Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Women covering their heads is traditional, but now we're seeing more and more women covering themselves from head to toe. This is…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I see no difference between Islam and Islamism. Islam is defined as submission to the will of Allah, as it is described…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I want people to emphasize life before death as opposed to life after death.

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“Wishful thinking about the peaceful tolerance of Islam cannot interpret away this reality: hands are still cut off, women still stoned and…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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

“The will of little girls is stifled by Islam. By the time they menstruate they are rendered voiceless. They are reared to…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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

I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

What matters is abuse, and how it is anchored in a religion that denies women their rights as humans. What matters is…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“When I look at people talking about intersectionality, what I see is the human being magnifying a biological attribute, and then putting…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

We must reclaim and retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women.

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I talk about a Christianity that is enlightened enough to separate spirituality from the rest of life. Not just church and state,…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“I didn't like the endless gossiping or the constant complaints that they were victims of external factors. Somalis never said "Sorry" or…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“Unlike white commentators, who were hamstrung by the fear that they would be labeled racist, I could voice my criticisms of the…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

As soon as something like Monty Python's 'The Life of Brian' appears with a Muhammad figure as the main lead, directed by…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Islam was like a mental cage. At first, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“Where I grew up, death is a constant visitor. A virus, bacteria, a parasite; drought and famine; soldiers, and torturers; could bring…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I have had to pay a price for leaving Islam and for speaking out. I have to pay for round-the-clock security because…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

We had a world dominated by the Soviet Union on the one hand, and the Americans on the other hand. They called…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I accept that there are multitudes seeking God, seeking meaning, and so on, but if they reject atheism, I would rather they…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The Christian take on Hellfire seems less dramatic than the Muslim vision, which I grew up with, but Christian magical thinking appeals…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali