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margin: 0 0 0.5em 0.5em; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #FF6E00; width:175px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; color:White; background-color:#FF6E00"><b>Parroting squawkbox</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Pundit" title="Pundit"><font size="4" color="White"><b>Pundits</b></font></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E9E4E4;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_pundits" title="Category:Political pundits"><img alt="Icon pundit.svg" src="/w/images/thumb/4/45/Icon_pundit.svg/100px-Icon_pundit.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/w/images/thumb/4/45/Icon_pundit.svg/150px-Icon_pundit.svg.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/4/45/Icon_pundit.svg/200px-Icon_pundit.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:White; background-color:#FF6E00; text-align:center;"><b>And a dirty dozen more</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#E9E4E4;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Lowry" title="Rich Lowry">Rich Lowry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Schlussel" title="Debbie Schlussel">Debbie Schlussel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gretchen_Carlson" title="Gretchen Carlson">Gretchen Carlson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erick_Erickson" title="Erick Erickson">Erick Erickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Sharpton" title="Al Sharpton">Al Sharpton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Ventura" title="Jesse Ventura">Jesse Ventura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Ramsey" title="Dave Ramsey">Dave Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Robinson" title="Tommy Robinson">Tommy Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Goldberg" title="Bernard Goldberg">Bernard Goldberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaush" title="Vaush">Vaush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoram_Hazony" title="Yoram Hazony">Yoram Hazony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Wiles" title="Rick Wiles">Rick Wiles</a></li></ul> <div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Pundits" title="Template:Pundits">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Pundits" title="Template talk:Pundits">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Pundits&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>I think that we are at war with Islam. And there’s no middle ground in wars. <br />Islam can be defeated in many ways. For starters, you stop the spread of the ideology itself; <br />at present, there are native Westerners converting to Islam, and they’re the most fanatical sometimes. <br />There is infiltration of Islam in the schools and universities of the West. You stop that. <br />You stop the symbol burning and the effigy burning, and you look them in the eye and flex your muscles and you say, <br />'This is a warning. We won’t accept this anymore.' There comes a moment when you crush your enemy.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Ayaan Hirsi Ali, fearmongering about 1.5 billion <a href="/wiki/Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslims">Muslims</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ayaan Hirsi Ali</b>, born <b>Ayaan Hirsi Magan</b> (1969–), is a controversial <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somali</a>-born <a href="/wiki/Dutch" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch">Dutch</a>-<a href="/wiki/American" class="mw-redirect" title="American">American</a> writer and activist. </p><p>Before coming to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, she fled to the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> as a refugee, avoiding a forced marriage in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, the country she was visiting at the time with her family. On <a href="/wiki/Dutch" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch">Dutch</a> soil, she was accepted as a political refugee from <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>, alleging to be fleeing from the civil war that was occurring there in 1992. She lied, since she had also previously lived for several years in <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> (therefore not fleeing from the civil war which was the reason for which she applied for asylum); but she also omitted that she arrived from <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, which, according to laws regulating asylum seekers, should've been the first place where she should apply for asylum.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> She did this because she feared her family could find her — it is also the reason for why she applied for asylum with the surname <i>Ali</i> rather than her actual last name, <i>Magan</i>. She also fibbed about her age. </p><p>She is a victim of <a href="/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation" title="Female genital mutilation">female genital mutilation</a> (FGM) and <a href="/wiki/Wahhabi" class="mw-redirect" title="Wahhabi">Wahhabi</a> indoctrination at an early age, which should be reason to empathize with her personal tragedy and the courage it took to flee a <a href="/wiki/Misogynistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Misogynistic">misogynistic</a> destiny. However, this should not serve as a reason to <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">hate Muslims</a>. She is a vitriolic critic of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Multiculturalism" title="Multiculturalism">multiculturalism</a>, going so far as to advocate amending Western <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">constitutions</a> to make it possible to shut down <i>all</i> Muslim schools because "the <a href="/wiki/Jihad" title="Jihad">jihadi</a> genie is out of the bottle".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> Her books, columns and talk-show appearances helped pave the way for the rise of <a href="/wiki/Dutch" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch">Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/Far-right" class="mw-redirect" title="Far-right">far-right</a> <a href="/wiki/Populist" class="mw-redirect" title="Populist">populist</a> wackaloon <a href="/wiki/Geert_Wilders" title="Geert Wilders">Geert Wilders</a>—and <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6rg_Haider" title="Jörg Haider">Jörg Haider</a> is spinning in his grave. </p><p>She is married to <a href="/wiki/Wingnut" title="Wingnut">wingnut</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> historian <a href="/wiki/Niall_Ferguson" title="Niall Ferguson">Niall Ferguson</a> (which might explain a few things), with whom she has one son.