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65 quotes by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Dutch: [aːˈjaːn ˈɦiːrsi ˈaːli] ( listen); born 13 November 1969) — birthname Ayaan Hirsi Magan Isse Guleid Ali Wai’ays Muhammad Ali Umar Osman Mahamud; — is a Somali-born American (formerly Dutch) activist, writer, and politician. She is known for her views critical of female genital mutilation and Islam and supportive of women's rights and atheism. She collaborated on a short movie with Theo van Gogh, entitled...
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Of course, the overwhelming majority of Muslims are not terrorists or sympathetic to terrorists. Equating all Muslims with terrorism is stupid and... →

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The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people... →

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I see no difference between Islam and Islamism. Islam is defined as submission to the will of Allah, as it is described in the Koran. Islamism is... →

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We who don't want radical Islam to spread must compete with the agents of radical Islam. I want to see what would happen if Christians, feminists... →

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I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned English.

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Young people, some of whom are not born into the faith, are being fired up by preachers using basic Islamic scripture and mobilized to wage jihad by... →

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Let us recognize that we can no longer tolerate violent oppression of women in the name of religion and culture any more than we would tolerate... →

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When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step... →

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My first experience in the Netherlands was very pleasant, extremely pleasant. I mean, I got my residence permit, refugee status, within four weeks of... →

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Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

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I'd love to go and visit the Mosque in Mecca again, just for the sheer beauty of it, not for God - much the way a non-Catholic might go to... →

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I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.

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I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.

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