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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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From Wikipedia
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969 in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Dutch feminist and political writer, daughter of the Somali warlord Hirsi Magan Isse. When she was six, her family left Somalia, eventually settling in Kenya. She sought and obtained political asylum in the Netherlands in 1992 — under circumstances that later became the center of a political controversy.
She is a prominent and controversial author, film maker, atheist, and critic of Islam and Christianity. She was a member of the Tweede Kamer (the Lower House of the States-General of the Netherlands) for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from January 30, 2003 until May 16, 2006. A political crisis surrounding her Dutch citizenship led to her resignation from the parliament, and indirectly to the fall of the Second Balkenende cabinet.
She has received numerous awards for her human rights work, and in 2005, was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She is currently a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. (more)


Writings by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Blog of Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Confronting Holocaust Denial

The Owl and the Ostrich

"Darling, It Hurts to Be Alone"
A Final Meeting with Oriana Fallaci

Women the Future of Freedom

Let's Talk about How to Close the Identity Gap

Unfree Under Islam : Sharia Endangers Women's Rights, from Iraq to Canada

Women Go "Missing" by the Millions
As I was preparing for this article, I asked a friend who is Jewish if it was appropriate to use the term "holocaust" to portray the worldwide violence against women. He was startled. But when I read him the figures in a 2004 policy paper published by the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, he said yes, without hesitation.

Setting Themselves Apart
British Prime Minister Tony Blair says the Muslim veil is a mark of separation, which makes the integration of Muslim women into society more difficult. He's right. Those who wear the veil deliberately set themselves apart.

Faced with Radical Islam, Europe Is in Danger of Decay
Two years ago, movie director Theo van Gogh’s throat was cut on a street in Amsterdam in the name of radical Islam. I had partaken in his last work, Submission, where we represented, in the most accurate way possible, the condition of Muslim women: tyranny, humiliations, violence. In this film, we showed Muslim women who had finally rebelled, talking to God in a tone of defiance. It made Imam Fawaz of the Hague scream with hate during the delivery of a vengeful sermon. My friend Theo, the “criminal bastard”, was subsequently riddled with bullets and stabbed to death with a dagger.

Muslim Women Are the Key to Change
Ideas can be dangerous. I have learnt that the hard way. But I know that when it comes to freedom and human rights these precious ideas, so valued in the West, are worth fighting for.




“I do not believe in God, angels and the hereafter.”


Articles and Links on Ayaan Hirsi Ali

'Everyone Is Afraid to Criticize Islam'
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Dutch politician forced to go into hiding after the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, responds to the Danish cartoon scandal, arguing that if Europe doesn't stand up to extremists, a culture of self-censorship of criticism of Islam that pervades in Holland will spread in Europe. Auf Wiedersehen, free speech.
INTERVIEW: GERALD TRAUFETTER

The Caged Virgin
Holland's shameful treatment of Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
by Christopher Hitchens

Behind the Veil: A Muslim Woman
Speaks Out

by MARLISE SIMONS

Danger woman
by Alexander Linklater

Dutch MP defies Muslim pressure
by Jane Beresford

Enemy of the faith
by Fareena Alam

Slaughter And 'Submission'
Creator Of Dutch Film Vows Sequel Despite Muslim Death Threats

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: A One-Note Islam Critic

An Enlightenment Fundamentalist
by BRENDAN BERNHARD

No Rest for a Feminist Fighting Radical Islam
by WILLIAM GRIMES

She's No Fundamentalist: What people get wrong about Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
by Christopher Hitchens


Ayaan Hirsi Ali Interviews

SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH
AYAAN HIRSI ALI
'Everyone Is Afraid to Criticize Islam'

Exclusive: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, BBC Interview

Moving stories: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Infidel
An interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The Infidel Speaks
Ayaan Hirsi Ali fled fanaticism in Africa—and Holland. So what does she make of her new conservative friends in D.C.?

"We Must Declare War on Islamist Propaganda"

Cage Door: The Brian Lehrer Show

Dutch-Muslim View of Europe's Future – NPR Interview

'The Caged Virgin': A Call for Change in Islam


Videos on Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali with Glenn Beck

Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Real Time w/Bill Maher

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Interviewed On Channel 4

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Interviewed On Swedish Television

Theo van Gogh/Ayaan Hirsi Ali: "Submission" pt 1


Books by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Infidel

The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam



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