Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, born Ayaan Hirsi Magan, on 13 November 1969) is a Dutch-American activist, author, and former politician of Somali origin. She is a leading opponent of female genital mutilation, and calls for a reformation of Islam. She is supportive of women's rights and is an atheist. Her latest book was released in 2015 and is called: Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 November 1969
Ayaan Hirsi Ali quotes about
west notable should
The West is duly terrified. But it should not be surprised. ...
parent bears witness
...Bear true witness, even if it be against yourselves, your parents or your family.
men bullshit victory
What we are now doing with the victory, and I agree with you if you condemn that and I condemn whole-heartedly the trivial bullshit it is to go after a man who makes a scientific breakthrough and all that we as women — organized women — do is to fret about his shirt?
feminism idiotic fellows
We must reclaim and retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women.
thinking west belief
No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that's what the West is all about.
thinking looks juvenile
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.
wish reason categorical-imperative
My conscience is informed by reason. It's like Kant's categorical imperative: behave to others as you would wish they behaved to you.
teenager brotherhood kenya
In 1985 as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
two rights netherlands
If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.
hate remember
I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of hate.
people want before-death
I want people to emphasize life before death as opposed to life after death.
religious secular-society political
The demand that Islam makes of women is to not attract attention to yourself, and if you are in a secular society, that attire does exactly that, and it is a political symbol, no longer religious.
islam groups three
There is one Islam, unreformed, but three sets of Muslims. Medina, Mecca, and. Dissidents, reformers, whatever you want to call them. The first group are the extremists and fundamentalists, the second the great mass of Muslims who just want to live their lives in peace, and the third are reformers.
religious political flags
Women covering their heads is traditional, but now we're seeing more and more women covering themselves from head to toe. This is said to be for religious reasons but it's actually the conflation of religion and politics - every political movement has its slogans, flags and dress.