Kat Parker

Atheist ~ Humanist ~ Secular Rescue, Center for Inquiry ~ views are my own

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

They hanged them all… Yes the Islamic Republic killed them all right after the call for prayer this morning. When there is no punishment for this regime, why should they #StopExecutionsInIran.

Islamic Republic is one of the most deadlier virus in the world. What happened in the Middle East is not going to stay in the Middle East. It will infect the rest of the world.

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

Millions of us Iranians HATE to hear, “Allahu Akbar” the Muslim call to Prayer. Why? Because our FUCKING government is going to execute another innocent political prisoner tomorrow morning right after the call for prayer. It is always like that. For 40 years when we hear “Allahu Akbar”, it means that the regime in our country Iran, executed another innocent citizen for not practicing Islamic ideology.
Sorry if I caused Islamophobia in the West, by sharing the feelings of millions of Iranians who are worried about the life of another young man who will face execution for the crime of not respecting Islamic ideology in Iran.

#MohammadGhobadloo

از صدای الله‌اکبر، از اذان صبح بیزارم…

بیزارم از دین شما…
#محمد_قبادلو

[Kat Parker @planetqueen100]

@yahyiaalzandani So happy for you both! Welcome to your new home! ❤️

[Darya Safai MP @SafaiDarya]

When I was detained in Tehran in 1999 in the ayatollahs' prison,
I could never have imagined that one could also be imprisoned in the West for the same reason.

The day before yesterday, it was announced in the United States that they have a comprehensive plan to fight Islamophobia.
What might this national plan entail?
Criminalising "Islamophobia" and making it punishable?

Here in Belgium too, UNIA wants to do the same and as a member of parliament, I have been trying to stop this for years with debates in parliament. More and more people are trying to silence people who criticise Islam.
However, it is a fundamental right to be able to criticise religions and political views.

When I was detained in a prison of Ayatollah Khamenei in 1999 at 23 for criticising the way I was marginalised as a woman by Islam as a second-rate gender, I never imagined that I could ever face a prison sentence in the West because of the same criticism.

Why should I not be allowed to say that many aspects in Islamic law violate human dignity and fundamental rights? Will I be prosecuted for Islamophobia because of that? Where would that leave my civil rights and freedoms? I did not flee an Islamic country only to lose my freedom of speech in this country, because of such a thoughtless proposal.

Islam is a religion that has not yet experienced enlightenment and many discriminatory rules from thousands of years ago, institutionalised in this religion, are still in force.
Moreover, Islamism is a pernicious ideology that wants to conquer the world.

In the Muslim world, there are many critics who openly criticise it, even if they have to pay with their lives, because Sharia law is not tolerant.

In the West, under the guise of religious freedom, the radical Muslims try to further perpetuate their discriminatory views, especially against women. And anyone who criticises them is called polarising, stigmatising and Islamophobic.

And sometimes they can get right with some "progressives", who themselves, in the not so distant past, stood up against certain rules of another religion.
But now, suddenly, they are no longer critics of gender inequality or so many other discriminatory rules of Islam.
Because of their cultural relativism, they are abandoning millions of women and young girls, including here with us.

While Western civilisation waits for "enlightened" Islam and it is believed that the change must come from the Muslims themselves, some of them abandon the reforming critical eyes and silence them because it is allegedly "stigmatising".

Maybe they believe in miracles, but all I see in this way is an evolution towards a dark future.

The West urgently needs a wake-up call to ensure the future of our posterity.

That should be our mission.

The left picture is a picture of me in Iran. The right photo is who I am today, free from the yoke of Islamic oppression.

[Graham Thom @drgrahamthom]

A few minutes reflecting on another busy UNHCR resettlement consultations, #ATCR, a positive commitment to save lives but plenty of work still to do ⁦@amnestyOz⁩

[Graham Thom @drgrahamthom]

Ten year old children shouldn't have to plead with their government to simply be allowed to come home @amnestyOz https://t.co/FClwx2GzrE

[Kat Parker @planetqueen100]

@AshrafBaheer @RichardDawkins Three Afghans wrote him letters and I gave them to him in person. Two are friends of yours, Dr Baheer.

[Kat Parker @planetqueen100]

It was an honour to meet you in Melbourne, @RichardDawkins. I hope you enjoyed the Afghan Secular Rescue letters. The letter writers were incredibly excited when they heard you received them. It meant a lot to them.

[Nick @NickKano90]

One of the biggest honors I've had in the last few years is joining @FaithlessHijabi, and working alongside @zarakayk and @AGA_Johanna_ to support those who have left Islam- particularly women- given how vicious this religion is to them. https://t.co/sykrjQO8DF #IWD2023

[Kon Karapanagiotidis @Kon__K]

Breaking! More major donors are rallying to help #SAVEtheASRC

DOUBLE YOUR DONATION

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[Zara Kay @zarakayk]

#WomanLifeFreedom
#NoHijabDay2023
#worldhijabday2023

[Ridvan Aydemir | Apostate Prophet @ApostateProphet]

One human life is more valuable than a million Qurans.

[Armin Navabi @ArminNavabi]

I'm back! Suck it BJP!
Sorry, I was suspended for the start of Iran's revolution. But I'm here for the rest. #WomanLifeFreedom
#زن_زندگی_آزادی

[Kat Parker @planetqueen100]

@AshrafBaheer Hope you are enjoying your new life!

[PRGuy @PRGuy17]

I STAND WITH YOU: Dan Andrews has received high praise from across Australia for bluntly refusing a state service for George Pell — saying “I couldn't think of anything that would be more distressing for victim survivors”. Andrews also will not attend Pell's funeral. #auspol

[Atheist Republic @AtheistRepublic]

We are back!

[FFRF @FFRF]

Freethought of the Day: https://t.co/wnrVJSjKD8

[Center for Inquiry @center4inquiry]

Friday marked 3 months since the death of #MahsaAmini, a tragedy that incited tens of thousands of Iranians to take to the streets in sustained protest of the government's oppressive regime.

Our own Robyn Blumner praised the protestors: "To see so many people, particularly...

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Such courage

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Twitter is fun. I'm glad it exists.

It's cool that millions of us humans are connected to each other. Together we're one weird and beautiful living, intelligent, conscious system slowly waking up.

Sending everyone a virtual hug. Glad to be on this journey with you.