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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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“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 average European. But compared to the average African, it wasn't all that bad.”

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“We had a world dominated by the Soviet Union on the one hand, and the Americans on the other hand. They called it the Cold War. But it wasn't cold. I am someone who comes from the third world. In the third world, the cold war wasn't cold. Millions had been killed. It was a proxy war.”

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“Infuriatingly stupid analysts - especially people who called themselves Arabists, yet who seemed to know next to nothing about the reality of the Islamic world - wrote reams of commentary [after 9/11]. Their articles were all about Islam saving Aristotle and the zero, which medieval Muslim scholars had done more than eight hundred years ago; about Islam being a religion of peace and tolerance, not the slightest bit violent. These were fairy tales, nothing to do with the real world I knew.”

“In the real world, equal respect for all cultures doesn't translate into a rich mosaic of colorful and proud peoples interacting peacefully while maintaining a delightful diversity of food and craftwork. It translates into closed pockets of oppression, ignorance, and abuse.”

Source: Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

“The veil deliberately marks women as private and restricted property, nonpersons. The veil sets women apart from men and apart from the world; it restrains them, confines them, grooms them for docility. A mind can be cramped just as a body may be, and a Muslim veil blinkers both your vision and your destiny. It is the mark of a kind of apartheid, not the domination of a race but of a sex.”

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Book:Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

Source: Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

About the Author

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

Books & Sources

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

InfidelRelated source material

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

Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of CivilizationsRelated source material

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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