I have moved to Freethought Blogs - please visit me there 4 Nov 2011 | 01:04 am

Hello everyone Just to tell you that my blog has moved to freethoughtblogs as of today.  I'll be blogging there from now on - and will be amongst greats. Hope to see you there.

In solidarity with Charlie Hebdo: A photo of Mohammad will have to do! 3 Nov 2011 | 11:06 am

In 2006, Charlie Hebdo, the French left-wing journal, published a Manifesto against Totalitarianism that I and several others including Taslima Nasreen, Salman Rushdie and Ibn Warraq signed in support...

Passion for Freedom Private Viewing in Photos 2 Nov 2011 | 12:42 am

To see some photos of the 29 October private viewing of One Law for All's Passion for Freedom Art show, click here. The show is on until the end of the week so go and visit it if you can.

Passion for Freedom London Festival Private Viewing Tonight 29 Oct 2011 | 09:17 pm

Political Islam’s and misogyny’s hands off the people of Libya! 29 Oct 2011 | 10:48 am

Chairperson of The National Transitional Council of Libya, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, in a celebration of the “liberation of Libya”, held on October 23rd, said Libya would take Sharia law as its basic sourc...

5 November 2011: International Day of Solidarity with Iranian Workers 29 Oct 2011 | 09:04 am

5 November 2011 International Day of Solidarity with Iranian Workers Join us on this day of action Currently in prison: Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, sentenced to 6 years in prison Reza Shahabi in prison sinc...

FOR A FREE AND SECULAR MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 27 Oct 2011 | 06:25 am

Statement For Immediate Release 27 October 2011 76 secularists and human rights campaigners, including Mina Ahadi, Nawal El Sadaawi, Marieme Helie Lucas, Hameeda Hussein, Ayesha Imam, Maryam Jamil, M...

TV International: Interview with Hamid Taqvaee on the 'Arab Spring' 27 Oct 2011 | 06:17 am

See my interview on this week's TV International with Hamid Taqvaee on the 'Arab Spring':

Judge Islamism's apologists for yourselves 26 Oct 2011 | 10:16 am

Finally, the British Humanist Association has made available video footage of the panel discussion on Islam in a Secular Europe, which you can see for yourselves below. If you recall, I blogged about...

Passion for Freedom and Sharia and Children Act 24 Oct 2011 | 07:47 pm

Passion for Freedom: Breaking the last taboo The recent murders of Syrian poet and song writer Ibrahim Qashoush and Iraqi playwright and filmmaker Hadi al-Mahdi, as well as the sentence of one year i...