Opening Address by Pragna Patel: “The most dangerous and deadly illusion…is to underestimate fundamentalism” – (Salah Chouaki)
Maryam Namazie’s Tribute to Charlie Hebdo and the many Charlies world-wide
Sharia Law in State, Law and Education Panel
Chair: Peter Tatchell
Panellists: Aliyah Saleem (“Faith schools in Britain: music is out, compulsory headscarves and CCTV cameras are in”), Chris Moos (“Lessons of Denial and Neglect: New Evidence on Gender Segregation in UK Universities”), Pragna Patel (“Accommodating Religious Codes in the Law: A Case of Moral Blindness”), Rumana Hashem (“Fighting Religion or Fighting Gendered Violence? A Muslim Girl and Sharia in a Secular State”), Yasmin Rehman (“Sometimes it’s hard to be a Muslim”)
Pragna Patel
Chris Moos
Aliyah Saleem
Rumana Hashem
Yasmin Rehman
Q&A Session
Comedian Kate Smurthwaite
Gita Sahgal: “The Power of the Pen: Defending Comic Liberty”
Julius Wiedemann: “Poster Competition against Hate”
Apostasy, Free Expression and Hate Speech Panel
Chair: Terry Sanderson
Panellists: Amal Farah (“Somali Attitudes to Apostasy”), Imad Iddine Habib (“Blasphemy and Apostasy in Morocco”), Magdulien Abaida (“”Murtad under Islamic Sharia”), Nahla Mahmoud (“The Rise of Islamic Hate Speech and Apostasy Culture in the UK”), Ramin Forghani (“Defending Secularism and its importance for Apostates”)
Terry Sanderson
Amal Farah
Magdulien Abaida
Imad Iddine Habib
Ramin Forghani
Nahla Mahmoud
Q&A of Panel
Closing by Maryam Namazie: “Fighting on Multiple Fronts”