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" A Western woman is not her brother's or her father's property. She's just herself. She can choose her own lifestyle. But in a Muslim family, the honor of the man is between the legs of a woman. "

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" My friend, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, was murdered in 2004 for having been insufficiently reverent toward Islam. "

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Friend

Been

Islam

" People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice. "

" When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward. "

" If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well. "

" Every time you take a train, step into your car, walk into the shopping mall, go to the airport - every single time, something could happen. That's how terrorism works. "

" I do not believe in God, angels and the hereafter. "

" Every time I went on TV I got a threat. "

" My conscience is informed by reason. It's like Kant's categorical imperative: behave to others as you would wish they behaved to you. "

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

" Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals. "

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Offense

Other

" All my life I have been a nomad. "

" Let us recognize that we can no longer tolerate violent oppression of women in the name of religion and culture any more than we would tolerate violent oppression espoused by any other bully in the name of a twisted rationale. "

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Women

Religion

" My first experience in the Netherlands was very pleasant, extremely pleasant. I mean, I got my residence permit, refugee status, within four weeks of arrival. People treated me extremely well. "

" I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it. "

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Realistic

Country

" Of course, the overwhelming majority of Muslims are not terrorists or sympathetic to terrorists. Equating all Muslims with terrorism is stupid and wrong. "

" There are some mosques with facilities for women; it's usually a back room with a back-door entrance. "

" The people who believe themselves to be on the left, and who defend the agents of Islam in the name of tolerance and culture, are being rightwing. Not just rightwing. Extreme rightwing. I don't understand how you can be so upset about the Christian right and just ignore the Islamic right. I'm talking about equality. "

" I am not against migration. It is simply pragmatic to restrict migration, while at the same time encouraging integration and fighting discrimination. I support the idea of the free movement of goods, people, money and jobs in Europe. "

" Muslim leaders should ask themselves what exactly their relationship is to a political movement that encourages young men to kill and maim on religious grounds. "

" I'd love to go and visit the Mosque in Mecca again, just for the sheer beauty of it, not for God - much the way a non-Catholic might go to Vatican City because of the beauty of the buildings and the artifacts. "

" The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the civil rights movement. At the same time, they want to continue to defend the rights of individuals. "

" I see no difference between Islam and Islamism. Islam is defined as submission to the will of Allah, as it is described in the Koran. Islamism is just Islam in its most pure form. "

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

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Living

Slaves

" I would rather clean than beg. "