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Friday, October 25, 2013
The film that is changing Kurdistan
"A film made over 10 years with the stories of girls and women affected by female genital mutilation is tackling a taboo subject"
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/24/female-genital-mutilation-film-changing-kurdistan-law
Apologetic Modernists may please stop confronting those who criticize superstitious practices. They are requested to exert all their efforts to stop this practice wherever found to exist.
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Proclaim your solidarity for Saudi Liberal Raef Badawi
Saudi Liberal Raef Badawi Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison and 600 Lashes
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Friday, August 2, 2013
A Stepping Stone To Secularism In BanglaDesh
Bangladesh High Court Strikes Down Jamaat-e-Islami's Electoral Registration
We applaud the landmark ruling by the three member
high court panel. August 1, 2013 has become a very
important day to remember for all activists in BanglaDesh
who yearn for a Secular BanglaDesh. Not knowing the
real nature (1.a,b) of this Islamo-fascist dragon, the people
of BanglaDesh have suffered much.
This is only a stepping stone. This particular Islamist party
(Jama at e Islami) is adept at playing all types of political
gimmicks and fraudulent strategies and tactics. One
probable step is their infiltration in to other Salafist
organizations which are not under ban. There is a potential
danger of these virile elements succeeding in heating up
extremist Jihadi enthusiasm among the devout youth
creating theological bridges. Perhaps JI's literary arsenal
already has enough of such popular guide books which are
actually exercises in misguiding and criminal
misinterpretations. It is up to the executives in the Police
Department to confiscate such stuff and prevent
propagation of Jihadi incitement materials in
the country. We hope that the secular activists in Bangla
Desh will be cautious and realize the fact that Islamic holy
books including the Qur'aan have inflammable contents.
While Rationalists, Humanists and Atheists point out such
bitter truths some people are seen labeling us with
Islamophobia crying out loud pointing accusing fingers
unnecessarily as if they are hurt. It is of no use accusing
critics of Islam. If these apologists want peace and
harmony,they are to confront the Jehadi extremists and not
Secular Humanists. We would like to forewarn the ruling
parties in BanglaDesh against persecuting the genuine
secularists. It is their bounden duty to assure that freedoms
of conscience and expression are safe guarded in the case
of Rationalists, Humanists and Atheists. No amount
of misinterpretation by political ignoramuses,whose eyes are
on vote banks only, can alter the fact that these secular
activists are the lighthouses in the grim darkness of cultural
dogmatism bound to prevail in a country dominated
by blind faith and superstitions.
We congratulate the peace loving people of BanglaDesh in
having been granted the opportunity of legal support in their
march to freedom and prosperity. Cheers!!
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Malala attends school in Birmingham
Pacifying fears and anxieties of humanists and well wishers all over the world, media report Malala Yousafzai's first day at Edgbaston High School in Birmingham:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-21846817
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/19/174749963/malala-pakistani-teen-shot-for-demanding-an-education-attends-school-in-u-k
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-93008-Malala-attends-school-for-first-time-after-shooting
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Help Saudi Arabian Enlightenment IV
It is known to the whole world that Hamza Kashgari, the Arabian writer, has been detained in Saudi prison illegally. His friends, relatives and the whole world have been sending entreaties, petitions and requests to the authorities for getting him released. Even after one year, the authorities seem not to heed. It is high time all the lovers of freedom of speech and conscience rise up against dark age superstitions and speak for the liberty of an individual to hold his own opinion regarding faith and to let other people know his thoughts.
Kindly sign the petition below:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Free_Hamza_Kashgari_lHry_lHmz_kshGry/
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Please spread the word....................
For earlier posts on the topic:
'1. A letter to the Attorney General'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm4z6Sy-BCA&lr=1
To see the text and more about him ,his writings etc.in Arabic ,
see
الحرية أولا
below
http://messagesa.wordpress.com/
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P.S. Hamza Kashgari released
A Hearty thank you to all who supported him!
