2023 Paris Conference
Laïques sans frontières : pour une loi de 1905 universelle, Charlie Hebdo
“Nous affirmons que la séparation des religions et de l’État protège les droits de toutes et tous”, Marianne
Entretien. « Nous, laïques, athées et apostats, sommes la majorité ! » Charlie Hebdo Interview with Maryam Namazie and Nadia El Fani
“La démocratie ne peut être pleine et entière là où la religion dicte ses règles” by Nadia El Fani, Marianne
2022 Cologne Conference
Maryam Namazie: “The Islamists are afraid of us”, Trend Detail, August 25, 2022
Cologne : Les mécréants célèbrent Salman Rushdie et préparent l’avenir, Charlie Hebdo, August 24, 2022
Maryam Namazie : « Les islamistes ont peur de nous », Charlie Hebdo, August 24, 2022
Portraits d’Athées : « Pour vivre libre, j’ai dû fuir mon pays », Charlie Hebdo, August 24, 2022
Säkularismus: Eine Freiheitsgarantie für alle, HPD, August 24, 2022
»Die Fundamentalisten werden uns nicht aufhalten!« Ex-Muslime aus aller Welt demonstrierten in Köln für Salman Rushdie, GBS, 23 August 2022
“Du kannst die Blumen stutzen, aber du kannst den Frühling nicht aufhalten!”, HPD, August 23, 2022
Sortir de l’Islam, mais à quel prix ?, Le Point, August 23, 2022
Leaving Islam, but at what cost?, Detail News, August 23, 2022
Abandonar el Islam, pero ¿a qué precio?, Trend News Spanish, August 23, 2022
Darum haben sie den Islam verlassen, Celebrating Dissent 2022 in Köln, Bild, August 22, 2022
“Celebrating Dissent 2022” – Ex-Muslims report: That’s why they left Islam, Detail Zero, August 22, 2022
Größte Versammlung von Ex-Muslimen – deshalb haben sie den Islam verlassen, The World News, August 22, 2022
“Celebrando la disidencia 2022” – Informe de exmusulmanes: Por eso abandonaron el Islam, News ES Euro, August 22, 2022
“Merayakan Perbedaan Pendapat 2022” – Laporan Mantan Muslim: Inilah Alasan Mereka Meninggalkan Islam, Samosir News, August 22, 2022
“Célébrer la dissidence 2022” – Rapport d’ex-musulmans : c’est pourquoi ils ont quitté l’islam, News Day FR, August 22, 2022
2019 Conference Amsterdam
Celebrating Dissent festival, Humanistisch Verbond, 11 September 2019
Stand with the witches, heretics and blasphemers, Interview with Maryam Namazie, sister-hood, 10 September 2019
No Longer Without You Review, sister-hood, 10 September 2019
Celebrating Dissent – reflections after the festival, Humanisterna, 7 September 2019
Rishvin Ismath on the ISIS-attack on his life, turning away from religion and the great personal cost of his activism, Art 19, 6 September 2019
Women at the front, sister-hood, 4 September 2019
Celebrating Dissent Event Coverage, Amber Journals, 3 September 2019
Celebrating Dissent Festival at De Balie in Amsterdam, Arts Magazine, 2 September 2019
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema opens Celebrating Dissent, De Balie, 1 September 2019
Zineb El Rhazoui s’en prend au gouvernement hollandaise, Morokino, 1 September 2019
Garantstelling voor sprekers is censuur van De Balie, NRC, 30 August 2019
Islamcriticus Zineb El Rhazoui niet naar De Balie want gewapende beveiligers mogen NL niet in, The Post Online, 30 August 2019
Charlie Hebdo-redacteur niet naar De Balie vanwege gewapende beveiliging, AT5, 30 August 2019
Oud-Charlie Hebdo-journalist zegt Amsterdams debat af om beveiliging, NOS, 30 August 2019
Islam-critica Zineb El Rhazoui onderweg naar Balie, NL weigert wapenvergunning Franse agent, Geenstijl, 30 August 2019
Zineb El Rhazoui denied access to the Netherlands, De Balie, 30 August 2019
“Freedom demands effort,” Interview with Nadia El Fani, sister-hood, 29 August 2019
Shabana Rehman: Do I want to be scared to death or laugh to death, De Balie 29 August 2019
Directeur De Balie boos op IND vanwege strenge visumeisen voor ex-moslima’s: ‘Dit is gewoon censuur’, WLN, 29 August 2019
Streetart in de Beurs van Berlage en muziek in het Vondelpark, Parool, 29 Aug 2019
Directeur De Balie boos op IND vanwege strenge eisen voor gastsprekers: ‘Dit is een vorm van censuur’, EenVandaag, 27 August 2019
Inna Shevchenko: Religion is simply one idea among many others, De Balie, 26 August 2019
Deze vrouwen vertellen waarom ze zich niets in Gods naam, Trouw, 24 August 2019
Gita Sahgal on the danger of theocracy, De Balie, 23 August 2019
2015 London
International Women’s Day, Dissenting Voices, Harry’s Place, 8 March 2015
Islam and the culture of offence, missing the point, Open Democracy, 12 February 2015
Sharia law, apostasy and secularism, Open Democracy, 12 February 2015
Moroccan atheist: I have been betrayed by both east and west, Your Middle East, 11 February 2015
Sharia law versus secular democracy, Huffington Post, 11 February 2015
What is more absurd than campus censorship, CiF, 7 February 2015
Conference on Sharia law, apostasy and secularism, NSS Newsline, 28 January 2015
2014 London
Report on International Conference on Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights, Secular World, First Quarter 2015
My enemy’s enemy – the battle for secularism, Open Democracy, 23 October 2014
“Todos somos Kobané”, el grito de los resistentes al integrismo, Cronica, 18 October 2014
Freedom of Speech: When a Human Right Is Sometimes a Luxury, Huffington Post, 18 November 2014
Shariafication by Stealth, Pragna Patel, Open Democracy, 17 October 2014
London meet says RSS, Islamic State, Taliban, European far-right “using religion for political supremacy”, Counterview, 17 October 2014
Freethinkers take on religious far-right at secularism conference in Tower Hill, The Docklands and East London Advertiser, 16 October 2014
Secular conference created a sense of imminent and momentous change – and women will be the driving force, Terry Sanderson, NSS Blog, 15 October 2014
Donne contro l’Isis e i fondamentalismi, Pagina99, 15 October 2014
Un manifesto mondiale per la laicità, Lucida Mente, 15 October 2014
We are all Kobane: Rallying Cry of Resistants against Fundamentalism, Caroline Fourest, Huffington Post, 14 October 2014
Nous sommes tous Kobané: le cri de résistants à l’intégrisme, Caroline Fourest, Huffington Post, 14 October 2014
Guess what?: SIMPONI wins int’l competition, Jakarta Post, 14 October 2014
Secular Conference London 2014: The Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights, Homo economicus’ Blog, 13 October 2014
Secularism at risk in Sub-Saharan secular states: the challenges for Senegal and Mali, Fatou Sow, Open Democracy, 10 October 2014
Secular conference to discuss rise of religious-Right, The Guardian, 9 October 2014
Conquering Fear with Hope, Gita Sahgal, Open Democracy, 9 October 2014
L’urgenza della laicità, Riforma, 9 October 2014
Event on Rise of Religious Extremism to be Hosted in London, Prensa Latina, 9 October 2014
Promoting the global secular alternative in the ISIS era, Karima Bennoune’s interview with Marieme Helie Lucas and Maryam Namazie. Open Democracy, 4 October 2014