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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Somalia, was raised as a Muslim, and spent her childhood and young adulthood in Africa and Saudi Arabia. In 1992 Hirsi Ali went to the Netherlands as a refugee, escaping a forced marriage to a distant cousin she had never met. She denounced Islam after 9/11 and now works as a Dutch parliamentarian, fighting for the rights of Muslim women in Europe, the enlightenment of Islam, and for security in the West.

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Excerpt:
Prologue from The Caged Virgin
Mar 03, 2011
Excerpt:
Introduction from Infidel
Nov 23, 2010
Nomad will be released on May 13, 2010 in
May 13, 2010
Nomad is now available in
May 13, 2010
Excerpt:
Prologue from The Caged Virgin
Apr 03, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Infidel
Dec 04, 2009
Excerpt:
Introduction from Infidel
Mar 31, 2009
Excerpt:
Prologue from The Caged Virgin
Mar 31, 2009
The Caged Virgin will be released on September 04, 2008 in
Sep 04, 2008
The Caged Virgin is now available in
Sep 04, 2008
Infidel will be released on September 04, 2008 in
Sep 04, 2008
Infidel is now available in
Sep 04, 2008

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Campus Watch, May 22, 2013
...of Islam and refused to pretend. Those wanting to know more about women under Islam could go to Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel or Wafa Sultan's A God Who Hates. Sultan told WORLD, though, that her message is not one Americans want to hear: "It's hard for...
Spectator, May 21, 2013
...stab in the back. Fear is the common explanation for the evasion. The punishments meted out to Rushdie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the Danish cartoonists – and that is before we come to the suffering of liberal Muslims and ex-Muslims – stand as a...
Adelaide Now, May 5, 2013
...their first meeting last Tuesday. Secular Psalms member Tanya Watkins says the eight attendees chatted about Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the novel is the first in a series of selections that will focus on humanist and secular themes. Another group,...
Huffington Post, May 2, 2013
...of the established truths about Muslims and Islam. She strongly denounces renowned liberal critics of Islam such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Paul Berman and underlines the intellectual flaws in the work of prominent academics like John Rawls and Jacques...
Guardian.co.uk, April 18, 2013
...But perhaps they are doing more than providing a prurient reading, as such a western label might suggest? Ayaan Hirsi Ali's 2006 brave memoir Infidel had important insights, from her work as a translator for Dutch social services in Leiden, into how...
Newsvine, April 11, 2013
...or blow up anyone who disses their prophet, regardless of whether those people are "colonialists". Salman Rushdie and Ayaan Hirsi Ali are not oppressors of Muslims. They are apostates. Godfrey's article notes the deplorable massacre at Sabra and Shatila...
Sydney Morning Herald, April 5, 2013
...Controversial Somali-Dutch author Ayaan Hirsi Ali will address a multicultural double standard that exists in developed countries when she speaks at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday. "The white man is held to a...
ECPlaza, May 24, 2013
...out the podcasts with CNN Journalist Soledad O’Brien, Actress Angela Bassett, Actor Blair Underwood, Singer Tyrese, Activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Singer Lira, Poet Rita Dove, Former CBS Anchor Mark McEwen and Stroke, Singer Charlie Wilson and Prostate...
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, May 23, 2013
...focusing on Islamism. Those focusing on Islam itself as the problem (such as ex-Muslims like Wafa Sultan and Ayaan Hirsi Ali) point to the consistency from Muhammad’s life and the contents of the Quran and Hadith to current Muslim practice. Agreeing...
CNN, May 23, 2013
...a knife to pin a letter to his victim's body, explaining his actions and threatening to kill Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an ex-Muslim and friend of the director, who remains a fierce critic of Islam. The letter is a screed against Jews and an attempt to intimidate...
CNN, May 23, 2013
...a knife to pin a letter to his victim's body, explaining his actions and threatening to kill Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an ex-Muslim and friend of the director, who remains a fierce critic of Islam. The letter is a screed against Jews and an attempt to intimidate...
KSAT 12, May 23, 2013
...a knife to pin a letter to his victim's body, explaining his actions and threatening to kill Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an ex-Muslim and friend of the director, who remains a fierce critic of Islam. The letter is a screed against Jews and an attempt to intimidate...
VOCM, May 23, 2013
...a knife to pin a letter to his victim's body, explaining his actions and threatening to kill Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an ex-Muslim and friend of the director, who remains a fierce critic of Islam. The letter is a screed against Jews and an attempt to intimidate...
CNN, May 23, 2013
...a knife to pin a letter to his victim's body, explaining his actions and threatening to kill Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an ex-Muslim and friend of the director, who remains a fierce critic of Islam. The letter is a screed against Jews and an attempt to intimidate...