In a sense, my grandmother was living in the Iron Age. There was no system of writing among the nomads. Metal artifacts were rare and precious… The first time she saw a white person my grandmother was in her thirties:… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I'd love to go and visit the Mosque in Mecca again, just for the sheer beauty of it, not for God - much the way a non-Catholic might go to Vatican City because of the beauty of the buildings and… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
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… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned English. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
I see no difference between Islam and Islamism. Islam is defined as submission to the will of Allah, as it is described in the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
I want people to emphasize life before death as opposed to life after death. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
“Wishful thinking about the peaceful tolerance of Islam cannot interpret away this reality: hands are still cut off, women still stoned and enslaved, just… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
By declaring our Prophet infallible and not permitting ourselves to question him, we Muslims had set up a static tyranny. The Prophet Muhammad attempted… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
“The will of little girls is stifled by Islam. By the time they menstruate they are rendered voiceless. They are reared to become submissive… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
I am not against migration. It is simply pragmatic to restrict migration, while at the same time encouraging integration and fighting discrimination. I support… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
What matters is abuse, and how it is anchored in a religion that denies women their rights as humans. What matters is that atrocities… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
“When I look at people talking about intersectionality, what I see is the human being magnifying a biological attribute, and then putting them aside,… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share
