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Ayaan Hirsi Ali… a Somali Muslim who earlier in life supported the assassination of Salman Rushdie.

She fled an arranged marriage and became a member of the Dutch Parliament. She also became critical of the treatment of women in the Islamic world. For example, she accused a 52 year old Islamic prophet Muhammad of being a pervert and pedophile by modern standards. The prophet married a 9 year-old girl. His precedent is referenced to justify arranged marriages today.

“Do you think it strange that there is a Saddam Hussein? Muhammad is his example. Muhammad is an example for all Muslim men. Do you think it strange that so many Muslim men are violent?”

The controversy around her revoked political asylum in the Netherlands just led to the downfall of the Dutch government.

9 responses to “Articulate”

Todd Huffman

Jun 30, 2006 at 4:45 pm

Also, one of my Objectivist-type friends has a major crush on her.

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jurvetson

Jun 30, 2006 at 6:40 pm

I had a chance to talk with her in the quiet shade of the trees… (and got a better photo for your friend… )

Regarding 9/11 as a trigger event for her fracture of faith: “when I told my mom that there were Muslims in the World Trade towers, she replied ‘if they were in the towers, they were not Muslims.”

In response to a question from Deborah Scranton, the director of The War Tapes:
“For anyone who has spent time in the Muslim world, it is obvious that they believe they are in a holy war with the West”

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Ross Mayfield

Jul 1, 2006 at 6:00 am

Ayaan was the most interesting person there by far

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cumbersome cent

Jul 1, 2006 at 10:13 am

humbling and emotional shares these are, thank you. (she is another beautiful looking Somali woman)

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Delta_Storm

Jul 3, 2006 at 2:09 am

Typical. She is getting so much attention and ‘admiration’ just because she is speaking out against a religion that she has made so many false statements on. The worse part is that people actually believe that liar which had sought asylum in Holland under a false name and stated a false place of origin to get her way.

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umejias

Jul 3, 2006 at 7:22 pm

Before making up your mind about Hirsi Ali, you should read this.

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Hans ten Hagen

Jul 17, 2006 at 1:15 pm

The controversy wasn’t limited to her revoked political asylum. In 2004 she produced a short movie with the controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh titled Submission.

Because of the movie Theo van Gogh was murdered in Amsterdam in November 2004 – via a ritual killing (bizarre). More info on:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3974179.stm

However the BBC article is not complete as he wasn’t killed by a bullit.

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sammynow06

May 16, 2007 at 3:58 am

extrame people like her in Europe who criticise Christians are behind bars.

and rightly so they are called extramisits..
She is Extrimis but I see her on TV channels in all europe as a champion..

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sammynow06

May 16, 2007 at 4:02 am

can you imagine if she is send to Muslim women’s prison..
only hope she knows self defence as much she is articulate

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