Boktips: Infidel av Ayaan Hirsi Ali

This is one of the most powerful books that I’ve read lately. Whether you think Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a brave voice for Muslim women or a frightening spokesperson for assimilation, you cannot deny that she has a remarkable story and is an incredible person. Raised as a Muslim in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Kenya and Ethiopia, now a Dutch citizen and former Dutch Member of Parliament, she is a fearless crusader against the worldwide oppression of women (and human beings in general) in Islamic societies.

Arriving in Holland at a time where refugees from all over the world were seeking asylum in record numbers, and working with social agencies as a translator, Ali witnessed the peril of immigrants who viewed their new country as a nation of godless hedonists, and refused to follow the rules of an open and free society. Ali has seen first-hand how European nations have turned a blind eye to the suppression of women in Muslim communities in their countries, under the often misguided pretense of multiculturalism:

“When people say that the values of Islam are compassion, tolerance, and freedom, I look at reality, at real cultures and governments, and I see that it simply isn’t so. People in the West swallow this sort of thing because they have learned not to examine the religions or cultures of minorities too critically, for fear of being called racist. It fascinates them that I am not afraid to do so.”

She’s stoked the ire of both Islamic extremists (one of whom was responsible for the murder of Theo Van Gogh, who produced a film of hers in 2004 which criticized the fundamentals of Islam) as well as of those of us politically correct westerners who’d prefer to see Islam as a religion of peace (with a few radical nutjobs on the fringe) than one of violence and oppression.

While I don’t know enough about the Quran or the history of Islam to agree with say, her assertion that there was nothing surprising about the 9/11 attacks, given the history of Islam and the militant language of the Quran, I do find her life fascinating and heroic. Reading Infidel challenges me to reconsider my liberal knee-jerk reaction against the idea of assimilation. She’s given us a clear example of how assimilation can be successful, and how the sequestering and appeasement of immigrant communities can work against the values of a free society and even be dangerous.

If you want a good ideological challenge, give it a read.

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Unik debatt mellan Ayaan Hirsi Ali och Tariq Ramadan

Global Axess Special - Ayaan Hirsi Ali möter Tariq Ramadan

Med anledning av den nyligen uppblossade dispyten på expressen.se mellan den muslimske filosofiprofessorn och Nietzsche-experten Tariq Ramadan och den liberala landsflyktingen Ayaan Hirsi Ali, visar Axess Webb-TV en unik filminspelning av den allra första offentliga debatten mellan de båda. Att de väcker starka känslor blir tydligt i detta animerade åsiktsutbyte.

Läs mer: www.axess.se

Hirsi Ali: Muslimer bör protestera mot terrorismen

Med henvisning til de voldsomme protester mod Muhammed-tegningerne i Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten kom forfatter og debattør Ayaan Hirsi Ali sent tirsdag under et besøg i London med en meget klar opfordring til muslimer verden over.

London: Det skete ved et arrangement i den britiske tænketank Center for Social Cohesion, der havde sat hende i stævne med den tidligere ekstremist Ed Husain og forfatter til bestselleren ”The Islamist” for at diskutere ”Vesten og islam i fremtiden”.

»Muslimer må tage et moralsk valg og aktivt trodse ekstremister, der bruger islam til at retfærdiggøre terrorisme,« sagde den somaliskfødte tidligere hollandske politiker.

Sammenstød

Hun argumenterede også for, at sammenstød mellem islam og Vesten er uundgåelig, med mindre muslimer afviser Koranens kvindeundertrykkende budskaber og anerkender homoseksuelles rettigheder.

Stedet for det halvanden time lange arrangement med særligt udvalgte tilhørere blev indtil kort før start holdt hemmeligt af hensyn til Hirsi Alis sikkerhed. Og under debatten sad der ifølge AP en bodyguard et par meter bag hende og mindede konstant tilhørerne om de dødstrusler, som hun har modtaget, siden hun skrev manuskriptet til filmen ”Submission”.

Filmen førte som bekendt til drabet på den hollandske instruktør Theo van Gogh, der blev skudt ned af en radikal muslim og efterladt med en trussel mod Hirsi Ali stukket til brystet med en kniv. Hirsi Ali har siden levet under konstant beskyttelse, selvom den hollandske regering for nylig besluttede, at den ikke længere vil betale for det.

Läs mer: www.jp.dk

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