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p><p>Despite her highly-questionable views, she is at the same time one of the most outspoken critics of <a href="/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation" title="Female genital mutilation">female genital mutilation</a> and has vehemently defended women, the LGB community and other victims of religious orthodoxy. She was once a well known supporter of <a href="/wiki/Humanism" title="Humanism">humanism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secularism" class="mw-redirect" title="Secularism">secularism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheism</a>. However, over the years, it has become increasingly difficult to praise this work as her own narrative becomes more <a href="/wiki/Islamophobic" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamophobic">Islamophobic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative">conservative</a> and, at times, <a href="/wiki/Racist" class="mw-redirect" title="Racist">racist</a>. Additionally, she is <a href="/wiki/TERF" class="mw-redirect" title="TERF">a trans-exclusionary radical feminist</a>, going as far to promote the pseudoscientific book "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters" by known <a href="/wiki/Transphobe" class="mw-redirect" title="Transphobe">transphobe</a> <a href="/wiki/Abigail_Shrier" title="Abigail Shrier">Abigail Shrier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> She also now insists we need to "fight woke ideology"<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup>, which is ironic considering that those most opposed to "wokism" would like her to shut up and get back in the kitchen, please. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Biography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Biography</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Early_life"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Life_in_the_Netherlands"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Life in the Netherlands</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"><a href="#Murder_of_Theo_van_Gogh"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Murder of Theo van Gogh</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Off_to_America"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Off to America</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Anti-Islam_advocacy"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Anti-Islam advocacy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Ali.27s_Zionism_and_involvement_in_anti-DAESH_media_campaign"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Ali's Zionism and involvement in anti-DAESH media campaign</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Statement_on_Islamic_bloodshed"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Statement on Islamic bloodshed</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#No_Muslim_politicians_are_good_enough_for_her"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">No Muslim politicians are good enough for her</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Reactionary_political_stances"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Reactionary political stances</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Ex-atheist"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Ex-atheist</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Ali was born as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somali</a> elite. She is the daughter of the revolutionary leader Hirsi Magan Isse‎. Isse sent his family to <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> when she was a child, where she lived an upper middle class life attending a Muslim school for girls (although her brother attended a Christian one, which kind of seems a bit weird if her family were a bunch of Islamic fanatics like she had said). There, she was forced by her grandmother to undergo <a href="/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation" title="Female genital mutilation">female genital mutilation</a> when she was 5 years old. She later fled to <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> to avoid what she claimed was an abusive <a href="/wiki/Arranged_marriage" class="mw-redirect" title="Arranged marriage">arranged marriage</a>, although for some reason she still talked with her ex-husband, who had allegedly paid so that she could even go to <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, and he even agreed to a divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Life_in_the_Netherlands">Life in the Netherlands</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Life in the Netherlands">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Ali first went to <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> and lived with an aunt, but then moved to the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, where she was granted political asylum. She later received a refugee scholarship to study at Leiden University. </p><p>Ali was elected to the Dutch Parliament in 2003 on the right-wing VVD ticket, but had to resign in 2006 after the Dutch television program <i>Zembla</i> exposed huge chunks of her story to be well... <a href="/wiki/Deceit" title="Deceit">not true</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> Not only had she lied about fleeing from Somalia, she had left before the violence had even started.