We are happy Hamza, Congratulations!!
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Help the campaigns for freedom of expression in Muslim communities I
1. Ben Baz,
Egyptian atheist, arrested for blasphemy in Kuwait
Abd el Azeez Muhammad Al Baz is a 27 year old Egyptian blogger
arrested in Kuwait .
http://www.michaelnugent.com/
2. Petitioning Government of Kuwait :
Government of Kuwait:
Free humanist/atheist activist Abdel Aziz Mohamed Albaz
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Help Saudi Arabian Enlightenment III
3.
Saudi Girl ,15, Flees Arranged 'Marriage' to avoid octogenarian
The social media boils with anger as more and more
cases of child marriage draw attention to the need
for arriving at a minimum age for marriage in Saudi
Arabia.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/mad-mad-world/Saudi-teen-hides-on-wedding-night-
to-avoid-90-year-old-husband/articleshow/17929316.cms
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20936800
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/07/259048.html
2.
47 year old weds 8 year old
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/30/saudi.child/index.html
1.
Help Human Rights activists in their efforts
to put an end to Child Marriages
The social media boils with anger as more and more
cases of child marriage draw attention to the need
for arriving at a minimum age for marriage in Saudi
Arabia.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/mad-mad-world/Saudi-teen-hides-on-wedding-night-
to-avoid-90-year-old-husband/articleshow/17929316.cms
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20936800
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/07/259048.html
4.
Saudi Arabia's Human Rights Commission says they
Saudi Arabia's Human Rights Commission says they
believe he is 86
2.
47 year old weds 8 year old
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/30/saudi.child/index.html
1.
Help Human Rights activists in their efforts
to put an end to Child Marriages
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Help Saudi Arabian Enlightenment II
8. Saudi King Introduces Reforms…………
Small step, but a historic one!
We welcome the decision by
His Majesty, the benevolent King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia
empowering women
Twenty per cent quota has been set apart
for women in the shura, the top consultative body.
As per the first amendment (Article 3),
women will constitute twenty per cent out of the 150 Shura council members.
As
per the second amendment (Article 22), women will have all the membership
rights in accordance with the tasks entrusted to them.
We recognize that the King is under heavy
conservative – theological constraints.
Conforming to the tradition, Hijab(Veil)
and separate places for office, equipments and prayer are insisted. This amply
shows that real reform under Allaah’s scriptural guidance and Shariah is
impossible. Another glaring fact is that even enlightened and benevolent rulers
cannot bring about satisfactory changes in an Islamic regime where the majority
of population is fanatic believers. Though this part of his decision does not
come up to the modern humanistic standards and sophistication, we would like to
temporarily ignore ‘unrealistic and extreme’ views.
We hope that the women nominated would
do their utmost to utilize this opportunity opened before them for the benefit
of all women in the kingdom.
We hope
that their work will make it possible to re-interpret Islamic concepts so as to
make them compatible with the 21st century world order. We also hope
that His Majesty the king will exert his good grace to bring in an
atmosphere of fair chance for free thought and humanistic expressions which
will prove beneficial to the welfare and satisfaction of the progressive sections
of society.
We extend our best wishes to the King
and the people of Saudi Arabia. We call upon the progressive section of the
Saudi society to take upon themselves the task of educating the comparatively
less fortunate among their people so as to herald a New Enlightenment.
It is up to the Humanist activists,
Human Rights agencies and intellectuals with scientific outlook to create ways
and means for educating the masses taking in to account the limitations of
existing constitutional – legal situation.
Humanist individuals
have the potential to create ever widening and increasing ripples. Let us be
positive and optimistic.
................................................................................................................................
We salute Saudi
intellectuals,
Turki al-Hamad, Raef Badawi,
Hamza Kashgari, Sultan Assalal ...
Our brothers in the march for
freedom of expressionTurki al-Hamad, Raef Badawi,
Hamza Kashgari, Sultan Assalal ...
