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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 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... Read full biography of Ayaan Hirsi Ali → ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 5 What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not. 0 Every time I went on TV I got a threat. 0 I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from. 0 In 1985 as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood. 0 When your life is threatened, whether it's by human beings or by disease or whatever, you come to appreciate life. 0 Catholics should be proselytizing about a God who is love, who represents a hereafter where there's no hell, who wants you to lead a life where... → 0 I talk about a Christianity that is enlightened enough to separate spirituality from the rest of life. Not just church and state, but knowledge and... → 0 The problem is that those of us who were born into Islam and who don't want to live according to scripture - we don't have what the Jews... → 0 Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the... → 0 I come from a world where the word 'trauma' doesn't exist, because we are too poor. I didn't have an easy life compared to the... → 0 I grew up in Somalia, in Saudi Arabia, in Ethiopia, and in Kenya. I came to Europe in 1992, when I was 22, and became a member of Parliament in... → 0 When I was with the Labor Party, I'd get into trouble because the party bosses determined that some of what I wrote, or proposed to write about... → 0 You have to let individuals make their own choices and respect that, even if it's your own child. And that's what was taken away from me. My... → 0 ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 5 Add a quote!


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