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> All of this might have been understandable, except that her party, VVD, has a <a href="/wiki/Hypocrisy" title="Hypocrisy">strong anti-immigration policy</a>, and is very vocal about denying so called "fortune seekers" entry. </p><p>After the expose, Verdonk decided that by the standing laws (enacted by the VVD), Ali should have her Dutch citizenship taken away. However, this decision was highly controversial, and on the initiative of left-wing parties this was eventually overturned. The whole affair also resulted in the coalition government falling apart as the center-left coalition party (D66) felt that this was too dickish even for the VVD, and new elections had to be written out. </p><p>Ali stated that all foreign aid to Africa was not just useless, but even harmful, and that it merely amounted to "welfare for an alcoholic father with 10 children". Aside from the borderline <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a>, her source of information for this was <a href="/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunning-Kruger effect">a single chapter of a controversial book</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Murder_of_Theo_van_Gogh">Murder of Theo van Gogh</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Murder of Theo van Gogh">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>In 2004, Ali collaborated with Dutch filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh" title="Theo van Gogh">Theo van Gogh</a> to produce a short <a href="/wiki/Films" class="mw-redirect" title="Films">film</a> about Islam's attitude to women (<i>Submission</i>). The film showcased verses from the <a href="/wiki/Koran" class="mw-redirect" title="Koran">Koran</a> painted on the <a href="/wiki/Naked" class="mw-redirect" title="Naked">naked</a> bodies of women, which provoked a predictable controversy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali was threatened with death by <a href="/wiki/Islamist" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamist">Islamists</a>, and received <a href="/wiki/Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Police">police</a> protection. In November 2004, Van Gogh was murdered in Amsterdam by the Islamist Mohammed Bouyeri.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> The killer first shot Van Gogh, then stabbed him with a knife several times, and finally stabbed a note to his chest<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> that was addressed to Ayaan Hirsi Ali. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Off_to_America">Off to America</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Off to America">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>After the <i>Zembla</i> expose caused her <a href="/wiki/Dutch" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch">Dutch</a> political career to go down in flames, Ali then moved to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and now works for the <a href="/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute" title="American Enterprise Institute">American Enterprise Institute</a> (AEI), a <a href="/wiki/Neoconservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Neoconservative">neoconservative</a> "think" tank. She spun an incredible, somewhat convoluted and contradictory story about her life and the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> debacle, but her claims—that "political Islam eventually made my life in the Netherlands impossible. If it were not for political Islam, I would almost certainly still be Dutch"—were eagerly accepted by the AEI. Ali became an <a href="/wiki/American" class="mw-redirect" title="American">American</a> citizen in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Anti-Islam_advocacy">Anti-Islam advocacy</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Anti-Islam advocacy">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali_book_signing.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali_book_signing.jpg/200px-Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali_book_signing.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="335" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali_book_signing.jpg/300px-Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali_book_signing.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali_book_signing.jpg/400px-Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali_book_signing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="958" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali_book_signing.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Ali at a book signing.</div></div></div> <p>Ali has authored several books: <i>Infidel</i>, her <a href="/wiki/Deceit" title="Deceit">autobiography</a>; <i>The Caged Virgin</i>, a set of essays on the role of <a href="/wiki/Women" class="mw-redirect" title="Women">women</a> in Islam; and <i>Nomad</i>, the story of her life after leaving Somalia. In the Netherlands, her main impact came from her criticism of the country's diversity policies, and her openly hostile attitude to Islam. That she was a woman, an <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">African</a>, and an ex-Muslim <a href="/wiki/Atheist" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheist">atheist</a> all lent credibility to her views (undermined by the Zembla expose). Astute observers might also note the incongruity of a Somali woman who benefited from a country's refugee policies and willingness to help others telling the Dutch people that diversity is bad.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> </p><p>She has advocated a rigorous policy of 'integration' for <a href="/wiki/Undocumented_immigration" title="Undocumented immigration">immigrants</a>, insisting that they must abandon those traditions commonly found in Muslim communities; some of which, to be fair to Ali, do run contrary to the beliefs and practices of the civilized world. For instance, she spoke against the marriage of underage girls, and <a href="/wiki/Homophobia" title="Homophobia">intolerance shown towards gay people</a>, although you could arguably hold it against her for portraying child marriages as a strictly Islamic practice that needs to be stamped out, rather than a more nuanced cultural problem that is pervasive in multiple religions in areas all over, including Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> No word, however, on her opinion of the attacks on abortion rights and Planned Parenthood by her employer, AEI.