Our brothers in the march for
7. Defend Raif Badawy, a liberal Saudi ,
accused of "Apostasy"
Saudi rights activist faces apostasy charge
Send Appeals to authorities to drop all charges and release
him unconditionally:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/uaa00313.pdf
him unconditionally:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/uaa00313.pdf
or
Sign the petition:
Spread the word..................................
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6. Women and Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia implements electronic tracking system for women
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1. A letter to the Attorney General
( Hamza Kashgari )
in
If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”
–John Stuart Mill
What does it mean to feel one’s historical responsibility? It is that, after finishing reading this statement and this message, and posting your name at the end, you are reassured that the dream that captured Martin Luther King’s imagination, and Mahatma Gandhi’s, and Dorothy Irene Height’s, and all the free people of the world and in history, who have died without it. For the rights to freedom and justice and equality of their people have been achieved. Therefore we write this statement and this message to the “general prosecutor”, phrased in a manner in which he understands and that is understood by the next generation of our people, so thenext generation can understand the amount of damage and destruction that was caused by those that lived before them. Either they learn well from that lesson, or they can suffer the consequences. On the 12th of February 2012, the Saudi government returned our beloved friend Hamza Kashgari from Malaysia,overwhelmed, on a private jet after he ran from the oppression of the death threats he had received. The world never looked so grim for him. The reason why? Because he wrote what was on his mind, and said of the Prophet (pbuh), “I loved things about you and hated others,” and they became angry with him. How dare he say, “I hated things about you,” and expressed what’s in his soul? Then he said to the Prophet: “I will not pray for you and I will not bow to you and I will shake your hand as your equal,” and voices attacked him, many calls were made to kill him, his addresses were published and the majority of people went with it. Then the King issued an order to arrest him and subject him to the general prosecution and interrogation. Despite leaving the country mere hours before the fact, seeking refuge, it was still of no use as Malaysia deported and delivered him. At the same time as we write this statement and this message, our beloved friend Hamza Kashgari sits behind bars awaiting his unknown fate. The angry voices have not subsided to any extent, until the “general prosecutor” of Jeddah stated to a local paper that a court case is being made against Hamza and all those who encouraged, agreed, and otherwise supported him on Twitter. Then suddenly lists were established and peoples’ investigative courts were initiated; either you reject what he said and demand his execution, thus saving yourself but losing your soul, or go with the other way that many friends have gone, and focus on the fact that Hamza repented and retracted all that he said. In other words, through forgiveness, and you don’t win your soul here, you’d just be lying and deceiving yourself- for this way, you’re with the first group of people, but you accept his repentance and they don’t. So what stands behind the two aforementioned paths? It’s that no one else talks, that people become silent about what is inside them, and they agree with the others on matters that they don’t really agree with them on. That way they lose themselves and their individuality and assimilate with the masses and become hypocritical with them, even if they don’t approve and it’s out of their hands.
So in this message and this statement to the “general prosecutor”, who made the aforementioned statement, we say to him that we, who have written our names at the bottom of the message and in the comments, refuse Hamza’s trial and his being forced to repent and we demand he be released at once and protected. To make matters easier for you in trying to search and investigate and prosecute, we with our names encourage fighting an idea with another using embedded convictions that are strong, not frail. Not using arrests and punishment. We support all of those who would like to speak their minds and express what is in their souls ,and write and speak and raise their voices high with what they want to say. Not with what we want, and not with what the angry mob wants, and with all those international declarations signed to preserve human rights and freedoms, which were signed by the Saudigovernment but were worked against and deviated away from. We make sure to acknowledge that we often disagree with each other and criticize, to the extent that we tell you, the “general prosecutor”, that these names you see and read are ready to sacrifice their lives so any citizen can state and otherwise express their opinion.
We believe that we are being tested now and either be or not be. We are either true to ourselves and our principles and values that we believe in, for our nation and its future, in calling for its rights and freedoms both in conscience and creed, for every citizen living around us, and standing up to the deviation of the government away from the international accords that it signed, guaranteeing human rights and freedoms.
