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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an influential writer, politician, and activist known for her advocacy on women's rights, religious freedom, and anti-terrorism. Born in Somalia, she grew up in the Netherlands and gained widespread attention for her criticism of Islam and women's rights.

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“We have to start with the little babies who are born now, socialize them in freedom and critical thinking. We don't have to throw away their faith. People confuse the two, thinking if you are enlightened that means apostasy. It doesn't.”

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“European children are educated in a narrative of human tolerance every day, and if you want to be sure to prevent a backlash, you should at least think of bringing Muslim children and teenagers into the fold of that narrative of tolerance.”

Ifs Thinking Want Should Humans Children Tolerance Educated Teenager Narrative Folds Backlash

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“My brother thinks it is very, very bad that I left Islam. My half-sister wants to convert me back; I want to convert her to Western values. My mum is terrified that when I die, and we all go to God, I will be burned.”

Thinking Want Values Dies Left Half Brother Islam Western My Brother Mum Burned Terrified Western Values Half Sister

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“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 father passed away thinking I still had to go back to his way of believing.”

Ifs Thinking Way Believe Children Stills Choices Father Individual Taken Passed Away Father Passed Away

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“I don't believe in hell and heaven anymore. Or angels. I think Islam is a superstition like every other superstition. But now because it's a superstition, unlike Christianity, that hasn't been tested and hasn't gone through a process of enlightenment, I think it's a dangerous superstition.”

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“By declaring our Prophet infallible and not permitting ourselves to question him, we Muslims had set up a static tyranny. The Prophet Muhammad attempted to legislate every aspect of life. By adhering to his rules of what is permitted and what is forbidden, we Muslims supressed the freedom to think for ourselves and to act as we chose. We froze the moral outlook of billions of people into the mindset of the Arab desert in the seventh century. We were not just servants of Allah, we were slaves.”

“I don't believe there is such a thing as 'moderate Islam.' I think it's better to talk about degrees of belief and degrees of practice.”

Thinking Believe Belief Practice Degrees Islam Don't Believe Moderates

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“I think of Canada, first and foremost, in terms of space. The amount of space available is breathtaking.”

Thinking Firsts Term Space Amount Available Canada Breathtaking

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“No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that's what the West is all about.”

Thinking Belief West Enterprise Clash

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“The Christian take on Hellfire seems less dramatic than the Muslim vision, which I grew up with, but Christian magical thinking appeals to me no more than my mother's angels and djinns.”

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“It was Friday, July 24, 1992, when I stepped on the train. Every year I think of it. I see it as my real birthday: the birth of me as a person, making decisions about my life on my own. I was not running away from Islam, or to democracy. I didn't have any big ideas then. I was just a young girl and wanted some way to be me; so I bolted into the unknown.”

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Book:Infidel

Source: Infidel

“In 2010, I suggested that if you are a good Muslim with a good conscience, go and look for a better God, and I think that was juvenile of me.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Conscience Juvenile

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About the Author

Born: November 13, 1969
Known for: Activist
Quotes: 147

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Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's RightsRelated source material

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Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of CivilizationsRelated source material

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The Caged Virgin: A Muslim Woman's Cry for ReasonRelated source material

Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation NowRelated source material

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