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> </p><p>Ali is unlike classic wingnuts in that she splits her time fairly evenly between offering genuine, important critiques of Islam and being a raving <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">Islamophobe</a>, although unfortunately it appears that lately she's been slowly moving from the 'legitimate criticism' camp to the 'jihadis are everywhere' group that the AEI attracts. Whether her beliefs are moving further into outright <a href="/wiki/Bigotry" title="Bigotry">bigotry</a>, or if she's playing to the crowd, is anyone's guess. Although given who she ended up <a href="/wiki/Niall_Ferguson" title="Niall Ferguson">marrying</a>, there's probably some money in the former camp. She is probably one of the best examples of "Your mileage may vary" when it comes to her writings on the subject. To her credit, her latest book, <i>Heretic</i> (2015), is a lot more level-headed than her earlier work and she quickly moved away from defending <a href="/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik" title="Anders Behring Breivik">a murderous nutcase</a> who cited her in his manifesto (after rationalizing his actions).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup> In the United States she enjoys being an on-hand expert on Islam for <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>, and being within the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Pat_Robertson" title="Pat Robertson">Pat Robertson</a>'s shriveling corporeal form.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center" title="Southern Poverty Law Center">Southern Poverty Law Center</a> considers Hirsi Ali an anti-Muslim extremist; <a href="/wiki/Hemant_Mehta" title="Hemant Mehta">Hemant Mehta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ophelia_Benson" title="Ophelia Benson">Ophelia Benson</a> strongly disagree.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup> Hilariously, Hirsi Ali's prior comments do very little to support Mehta and Benson's defense of her.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span id="Ali's_Zionism_and_involvement_in_anti-DAESH_media_campaign"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Ali.27s_Zionism_and_involvement_in_anti-DAESH_media_campaign">Ali's Zionism and involvement in anti-DAESH media campaign</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ali's Zionism and involvement in anti-DAESH media campaign">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Like many critics of Islam, she is a supporter of Israel and is sympathetic to <a href="/wiki/Zionism" title="Zionism">Zionism</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup> and in spite of claiming to be an atheist announced at an event hosted by the Israeli Consul General of New York that "one day I hope to convert to Judaism"; it's unclear whether this was a joke or if she was serious.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup> </p><p>Ali proclaimed that <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> should be awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a> for his 2014 bombardment of Gaza.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup> Even if this bombardment hadn't been highly dubious (over 500 Palestinian children were killed)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup> it's rather strange to award someone a <i>peace</i> prize for <i>war</i> actions; it's doubtful that this is the sort of "peace" that Alfred Nobel envisioned in 1896. Although, there have been a <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">few</a> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">worse</a> <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">nominees</a>, and even <a href="/wiki/Henry_Kissinger" title="Henry Kissinger">winners</a>. </p><p>Geniuses at the State Department are engaging in a social media campaign—"Think Again, Turn Away"— with the mission of countering <a href="/wiki/DAESH" title="DAESH">DAESH</a>'s online recruiting which will <a href="/wiki/Sarcasm" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarcasm">surely convince many would-be DAESH supporters</a>. To that end, the campaign's Twitter account has promoted pro-<a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> fanatic Ali.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup> As <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Greenwald" title="Glenn Greenwald">Glenn Greenwald</a> notes, in addition to Ali's apologetics for Israel's policies, "[s]he has spouted some of the most virulent anti-Muslim bigotry." Thus, invoking her to undermine ISIS is absurd: </p> <table style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px 8px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:10px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:2px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Can you hear all the Muslim hearts and minds changing throughout the world yet? Other than ISIS, who does the State Department think is going to be remotely excited about and receptive to this message? To combat ISIS’ message, the State Department is promoting someone who has articulated a bloody, vicious vision of global war against Islam that coincides perfectly with ISIS’ greatest dream.</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Indeed, ISIS fancies it is prosecuting a global war to bring about a Caliphate, and Ali imagines the West is engaging in a global war against Islam; their chimeras dovetail quite well. </p><p>In an interview with Irshad Manji on Fareed Zakaria's show, Ayaan Hirsi Ali unironically proposed Muslims should embrace Christianity because Islam was flawed. It would, in fact, be ironic to advocate replacing bad ideas with more bad ideas. A majority of Catholic theologians believe the doctrines of Jesus are inconsistent with any form of death penalty.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup> This alone distinguishes Catholicism from the more bloodthirsty demands of Islam. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Statement_on_Islamic_bloodshed">Statement on Islamic bloodshed</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Statement on Islamic bloodshed">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>In March 2015, in a discussion with <a href="/wiki/Sean_Hannity" title="Sean Hannity">Sean Hannity</a> on <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>, Ayaan Hirsi Ali claimed that <a href="/wiki/PIDOOMA" title="PIDOOMA">Islam, as a religion, is "responsible for 70% of all the bloodshed in the world today</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup> </p><p>Taking her comments on face value, Islam is most certainly not actually responsible for 70% of bloodshed in the world. Firstly, it's difficult to lay responsibility for violence at any one factor's doorstep. Religion is no exception, because you run into the <a href="/wiki/Thirty_Years_War" title="Thirty Years War">Thirty Years War</a> problem of there being a multitude of motivating factors that have little if anything to do with religion. <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a> didn't <a href="/wiki/9/11" title="9/11">slam three planes into major US landmarks</a> just because they thought <a href="/wiki/Allah" title="Allah">Allah</a> told them to do it; there were a number of largely secular political grievances they had as well.