Or else we are just posers with no principles or values, speaking what we don’t believe, and having no hope that the next generation would be able to resist this governmental deviation. Of freedom and justice and equality, terms thatpass by the awareness of many at this time, and of many others who have not felt the historical responsibility they have towards their nation.
we are :
Ebthal Al-Mubarak , Ahmad Osama Jambi , Anwar Ali
Al-Sumaikhy, Albra’a Sameer Falodah, Anoud Bader Al-Qahtani, Alhumaidi
Al-Obaisan, Jehad Mahmoud Al-amasy , Hagar Mahdy Hussain, Majid Dohan Al-yammy,
Mohannad Adel Najjar, Nada Alqatar mohammad Al-Shehry, Nouf Hadi Al-Harbi,
Salem Fawzi bejneed, Sara Bader Al-Qahtani,Sahel Mansour Alruwaily, Sultan
Makki Al-sawwaf ,Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Harbi, Abdulrahman Ayman bajawdah ,
Abdullrahman musa Al-faqeeh , Abdulrahman Salman Al-ali, Abdulrahman harakaty ,
Essa Salman Al-feefy, Omer Al-tamimy, saleh hameed matar al-anezy, raya
Muhammad al-shareef , thumar mahmoud al-marzougi, khobaib zuhair Osailan
* The video version of the letter :
Links to Petitions
2.
One of the first petition captions on this cause is:
Saudi government,
Interpol and Malaysian government: Freedom for Hamza Kashgari
And the link to it :
Another one is:
3.
End Death Calls for
Saudi Poet and Blogger
And the link to it:
All the friends are requested to furnish these links also
along with their requests for support to the cause. A smart
activist can encourage 10 friends a day. Let us make our
endeavor a historic success!
along with their requests for support to the cause. A smart
activist can encourage 10 friends a day. Let us make our
endeavor a historic success!
4.
Your attention is invited to a related event:
Kindly go to the link:
The following ten cases are highlighted:
Hamza Kashgari<http://freethoughtblogs.com/maryamnamazie/2012/02/13/freedom-for-hamza-kashgari/>,
Saudi Arabia: 23 year old Muslim, charged with blasphemy for tweeting about
Mohammad and women’s status
Alex Aan <http://ex-muslim.org.uk/2012/01/in-defence-of-alex-aan/>,
Indonesia: 30 year old atheist, charged with blasphemy for saying there is
no god on Facebook
Asia Bibi <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11930849>, Pakistan:
45 year old mother of five, sentenced to death for blasphemy for ‘insulting
Mohammad’
Yousef Nadarkhani<http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/middle-class-guy/2012/feb/26/iran-lynch-pastor-yousef-nadarkhani-say-nothing-do/>,
Iran: 34 year old sentenced to death for apostasy for converting to
Christianity
Nabil Karoui<http://amnesty.org/en/news/tunisia-must-drop-charges-against-tv-boss-over-persepolis-screening-2012-01-20>,
Tunisia: charged with ‘violating sacred values’ for showing the film
Persepolis
Saeed Malekpour<http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1132483--saeed-malekpour-a-canadian-on-iran-s-death-row>,
Iran: sentenced to death for ‘insulting and desecrating Islam’
Muhammad Samiullah<http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/02/02/pakistan-drop-blasphemy-charges-against-17-year-old>,
Pakistan: 17 year old, charged with blasphemy, for ‘derogatory remarks’
about Mohammad on his exams
Adel Imam<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/02/egyptian-comic-adel-imam-jailed-islam>,
Egypt: comic actor jailed for three months for ‘insulting Islam’Sarwar Penjweni<http://www.mesop.de/2012/02/01/protect-the-life-of-sarwar-penjweni/>,
Iraqi Kurdistan: threatened for researching Islam and Quranic texts.
