Among the speakers will be the distinguished biologist and author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins and the philosopher A C Grayling.
The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) are calling the conference “Political Islam, Sharia Law and Civil Society”, and it coincides with International Day Against the Death Penalty.
This is a deliberate choice, because apostasy in Islam is punishable by death.
The conference is from 10 till 6 at Conway Hall in London, and speakers, as well as Dawkins and Grayling, include Maryam Namazie, spokesperson for the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain; the journalist Johann Hari; Caspar Melville, editor of New Humanist; Taslima Nasreen; Terry Sanderson and Keith Porteous Wood of the National Secular Society; the journalst Joan Smith; Hanne Stinson of the British Humanist Association; and the author of Why I Am Not a Muslim Ibn Warraq.But there are more, and the event includes a comedy act by Nick Doody; the work of a well-known artist; Fitna Remade, the film by Reza Moradi; and Breaking the Taboo by Patty Debonitas.
You can register from 9 a.m. tomorrow, so there’s still time to get a place – £10 for individuals, £40 for statutory organisations and £20 for voluntary-sector representatives.
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