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup> Meanwhile, the bloody clashes<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup> between <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a> and the even crazier (!) <a href="/wiki/DAESH" title="DAESH">DAESH</a> are motivated by political differences and power-jockeying rather than disagreement over scripture.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></sup> Meanwhile, the rivalry between the two most infamous Islamic theocracies, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> is, while exacerbated by religious differences, a coldly political power struggle.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup> In this case, it seems that sectarianism and religion are more tools for the ruling class' political gain than a genuinely-held belief system.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></sup> </p> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Islam_civil_wars_graph.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/f/fb/Islam_civil_wars_graph.png/300px-Islam_civil_wars_graph.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="157" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/f/fb/Islam_civil_wars_graph.png/450px-Islam_civil_wars_graph.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/f/fb/Islam_civil_wars_graph.png/600px-Islam_civil_wars_graph.png 2x" data-file-width="1145" data-file-height="598" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Islam_civil_wars_graph.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>All civil wars, civil wars in Muslim countries and civil wars with Islamist insurgents, 1946–2014.</div></div></div> <p>This ambiguity, that multiple factors make it difficult to lay responsibility for violence at one doorstep, is vital to understand because it explains why "the Muslim world" is so much more prone to violence. When you account for other conflict drivers disproportionately found in the Middle East and Africa (poor economic development, autocracy, oil dependency, outside political interference, and a large percentage of youth), Islam has nothing to do with increased trends of political violence.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></sup> Outside political interference is perhaps the big one. The last major interstate war in the Muslim world was the <a href="/wiki/Iran-Iraq_War" title="Iran-Iraq War">Iran-Iraq War</a> which ended in 1988, so the majority of political violence seen today is thus tied to <a href="/wiki/Civil_war" title="Civil war">civil wars</a> and insurgencies. Looking further at this, instances of civil wars and insurgencies in Muslim-majority countries slowly tick up during the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, peak around the early 1990s, decrease sharply after that, then shoot through the fucking roof around <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">2003</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></sup> It shouldn't take a genius to figure out the reason behind those trends. </p><p>Meanwhile, Islam also has nothing to do with murder rates, as most of the world's worst areas are in Central and South America.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a></sup> In fact, Muslim-majority countries interestingly seem to have a significantly lower violent <a href="/wiki/Crime" title="Crime">crime</a> rate than much of the rest of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a></sup> And remember, all of this is relevant, as Hirsi Ali specifically framed this as "all bloodshed in the world." </p><p>In short, the world is a messy place and some parts are messier than others. Saying that Islam is responsible for 70% of the world's bloodshed is absurd due to the number of other variables involved, many of which seem to exonerate the religion rather than implicate it. It's almost as if people are complicated, and it's almost as if their reasons for fighting can't be summed up in a sentence, a single chart, or shoved into a nice little box. </p><p>Funnily enough, her statement is in a way representative of reality if it were supposed to mean that 70% of shed blood in the world is that of Muslims, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://youtu.be/PH96tuRA3L0?t=449">while conveniently omitting just who exactly is shedding the blood</a>. See: Number of civilians killed in Chechen <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War#:~:text=The%20First%20Chechen%20War%2C%20also,December%201994%20to%20August%201996.">1st</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Chechen_War">2nd</a> wars (as percentage of population they were genocides), Serbian war crimes in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_genocide">Bosnia</a> and Kosovo, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/11080513">The bodycount by Physicians for Social Responsibility</a> and more <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2023/IndirectDeaths">recently from Brown University</a> number of killed in Iraq and Afghanistan post 2001, Madeline Aulbright's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP_VnVlFhXU">statement</a> regarding the number of children killed due to sanctions imposed on Iraq prior to 2001, War Crimes in Gulf Wars that include the highway of death, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_Muslims_in_independent_India">violence against Muslims</a> in India, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide">Rohingya genocide</a> in Burma, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide">Uyghur genocide</a> in China etc, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[note 1]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="No_Muslim_politicians_are_good_enough_for_her">No Muslim politicians are good enough for her</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: No Muslim politicians are good enough for her">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Ayaan has attacked <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Squad_(United_States_Congress)">the squad</a>" (notably singling out liberal progressive Muslim representative <a href="/wiki/Ilhan_Omar" title="Ilhan Omar">Ilhan Omar</a> by writing a long smear piece "Can Ilhan Omar Overcome Her Prejudice?").