Azam Kamguian
We Need to Fight the Battle for Enlightenment

I am delighted to be here today to speak at such a wonderful conference. Here, I talk as an apostate, an atheist who left Islam and religion altogether at the age of 15, a veteran activist of women's rights who survived the atrocities committed by political Islam in Iran.

INTERNATIONAL HUMANIST AND ETHICAL UNION
UNION INTERNATIONALE HUMANISTE ET LAIQUE

Statement by Representative Azam Kamguian, Tuesday, 6 April 2004
(Statement read for her by Mohammed Sheikh)

UN Commission on Human Rights: 60th session. (15 March - 23 April 2004)

Integration of human rights of women and a gender perspective:
Violence against women (12a)

It is an undeniable fact that education is one of the most important cornerstones of all human societies. The way a society regards raising the next generation is reflected first and foremost in its educational system. Here I will try to describe a complete religious education. My case is the Islamic educational system in Iran.