In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant… — 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
By declaring our Prophet infallible and not permitting ourselves to question him, we Muslims had set up a static tyranny. The Prophet… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I am not against migration. It is simply pragmatic to restrict migration, while at the same time encouraging integration and fighting discrimination.… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
My first experience in the Netherlands was very pleasant, extremely pleasant. I mean, I got my residence permit, refugee status, within four… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Young people, some of whom are not born into the faith, are being fired up by preachers using basic Islamic scripture and… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
It's wrong to treat Muslims as if they will never find their John Stuart Mill. Christianity and Judaism show people can be… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no:… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
If this incomplete ayaan hirsi wants fame sooo much then she shouldn't use religion as a base to be known. Some people… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
We have to start with the little babies who are born now, socialize them in freedom and critical thinking. We don't have… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
The people who believe themselves to be on the left, and who defend the agents of Islam in the name of tolerance… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Many people in Europe and the U.S. dispute the thesis that we are living through a clash of civilisations between Islam and… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I wanted secular, non-Muslim people to stop kidding themselves that Islam is peace and tolerance. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I cannot emphasize enough how wrongheaded this is. Withholding criticism and ignoring differences are racism in its purest form. Yet these cultural… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
The idea that if people are just friendly and demonstrate they want peace, that will be answered with good will - that… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Infuriatingly stupid analysts - especially people who called themselves Arabists, yet who seemed to know next to nothing about the reality of… — 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… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
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
