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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Born

in Mogadishu, Somalia

November 13, 1969

Website

https://ayaanhirsiali.com/

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Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Women & Gender Studies

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969) is a Dutch feminist, writer, and politician. She is the estranged daughter of the Somali scholar, politician, and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. She is a prominent critic of Islam, and her screenplay for Theo Van Gogh's movie Submission led to death threats. Since van Gogh's murder by a Muslim in 2004, she has lived in seclusion under the protection of Dutch authorities.

When she was eight, her family left Somalia for Saudi Arabia, then Ethiopia, and eventually settled in Kenya. She sought and obtained political asylum in the Netherlands in 1992, under circumstances that later became the center of a political controversy. In 2003 she was el ...more

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s books

Average rating: 4.17 · 109,207 ratings · 9,204 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	Infidel 4.20 avg rating — 93,599 ratings — published 2006 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations 3.95 avg rating — 5,658 ratings — published 2010 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now 4.15 avg rating — 4,871 ratings — published 2015 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam 3.76 avg rating — 2,785 ratings — published 2002 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights 4.12 avg rating — 1,379 ratings — published 2021 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De zoontjesfabriek: Over vrouwen, islam en integratie 3.36 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Challenge of Dawa: Political Islam as Ideology and Movement and How to Counter It 4.14 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adan en Eva 3.25 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The West and the Future of Islam: A Debate Between Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Ed Husain by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ed Husain 3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ayaan verzameld : essays en toespraken 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel

tags: atheism, death, inspirational, life

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“Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali

tags: cowardice, inspirational, intolerance, tolerance

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“As a woman you are better off in life earning your own money. You couldn't prevent your husband from leaving you or taking another wife, but you could have some of your dignity if you didn't have to beg him for financial support.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel

tags: feminism, financial-freedom, islam

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The Atheist Book Club: August-September Group Read: Call to Vote (ends July 28)

Note: A shorter 2nd voting round will be created if a specific title is not clearly chosen by participants, or if specific titles are difficult to buy/borrow (at the discretion of the moderators' team)

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens

22 votes, 29.7%

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

10 votes, 13.5%

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris

5 votes, 6.8%

On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt by Richard Carrier

5 votes, 6.8%

Philosophers Without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life by Louise M. Antony

5 votes, 6.8%

The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins

4 votes, 5.4%

Radical: My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awakening by Maajid Nawaz

4 votes, 5.4%

Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding by Steven K. Green

4 votes, 5.4%

Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennett

3 votes, 4.1%

Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy

3 votes, 4.1%

Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction by John Brockman

3 votes, 4.1%

Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue by Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz

2 votes, 2.7%

Everybody Is Wrong About God by James A. Lindsay

2 votes, 2.7%

Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef

1 vote, 1.4%

Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

1 vote, 1.4%

74 total votes

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