[lbo-talk] Iranian underground....

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 3/14/07, Mike Ballard <swillsqueal at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> The National Secular Society co-sponsored seminar [along with the
> International Campaign in Defence of Women's Rights in Iran and the Gay and
> Lesbian Humanist Association] on Islam, Women's Rights and the Veil which
> was held at the University of London Union on Thursday was packed to the
> doors by people wanting to hear from a group of exceptionally courageous
> women who are standing up for their rights against a controlling and often
> violent religious establishment. To read the rest, go to:
> http://www.secularism.org.uk/77610.html?CPID=da732c15d606741d37189213cbc4a30
> 6
>
> To listen to the speeches (bios below:
> Taslima Nasreen:
> http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2435695788243220513
> Maryam Namazie:
> http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=5149622472089905265
> Mina Ahadi
> http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=1062474811093542856
> Sonia Eggerickx:
> http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2894694896679414114
> Ann Harrison: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-3644932433134436242
>
> Maryam Namazie's response to whether it has to do with Islam and racism:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3iSlPgrvdU
>
> Speaker Biographies
>
> Mina Ahadi: Mina Ahadi was born in Iran in 1956. She started her political
> activities by setting up discussion clubs and performances when she was only
> 14. She was actively involved as a university student in the 1979 Iranian
> revolution. When the Islamic government gained power and Khomeini issued a
> fatwa for compulsory Islamic veiling, she organised meetings and
> demonstrations against the government. Mina is the founder and coordinator
> of the International Committees against Execution and Stoning.  Mina Ahadi
> has lived in Europe since 1990.  Recently she has founded the Central
> Council of Ex-Muslims to expose Islamic laws and its affects on people.  She
> is currently under police protection for her activities.

It looks like an ex-Muslim underground.  :->  This is a dead end.
-- 
Yoshie
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