Heaven and The Collapse of the Islamic World
Terry Sanderson, President of the National Secular Society
Muriel Seltman, Campaigner of One Law for All
Alom Shaha, Science Teacher, Writer and Film Maker
Joan Smith, Writer, Columnist and Women’s Rights Campaigner
Bahram Soroush, Human Rights Campaigner
Peter Tatchell, Human Rights Campaigner
Anne Marie Waters, Spokesperson of One Law for All
Tickets are £10 for individuals; £25 for organisations and statutory
bodies. You can pre-book by visiting our website or registering at the
door.
The conference is sponsored by Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain,
International Humanist and Ethical Union, Iran Solidarity, National
Secular Society, One Law for All and South Place Ethical Society.
The event will be dedicated to the Iran stoning case of Sakineh
Mohammadi Ashtiani.
To find booking form visit:
http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/10-december-2010-conference-on-apostasy-sharia-law-and-human-rights-london/--
Maryam Namazie
BM Box 1919
London WC1N 3XX, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 7719166731
maryamnamazie@googlemail.com
www.maryamnamazie.commaryamnamazie.blogspot.com
Topic: Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain’s Conference & Annual General Meeting (London)