“When I look at people talking about intersectionality, what I see is the human being magnifying a biological attribute, and then putting them aside, putting them in a corner as victims of oppression…I most certainly don't see myself as a… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I want people to emphasize life before death as opposed to life after death. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“The will of little girls is stifled by Islam. By the time they menstruate they are rendered voiceless. They are reared to become submissive robots who serve in the house as cleaners and cooks. They are required to comply with their father's choice of a mate, and after the wedding their lives are devoted to the sexual pleasures of their… — 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 Image
I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
