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| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) Abhar, Iran |
| Political party | Worker-communist Party of Iran |
| Awards | Secularist of the Year |
Mina Ahadi (Persian:مینا احدی,romanized: Minâ Ahadi, born 1956) is an Iranian-Austrian politicalactivist. She is a member of the Central Committee and Politburo of theWorker-communist Party of Iran.
Mina Ahadi campaigns for citizens' rights and for legal systems based upon secular values rather than upon religious doctrine. She is the leading figure of the International Committee Against Executions and the International Committee Against Stoning. She was also the most important founder of the GermanCentral Council of Ex-Muslims.[1] The aim of the Council is to make it possible for Muslims to renounce Islam without being punished under anti-apostasy legislation. Among Ahadi's achievements are the liberation ofNazanin Fatehi from an Iranian jail. Since October 2018, she has been the official ambassador for theregistered associationintaktiv e.V., which opposes the circumcision of male children.[2][3]
Ahadi's husband, who was also a political activist, was put to death in Iran on the date of the couple's wedding anniversary. It was his execution that motivated her fight against capital punishment.[4] Ahadi has two daughters.
Ahadi lives and works in Germany. Due to death threats, she has been living under police protection from the moment of her first public appearance as the chairwoman of the Central Council of Ex-Muslims.[5][6]
On 20 October 2007, Ahadi was awarded theSecularist of the Year prize by theUK'sNational Secular Society.[7]
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