Azar Majedi
Azar Majedi (Persian: آذر ماجدی) is an Iranian communist activist, writer,[1] chairperson of the Organization for Women's Liberation[2] and one of the leaders of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran. She has been an opponent of the current regime ruling Iran since returning from her education abroad to oppose the regime in 1978,[3][4] a movement she has described as 'just'.[5]
Majedi was born in Iran to an atheist father and Muslim mother.[6]
Political views
Majedi describes herself as a Marxist and Worker-communist.[7] An atheist from the age of 12,[8] she has described Islam as "a very misogynist ideology".[9] Majedi said in a 2001 interview that "society must do something so that Islam is eradicated".[10] In another interview Majedi expressed the view that Islamophobia does not exist, and that it is "an invented concept trying to silence the world to criticize Islam or Islamic movement".[11]
Personal life
Majedi was married to Mansoor Hekmat. Together they have three children.[12]
References
- Essay response: Which side are you on?
- Azar Majedi
- Azar Majedi: A Brief Biography Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- Azar Majedi
- Popular Movement to Overthrow Islamic Regime of Iran, a Just Movement
- Glazov, Jamie. "Frontpage interview: Azar Majedi". bataillesocialiste.wordpress.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- Majedi, Azar (13 March 2012). "Azar Majedi: Nudity or Nudity". Scoop Media. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- Majedi, Azar. "Political Islam a threat to Humankind Political Islam versus Secularism". www.azarmajedi.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- Glazov, Jamie. "Frontpage interview: Azar Majedi". bataillesocialiste.wordpress.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "On the Fight against Religion Interview with Radio International February 15, 2001". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ""Does Islamophobia exist in England ?" : Interview with Azar Majedi on BBC". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- Ashfar, Haleh (20 July 2002). "Mansoor Hekmat". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
External links
- Azar Majedi on Twitter
- Worker-Communist Unity Party of Iran
- Radio For A Better World
- Against Sexual Apartheid in Iran Interview with Azar Majedi
- Essays