<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a></sup> She also doesn't have kind words for Sadiq Khan, the left-leaning Muslim mayor of London. If Ayaan truly cared about supporting non-violent Muslim reformers she'd be supportive of them, but Ayaan gives away that she couldn't possibly support "the good Muslims." </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Reactionary_political_stances">Reactionary political stances</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Reactionary political stances">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Ayaan works for the Hoover Institution (a right-wing think tank) as a research fellow and this makes her positions very predictable.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a></sup> She stood by <a href="/wiki/J.K._Rowling" class="mw-redirect" title="J.K. Rowling">J.K. Rowling</a>, who has widely been called transphobic.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a></sup> She has retweeted articles that decry Black Lives Matter, because to an out-of-touch reactionary how could systemic racism be real?<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a></sup> She is a Trump supporter,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a></sup> and penned an article praising his stance toward Islam<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a></sup> and has repeatedly and often defended Trump's actions. No joke, she has actually likened Trump's critics that want to obliterate the influence of Republican party by scoring electoral wins for Democrats to violent extremists.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a></sup> After Trump used Twitter to incite a mob to violently attack the Capitol building on January 6th, 2021 in an attempt to terrorize Congress into giving him the election, Ayaan illustrated the slippery slope fallacy and tweeted, "Silencing Trump is dumb and dangerous. OK, go ahead and ban us all!".<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a></sup> </p><p>She is hostile toward critical race theory and liberal students.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a></sup> She often retweets sensational or misleading op-eds about <a href="/wiki/Cancel_culture" title="Cancel culture">cancel culture</a> or woke culture from Quillette and other right-wing media.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Ex-atheist">Ex-atheist</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ex-atheist">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In November 2023 Ali declared she became a Christian, because "Atheism can't equip us for civilizational war", in a screed that oddly mentioned nothing about <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59">[58]</a></sup> There's a pretty strong case to be made that at least one of the <a href="/wiki/Greed" title="Greed">reasons</a> for this move is that there's better money made among <a href="/wiki/Christian_nationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian nationalist">Christian nationalist</a> circles than among atheists.<sup id="cite_ref-pinkerite_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pinkerite-60">[59]</a></sup> Ali has worked for the <a href="/wiki/Koch" title="Koch">Koch</a>-funded "<a href="/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute" title="American Enterprise Institute">American Enterprise Institute</a>" before,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a></sup> so Ali being a typical right-wing grifter isn't all that surprising.<sup id="cite_ref-pinkerite_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pinkerite-60">[59]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurabia" title="Eurabia">Eurabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamofascism" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamofascism">Islamofascism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">Islamophobia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Harris" title="Sam Harris">Sam Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Geller" title="Pamela Geller">Pamela Geller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salman_Rushdie" title="Salman Rushdie">Salman Rushdie</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-46">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">This should give you something to think about the next time <a href="/wiki/Persecution_complex" title="Persecution complex">American Christians whine about being "persecuted"</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/14/397862/-Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali-Extremist#">Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Extremist</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.zeit.de/online/2006/20/niederlande_hirsi_ali_integration/komplettansicht">https://www.zeit.de/online/2006/20/niederlande_hirsi_ali_integration/komplettansicht</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://reason.com/archives/2007/10/10/the-trouble-is-the-west">http://reason.com/archives/2007/10/10/the-trouble-is-the-west</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gawker.com: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.is/http://gawker.com/5466433/fabulously-snobby-divorce-scandal-of-the-week-niall-fergusons-fatwa-mistress-two-step">archive.is</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gawker.com/5466433/fabulously-snobby-divorce-scandal-of-the-week-niall-fergusons-fatwa-mistress-two-step">web.archive.org</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/12/ayaan_hirsi_ali_gives_birth_to.php">http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/12/ayaan_hirsi_ali_gives_birth_to.php</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1327495352472137728">https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1327495352472137728</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/">https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.alternet.org/media/anti-islam-author-ayaan-hirsi-alis-latest-deception">http://www.alternet.org/media/anti-islam-author-ayaan-hirsi-alis-latest-deception</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://zembla.vara.nl/seizoenen/2006/afleveringen/11-05-2006/extras/the-holy-ayaan/">http://zembla.vara.nl/seizoenen/2006/afleveringen/11-05-2006/extras/the-holy-ayaan/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/islam-kritikerin-hirsi-ali-verlaesst-die-niederlande-a-416242.html">Islam-Kritikerin: Hirsi Ali verlässt die Niederlande</a> (in German)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.volkskrant.nl/leven/hirsi-ali-gelooft-in-toveren~a720031/">http://www.volkskrant.nl/leven/hirsi-ali-gelooft-in-toveren~a720031/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/03/international/europe/03dutch.