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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, was raised Muslim, and spent her childhood and young adulthood in Africa and Saudi Arabia. In 1992, Hirsi Ali came to the Netherlands as a refugee. She earned her college degree in political science and worked for the Dutch Labor party. She denounced Islam after the September 11 terrorist attacks and now serves as a Dutch parliamentarian, fighting for the rights of Muslim women in Europe, the enlightenment of Islam, and security in the West.

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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...
Chicago Tribune, April 2, 2013
...Among the authors we would like to meet are Kathryn Stockett, Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, Erik Larson and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. We find these authors fascinating, with broad cultural experiences that they have the ability to share with the reader. Up...
Buffalo News, April 1, 2013
...Walls September: The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin October: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali November: The Omnivore’s Dilemma: a natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan December: The Guernsey...
Oneindia, March 2, 2013
...slogan: "Yes we can. A bullet a day keeps the infidel away." The list includes Molly Norris, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Flemming Rose, Morris Swadiq, Salman Rushdie, Girt Wilders [sic], Lars Vilks, Stephane Charbonnie, Carsten Luste, Terry Jones, and Kurt...
Yen, January 20, 2013
...DVD with an interactive version of the original book as well as interviews and home movies. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali This autobiography of remarkable Somali refugee and female activist is incredible. Ayaan Hirsi Ali first got the world’s...
Huffington Post, January 18, 2013
...real contrition. Embarrassment is not the same as remorse. — James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) January 18, 2013 -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who made headlines last year for her " Muslim Rage " Newsweek cover story, is back with a piece in the New York...
New York Times, January 18, 2013
...of young minds to hatred. It is time for these secular movements to start a countereducation in tolerance. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a fellow at the Belfer Centers Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School, and author of the books Infidel and...
Imprint Online, January 18, 2013
...about how, I invite you to look at Verse 4:34, and the insightful writings and thoughts of Ayaan Hirsi Ali. This maltreatment of women is not solely found in Islam. The Christian Bible is not much different on the subject, and the explicit ordering of...
New York Times, January 17, 2013
...of young minds to hatred. It is time for these secular movements to start a countereducation in tolerance. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a fellow at the Belfer Centers Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School, and author of the books Infidel and...
Eurasia Review, January 16, 2013
...Buruma has trashed one of the most courageous defenders of human rights in the world, ex-Muslim and feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. In other words, Buruma is a fraud. He cares not a whit about human rights, and is so in bed with the gay rights movement that...
Chicago Tribune, January 12, 2013
...Harper Lee and ask her why the heck she never wrote another book. Recently we read "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali A book we loved We loved "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett for the beauty of her writing, the engaging characters and a story that grabbed us...
Brandon Sun, January 7, 2013
...with 500 recipes. ⢠âNomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizationsâ by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2010). This book is a personal look at many of the major social, economic, political and religious themes affecting our...