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Rape survivor told STI prophylaxis is “white people stupidness”, abused by police

Maryam Namazie and the Illiberal Student Union

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The Warwick Students’ Union has barred human rights campaigner and leader of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, Maryam Namazie, from giving a talk on campus, because, they say, she is “highly inflammatory and could incite hatred.” Now a petition has been launched against her ban, which has forced the Warwick Students’ Union to announce “no final decision has been taken.”

I have not met Maryam Namazie or read her views, but I can imagine how her stance might provoke some dogmatic Muslims. Nonetheless, it is deeply unsettling to see her barred from expressing her views in a British university. Any rational observer may justifiably ask the question: How can a single woman offend a divine faith that has survived for centuries? What kind of message is Warwick University sending to the many oppressed atheists or secular citizens in Muslim-majority countries?

My first encounter with an ex-Muslim came years ago…

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Photos: Pro-Police Rally In Hollywood Says ‘Blue Lives Matter’: LAist

Police Union spin… Number of officers killed down. Number of civilians killed by police up. Being concerned about black lives mattering is not anti-police; it is about black lives mattering and responsibility for good policing

Those at the rally did not seem to acknowledge the fact that L.A. County police alone have killed 589 people in the line of duty from January 2000 to August 2014 —on average, one person per week.

Source: Photos: Pro-Police Rally In Hollywood Says ‘Blue Lives Matter’: LAist