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/03/international/europe/03dutch.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3974179.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3974179.stm</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324767004578486931383069840?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887324767004578486931383069840.html">http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324767004578486931383069840?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887324767004578486931383069840.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://drmaxtor.blogspot.com/2006/05/surprise-ayaan-hirsi-ali-is-exposed-as.html">Surprise! Ayaan Hirsi Ali is exposed as a L I A R</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.islamophobiawatch.co.uk/more-on-ayaan-hirsi-ali/">More on Ayaan Hirsi Ali</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://theelders.org/article/meeting-child-brides-ethiopia">http://theelders.org/article/meeting-child-brides-ethiopia</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.cfr.org/peace-conflict-and-human-rights/child-marriage/p32096#!/?cid=otr_marketing_use-child_marriage_Infoguide#!%2F">http://www.cfr.org/peace-conflict-and-human-rights/child-marriage/p32096#!/?cid=otr_marketing_use-child_marriage_Infoguide#!%2F</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.aei.org/?s=abortion">https://www.aei.org/?s=abortion</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://thinkprogress.org/conservative-think-tank-scholar-promotes-claim-that-norway-terrorist-attacked-because-he-was-a83b862d8dc7#.jk849q5wg">https://thinkprogress.org/conservative-think-tank-scholar-promotes-claim-that-norway-terrorist-attacked-because-he-was-a83b862d8dc7#.jk849q5wg</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www1.cbn.com/content/risking-her-life-expose-islam">http://www1.cbn.com/content/risking-her-life-expose-islam</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/10/27/southern-poverty-law-center-ayaan-hirsi-ali-and-maajid-nawaz-are-anti-muslim-extremists/">Southern Poverty Law Center: Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Maajid Nawaz Are “Anti-Muslim Extremists”</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2016/bad-move-splc/">Bad move SPLC</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://reason.com/archives/2007/10/10/the-trouble-is-the-west">http://reason.com/archives/2007/10/10/the-trouble-is-the-west</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/interviews/gndgo0/exclusive-ayaan-hirsi-ali-extended-interview">http://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/interviews/gndgo0/exclusive-ayaan-hirsi-ali-extended-interview</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/barbara-hollingsworth/ayaan-hirsi-ali-condemns-hypocrisy-anti-israel-campus-protesters">http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/barbara-hollingsworth/ayaan-hirsi-ali-condemns-hypocrisy-anti-israel-campus-protesters</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/short-takes/hirsi-ali-still-defiant-against-islam-judaism-her-future">http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/short-takes/hirsi-ali-still-defiant-against-islam-judaism-her-future</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.salon.com/2014/08/04/ayan_hirsi_ali_bibi_netanyahu_deserves_nobel_peace_prize_for_gaza_campaign/">http://www.salon.com/2014/08/04/ayan_hirsi_ali_bibi_netanyahu_deserves_nobel_peace_prize_for_gaza_campaign/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/gaza-fallout-understand-crimes-150420130139305.html">http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/gaza-fallout-understand-crimes-150420130139305.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-30">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://theintercept.com/2015/12/15/when-the-state-department-tries-to-choose-muslim-thought-leaders-to-win-hearts-and-minds/">https://theintercept.com/2015/12/15/when-the-state-department-tries-to-choose-muslim-thought-leaders-to-win-hearts-and-minds/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-31">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.learnthebible.org/would-jesus-oppose-the-death-penalty.html">http://www.learnthebible.org/would-jesus-oppose-the-death-penalty.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-32">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVeiT0DHej0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVeiT0DHej0</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-33">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Christianity is <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/6120373/Top-10-worst-Bible-passages.html">totally better...</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-34">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/4132665711001/?#sp=show-clips">Ayaan Hirsi Ali discusses new book 'Heretic'</a> Fox News. March 24, 2015. (quote begins at 0:38) <blockquote class="letter" style="width:auto; background:#f8f8ff; border:1px solid #C9C9CF;"> <p>I say it's not a religion of peace now because if, as a religion, you're responsible for 70% of all the bloodshed in the world today then you possibly cannot be a religion of peace but it could become a religion of peace if we make some changes </p> </blockquote> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-35">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/08/twenty-years-war/496736/">The Twenty Years’ War</a> Tierney, Dominic. <i>The Atlantic</i>. AUG 23, 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-36">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden%27s_Declaration_of_War">Osama bin Laden's Declaration of War</a> Osama bin Laden, Wikisource.