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““As a reader, I could put on someone else's shoes and live through his adventures, borrow his individuality and make choices that I didn't have at home.””

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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…

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

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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…

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

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

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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…

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

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

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By declaring our Prophet infallible and not permitting ourselves to question him, we Muslims had set up a static tyranny. The Prophet Muhammad attempted…

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

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I am not against migration. It is simply pragmatic to restrict migration, while at the same time encouraging integration and fighting discrimination. I support…

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

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