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Maryam Namazie

The necessity of criticism

Maryam Namazie points to political hypocrisy about religion, in the last of her blog posts

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Children and emotional abuse

Labelling children with the faith of their parents is obscene

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When religion means death

'Ex-Muslim' Maryam Namazie on the dangers of allowing religion to rule over us

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Losing my religion

In the week of the New Statesman's special edition on God, Maryam Namazie explains why she rejected

By Maryam Namazie

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