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“Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.” quote by Ayaan Hirsi Ali — Download Open image

“Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.”

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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 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…

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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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