Lanja Abdulla <http://www.warvin.org/english.aspx>, Iraqi Kurdistan:
Director of Warvin Foundation for Women Issues threatened at a public
meeting for challenging religious authority
Saudi Arabia: 23 year old Muslim, charged with blasphemy for tweeting about
Mohammad and women’s status
Alex Aan <http://ex-muslim.org.uk/2012/01/in-defence-of-alex-aan/>,
Indonesia: 30 year old atheist, charged with blasphemy for saying there is
no god on Facebook
Asia Bibi <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11930849>, Pakistan:
45 year old mother of five, sentenced to death for blasphemy for ‘insulting
Mohammad’
Yousef Nadarkhani<http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/middle-class-guy/2012/feb/26/iran-lynch-pastor-yousef-nadarkhani-say-nothing-do/>,
Iran: 34 year old sentenced to death for apostasy for converting to
Christianity
Nabil Karoui<http://amnesty.org/en/news/tunisia-must-drop-charges-against-tv-boss-over-persepolis-screening-2012-01-20>,
Tunisia: charged with ‘violating sacred values’ for showing the film
Persepolis
Saeed Malekpour<http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1132483--saeed-malekpour-a-canadian-on-iran-s-death-row>,
Iran: sentenced to death for ‘insulting and desecrating Islam’
Muhammad Samiullah<http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/02/02/pakistan-drop-blasphemy-charges-against-17-year-old>,
Pakistan: 17 year old, charged with blasphemy, for ‘derogatory remarks’
about Mohammad on his exams
Adel Imam<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/02/egyptian-comic-adel-imam-jailed-islam>,
Egypt: comic actor jailed for three months for ‘insulting Islam’Sarwar Penjweni<http://www.mesop.de/2012/02/01/protect-the-life-of-sarwar-penjweni/>,
Iraqi Kurdistan: threatened for researching Islam and Quranic texts.
Lanja Abdulla <http://www.warvin.org/english.aspx>, Iraqi Kurdistan:
Director of Warvin Foundation for Women Issues threatened at a public
meeting for challenging religious authority
The following are the initial signatories:
Houzan Mahmoud, Spokesperson of Organisation
of Women’s Freedom in Iraq-UK
Maryam Namazie, Spokesperson, One Law for All and Equal Rights Now –
Organisation against Women’s Discrimination in Iran, UK
Evelyne Accad, Professor Emeritus University of Illinois and Lebanese
American University, USA
Mina Ahadi, International Committee against Stoning, Germany
Mahin Alipour, Director, Equal Rights Now – Organisation against Women’s
Discrimination in Iran, Sweden
Evan Darraji, Writer and Artist, Iraq
Patty Debonitas, Iran Solidarity, UK
Deeyah, Music Producer, Norway/USA
Jani Diylan, Journalist, USA
Tarek Fatah, Muslim Canadian Council, Canada
Tahir Gora, Editor and Publisher, Canada
Laura Guidetti, Feminist Activist (Marea), Italy
Maria Hagberg, Chairperson of the Network against Honour Related Violence,
Sweden/Iraq
Asos Hardi, Director of Awene newspaper, Kurdistan-Iraq
Farzaneh Hassan, Writer, Canada
Marieme Helie Lucas, Secularism is a Women’s Issue, France
Sundas Hoorain, Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer, UK
Monica Lanfranco, Journalist (Marea), Italy
Nahla Mahmoud, Director, Sudan: Non-Religious out loud, Sudanese Humanists
Group, UK
against Women’s Discrimination in Iran, UK
Hassan Radwan, Management Committee, Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, UK
Nina Sankari, European Feminist Initiative, Poland
Sohaila Sharifi, Women’s Rights Campaigner, UK
Issam Shukri, Defence of Secularism and Civil Rights in Iraq, Canada
Sargul Ahmad, Women Organization in Iraq, Canada
Abbas Kamil, Unity Against Unemployment in Iraq, Iraq
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