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I had the enormous privilege last week of appearing on a platform with Ayaan Hirsi Ali at the centennial meeting of the American Jewish Committee in Washington.Mark Alexander
Ms Hirsi Ali is the Somalian-born Dutch MP who now lives under round-the-clock police protection, because her uncompromising opposition to Islamist fascism has resulted in a death sentence upon her by the people whose monstrosities she has devoted her life to defeating.
The daughter of a Muslim intellectual, she fled an arranged marriage and sought asylum in the Netherlands. There she observed the hidden plight of many Muslim women, suffering from such obscenities as genital mutilation or ‘honour killings’ when family members suspect them of sexual impropriety.
This led her to help write an 11-minute film called Submission about the violence practised against Muslim women and its justification in religious doctrine. As a result the film’s director, Theo van Gogh, was murdered and Ms Hirsi Ali went into hiding for her life as the Dutch finally woke up to the horrendous madness that now threatened to engulf their society. A woman of valour from the Jewish Chronicle (12 May 2006)
5 comments:
Hirsi Ali is a powerful voice and gets some media attention here in the States. Not enough attention, IMO, but the LA Times has covered some of her speeches.
Always:
Hers is a powerful voice; but she doesn't get half the attention she deserves in the MSM. I think they are too timid, and certainly too PC.
Ayaan's message is loud and clear. I can't say I agree with all she says; but most of it.
She thinks that Islam is reformable; I don't. That's the main difference between her approach and mine.
Have a look at this, about Hirsi Ali. I don't think she'll get deported, however, because she has strong political ties in the Netherlands.
I don't blame her for lying to get asylum. She had no other way to be safe, IMO. And we so need her voice, because she knows the truth about Islam and can explain it, too.
Bld & Always:
always, mark,..Funny how Afghan skyjackers here get asylum on human rights grounds, but Ali may not.
Isn't it, though? The bigger the crime, the more protection one gets! Or so it seems.
Bld:
This is amazing news! It's unbelievable that the Dutch authorities should be giving her so much trouble. How many other people have lied about their details in order to get into Europe?
As you say, perhaps it's time to round up the other liars now too, then.
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