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Dinner and Talk: Should Australia follow Britain in accommodating Islamic sharia law?
Date: 6.30 pm Monday 22 August 2011
Description: Talk by Maryam Namazie and fundraising dinner for One Law For All.
Maryam will speak about the implications of legal pluralism for Australia, with insights from the UK experience to date in accommodating Islamic sharia law through the Arbitration Act 1996, and the current effort to limit the power of sharia courts and religious tribunals through the Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill.
Venue: Finola's Restaurant (Balmain Bowling Club), 156 Darling St, Balmain, Sydney.
Cost: $50 per person
RSVP: Gaby Grammeno at ggrammeno@bigpond.com (02) 4754 3569.
Sharia law and human rightsOrganisers: Melbourne PEN and WISA
Date: 6.30 pm, Tuesday 23 August 2011
Venue: The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Cost: $10
RSVP: Melbourne PEN at admin@melbournepen.com.au
Religious Courts in the Secular State
Date: Wednesday 24 August
Description: Maryam will talk at Melbourne Free University's open discussion space.
Venue: Dexter Bar/Cafe, 123 Queens Pde, Clifton Hill, Melbourne.
Cost: Free
RSVP: Gavin Vance at gavin.vance@gmail.com
Sharia law and human rights
Date: 6.00 pm Thursday 25 August 2011
Description: UWS Open forum.
Venue: University of Western Sydney Parramatta South Campus (main campus),
cnr Victoria Rd and James Ruse Drive, Rydalmere, Building EE room G.03.
Cost: Free
RSVP: Please register at:
http://www.uws.edu.au/equity_diversity/equity_and_div ersity/activities_and_programs/rsvp/_nocache
Sharia law, free expression, blasphemy laws and the secular society
Organisers: Macquarie University Atheist League
Date: 12 noon to 1pm, Friday 26 August 2011
Venue: Macquarie University (details soon)
Cost: Gold coin donation (proceeds to One Law for All)
RSVP: None required
Challenging sharia law
Organisers: NSW Humanists
Date: 2.00 pm, Saturday 27 August 2011
Venue: Humanist House, 10 Shepherd St, Chippendale
Cost: Free for NSW Humanist members, gold coin donation for others.
I also have interviews arranged with the following media outlets:
SBS TV News
ABC News 24's One Plus One program
ABC Radio National's Late Night Live, with Phillip Adams
ABC Radio National’s The Spirit of Things, with Rachael Kohn
ABC Radio 774's Conversation Hour, with Jon Faine (Melbourne)
Elizabeth Farrelly, contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald
Leesha McKenny, Religious Affairs Editor, Sydney Morning Herald
Chris Merritt, Legal Affairs Editor, The Australian
Radio 2SER FM's Iranian Sunday morning program 21 August
SBS Radio's Persian Program 24 August
Ida Lichter, author of Muslim Women Reformers
The latest information on my schedule in Australia can be found here:
http://watagan.com/newactivist/
Topic: Maryam Namazie in Australia