Religion and Secularism

Written by John Pickard
Wednesday, 27 April 2011


Ariane Sherine and Richard Dawkins at the Atheist Bus Campaign launch, London, January 2009. Photo: Zoe Margolis

As the twenty-first century progresses, there has been an increasing interest and not a small amount of debate on the role of religion in society and particularly on advances in secularisation. Richard Dawkins’ book , ‘The God Delusion,’ was a best-seller in the UK and novels like ‘The Good Man Jesus and The Scoundrel Christ’ by Richard Pullman have touched raw nerves in Church hierarchies.

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In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of IWD, Let's Turn This Day Into a Day of Protest Against Sexual Apartheid

Hello and Happy International Women’s Day!

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of IWD, let’s turn this day into a day of protest against sexual apartheid.

To support our campaign, you can add your name to our declaration against sexual apartheid, which you can read here: http://www.equal-rights-now.com/etelaiye/et-pages/080206-englisi-sigen-petition.html. Email your name, organisation (if any) and country of residence to maryamnamazie@gmail.com or nohejab@yahoo.com.

You can also join our free seminar on Sexual Apartheid, Political Islam and Women’s Rights on Monday, March 10, from 6:30-9:30pm at Conway Hall, London. Mina Ahadi, Louise Couling, Houzan Mahmoud, Maryam Namazie and Joan Smith will be speaking; Hanne Stinson will be chairing the event. For more information, go to: http://www.secularism.org.uk/importantwomensdaymeetingthiswee.html

You can also read more about sexual apartheid in No Hejab number 1, the first issue of the English publication of Equal Rights Now - Organisation against Women’s Discrimination in Iran edited by Sohaila Sharifi by going to http://www.equal-rights-now.com/nashrieh-pdf/_bi_hejab_english_No.pdf.

Best wishes,

Maryam Namazie
BM Box 1919
London WC1N 3XX, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 7719166731
m.namazie@ukonline.co.uk
www.maryamnamazie.com
www.maryamnamazie.blogspot.com
www.ex-muslim.org.uk
www.equal-rights-now.com
www.thirdcamp.com
www.wpiran.org

Maryam Namazie