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-37">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/02/08/Activists-say-ISIS-top-commander-killed-in-Syria-.html">Activists say ISIS top commander killed in Syria</a> <i>Al Arabiya News</i> 8 February 2014</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-38">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Feb-24/248278-senior-al-qaeda-figure-killed-by-isis.ashx#axzz2u6nIcwPB">Senior Al-Qaeda figure killed by ISIS</a> <i>The Daily Star</i>. Feb. 24, 2014</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-39">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/comparing-al-qaeda-and-isis-different-goals-different-targets/">Comparing Al Qaeda and ISIS: Different goals, different targets</a> Daniel L. Byman April 29, 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-40">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42008809">Why Saudi Arabia and Iran are bitter rivals</a> Marcus, Johnathan. <i>BBC</i>. 18 November 2017</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-41">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pomeps.org/the-politics-of-sectarianism">The Politics of Secterianism</a> <i>Project on Middle East Political Science</i>. November 13, 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-42">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2053168016646392">Are Muslim countries more prone to violence?</a> Nils Petter Gleditsch, Ida Rudolfsen. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://journals.sagepub.com/home/rap">Research and Politics</a> (Research & Politics (RAP) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, which focusses on research in political science and related fields.) First Published May 11, 2016. Volume: 3 issue: 2. Page 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-43">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gleditsch and Rudolfsen, 2016. Pages 3-4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-44">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/murder-rates-by-country.html">Murder Rate By Country</a> World Atlas. Jan 11, 2018</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-45">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vox.com/2015/1/30/7951309/islam-violence">This study obliterates the myth that Muslims are more violent</a> Zack Beauchamp. <i>Vox</i>. Jan 30, 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-47">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-ilhan-omar-overcome-her-prejudice-11562970265">https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-ilhan-omar-overcome-her-prejudice-11562970265</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-48">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201124233802/https://www.hoover.org/profiles/ayaan-hirsi-ali">https://web.archive.org/web/20201124233802/https://www.hoover.org/profiles/ayaan-hirsi-ali</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-49">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1280826374991884289">https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1280826374991884289</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-50">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/698195146618314753">https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/698195146618314753</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-51">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1316426106560417793">https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1316426106560417793</a> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-52">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-immigration-ban_b_58933c0de4b070cf8b80d970">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-immigration-ban_b_58933c0de4b070cf8b80d970</a> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-53">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1325963126488010752">https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1325963126488010752</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-54">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111222121/https://mobile.twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1347688609512566786">Silencing Trump is dumb and dangerous. OK, go ahead and ban us all!</a> by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (3:36 PM · Jan 8, 2021) <i>Twitter</i> (archived from January 11, 2021).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-55">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1289688303579492353">https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1289688303579492353</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-56">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1301735053580328960">https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1301735053580328960</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-57">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1303455772706209793">https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1303455772706209793</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-58">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200902214808/https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1301275550929936384">Wokeness is the new American cultural imperialism, writes @tunkuv. Just ask Adele. Think about it: the woke are now dictating to women how they should or should not style their hair. Bizarre.</a> by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2:47 PM - 2 Sep 2020) <i>Twitter</i> (archived from September 2, 2020).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-59">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/">Why I am now a Christian</a> Ayaan Hirsi Ali (November 11, 2023) <i>Unherd</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pinkerite-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-pinkerite_60-0">59.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-pinkerite_60-1">59.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="archive_link"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pinkerite.com/2023/11/is-anybody-surprised-that-ayaan-hirsi.html">Is anybody surprised that Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Christian now?</a><sup>[<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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