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'''Azar Majedi''' ({{lang-fa| آذر ماجدی }}) is an [[Iran]]ian [[communist]] [[activist]], writer,<ref>[http://www.redpepper.org.uk/Essay-response-Which-side-are-you/ Essay response: Which side are you on?]</ref> chairperson of the ''Organization for Women's Liberation''{{cn}} 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,<ref>[http://www.azarmajedi.com/html/bio/bio.html Azar Majedi: A Brief Biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106112045/http://www.azarmajedi.com/html/bio/bio.html |date=January 6, 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://iranpoliticsclub.net/authors/azar-majedi/ Azar Majedi]</ref> a movement she has described as 'just'.<ref>[http://www.azadizan.net/arc-to-06/english/html/popular.htm Popular Movement to Overthrow Islamic Regime of Iran, a Just Movement]</ref>
'''Azar Majedi''' ({{lang-fa| آذر ماجدی }}) is an [[Iran]]ian [[communist]] [[activist]], writer,<ref>[http://www.redpepper.org.uk/Essay-response-Which-side-are-you/ Essay response: Which side are you on?]</ref> chairperson of the ''Organization for Women's Liberation''<ref>[http://www.faithfreedom.org/Author/AzarMajedi.htm Azar Majedi]</ref> 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,<ref>[http://www.azarmajedi.com/html/bio/bio.html Azar Majedi: A Brief Biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106112045/http://www.azarmajedi.com/html/bio/bio.html |date=January 6, 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://iranpoliticsclub.net/authors/azar-majedi/ Azar Majedi]</ref> a movement she has described as 'just'.<ref>[http://www.azadizan.net/arc-to-06/english/html/popular.htm Popular Movement to Overthrow Islamic Regime of Iran, a Just Movement]</ref>


Majedi was born in Iran to an atheist father and Muslim mother.{{cn}}
Majedi was born in Iran to an atheist father and Muslim mother.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Glazov|first1=Jamie|title=Frontpage interview: Azar Majedi|url=https://bataillesocialiste.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/frontpage-interview-azar-majedi/|website=bataillesocialiste.wordpress.com|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref>


==Political views==
==Political views==
Majedi describes herself as a Marxist and Worker-communist.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Majedi|first1=Azar|title=Azar Majedi: Nudity or Nudity|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1203/S00234/azar-majedi-nudity-or-nudity.htm|accessdate=11 December 2014|publisher=Scoop Media|date=13 March 2012}}</ref> An atheist from the age of 12,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Majedi |first1=Azar |title=Political Islam a threat to Humankind Political Islam versus Secularism |url=http://www.azarmajedi.com/articles/am-politicalislam-aug04.html |website=www.azarmajedi.com |accessdate=11 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920134401/http://www.azarmajedi.com/articles/am-politicalislam-aug04.html |archivedate=20 September 2007 }}</ref> she has described Islam as "a very misogynist ideology".<ref>{{cite web|title=On the Fight against Religion Interview with Radio International February 15, 2001|url=http://hekmat.public-archive.net/en/3720en.html|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref> In another interview Majedi expressed the view that although racism towards Muslims is ripe and real, 'Islamophobia' is "an invented concept trying to silence the world to criticize Islam or Islamic movement".<ref>{{cite web|title="Does Islamophobia exist in England ?" : Interview with Azar Majedi on BBC|url=http://www.prochoix.org/cgi/blog/index.php/2006/02/11/425-does-islamophobia-exist-in-england-interview-with-azar-majedi-on-bbc|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref>
Majedi describes herself as a Marxist and Worker-communist.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Majedi|first1=Azar|title=Azar Majedi: Nudity or Nudity|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1203/S00234/azar-majedi-nudity-or-nudity.htm|accessdate=11 December 2014|publisher=Scoop Media|date=13 March 2012}}</ref> An atheist from the age of 12,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Majedi |first1=Azar |title=Political Islam a threat to Humankind Political Islam versus Secularism |url=http://www.azarmajedi.com/articles/am-politicalislam-aug04.html |website=www.azarmajedi.com |accessdate=11 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920134401/http://www.azarmajedi.com/articles/am-politicalislam-aug04.html |archivedate=20 September 2007 }}</ref> she has described Islam as "a very misogynist ideology".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Glazov|first1=Jamie|title=Frontpage interview: Azar Majedi|url=https://bataillesocialiste.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/frontpage-interview-azar-majedi/|website=bataillesocialiste.wordpress.com|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref>.<ref>{{cite web|title=On the Fight against Religion Interview with Radio International February 15, 2001|url=http://hekmat.public-archive.net/en/3720en.html|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref> In another interview Majedi expressed the view that although racism towards Muslims is ripe and real, 'Islamophobia' is "an invented concept trying to silence the world to criticize Islam or Islamic movement".<ref>{{cite web|title="Does Islamophobia exist in England ?" : Interview with Azar Majedi on BBC|url=http://www.prochoix.org/cgi/blog/index.php/2006/02/11/425-does-islamophobia-exist-in-england-interview-with-azar-majedi-on-bbc|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 20:25, 25 July 2020

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].[10] In another interview Majedi expressed the view that although racism towards Muslims is ripe and real, 'Islamophobia' 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

  1. ^ Essay response: Which side are you on?
  2. ^ Azar Majedi
  3. ^ Azar Majedi: A Brief Biography Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Azar Majedi
  5. ^ Popular Movement to Overthrow Islamic Regime of Iran, a Just Movement
  6. ^ Glazov, Jamie. "Frontpage interview: Azar Majedi". bataillesocialiste.wordpress.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  7. ^ Majedi, Azar (13 March 2012). "Azar Majedi: Nudity or Nudity". Scoop Media. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Glazov, Jamie. "Frontpage interview: Azar Majedi". bataillesocialiste.wordpress.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  10. ^ "On the Fight against Religion Interview with Radio International February 15, 2001". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  11. ^ ""Does Islamophobia exist in England ?" : Interview with Azar Majedi on BBC". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  12. ^ Ashfar, Haleh (20 July 2002). "Mansoor Hekmat". Retrieved 11 December 2014.


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