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Infidel (Hardcover) |
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| by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
ISBN: 0743289684 (Hardcover)
Pub. Date: February 2007
BBP Sales Rank: 197
List Price: $26.00
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In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of
"The Caged Virgin," Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her
traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her
intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and her current life
under armed guard in the West.
One of today's most admired and controversial political figures, Ayaan Hirsi
Ali burst into international headlines following an Islamist's murder of her
colleague, Theo van Gogh, with whom she made the movie "Submission."
"Infidel" is the eagerly awaited story of the coming of age of this elegant,
distinguished -- and sometimes reviled -- political superstar and champion of
free speech. With a gimlet eye and measured, often ironic, voice, Hirsi Ali
recounts the evolution of her beliefs, her ironclad will, and her extraordinary
resolve to fight injustice done in the name of religion. Raised in a strict
Muslim family and extended clan, Hirsi Ali survived civil war, female
mutilation, brutal beatings, adolescence as a devout believer during the rise
of the Muslim Brotherhood, and life in four troubled, unstable countries
largely ruled by despots. In her early twenties, she escaped from a forced
marriage and sought asylum in the Netherlands, where she earned a college
degree in political science, tried to help her tragically depressed sister
adjust to the West, and fought for the rights of Muslim immigrant women and the
reform of Islam as a member of Parliament. Even though she is under constant
threat -- demonized by reactionary Islamists and politicians, disowned by her
father, and expelled from her family and clan -- she refuses to be silenced.
Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali's story tells how
a bright little girl evolved out of dutiful obedience to become an outspoken,
pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to balance
democratic ideals with religious pressures, no story could be timelier or more
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I heard the conservatives brought her to America.
Watch what happens to her after they use her...
— Jennifer |
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>>...Sorry she just lost my interest in her
story...
— Stephanie |
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is nothing more than a provocateur, one
who has suddenly discovered her supposedly abusive past
and would use that as a reason to assault Islam and its
followers. She has been discredited in the past and
exposed for who she is; an opportunist naked in her
masters bedroom...
— A reviewer from New York
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...I think it was ignorant for her
to say "Americans should grow up" on the Bill Maher show. Oh
yeah, it's HBO but America is watching and that comment isn't
right...
— Saed |
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