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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 significant.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali has, in less than forty years, managed to live the experiences found in ten life spans. This celebrated and controversial public figure has worn the hats of many a trade: that of author, politician, activist, translator, teacher, and secretary. Born in Somalia to a revolutionary-minded father and fierce-willed mother, Ali saw and lived through events most Westerners only dimly remember from ancient evening news stories.
We travel along with her as she recalls the day ... Read More
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Wow, you can't put this book down!
It reads like an action/suspense/thriller!
Wow, I hope someone will turn this into a film soon.
She is the Anne Frank of our generation.
She walks us through her youth during the modern
day holocaust that is the Muslim mistreatment of
millions of women including little girls -- thousands
who are mutilated daily. Unbelievable!
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This book was interesting, and gave insigts into many areas; being a Muslim woman, being a wife of arrangewment, being a foreigner seeking asylum in another country, what a socialist country is like to live in. I felt the book was too wordy, in other words, too much detail to lots of long days, but was a great discussion book for my bookclub. Too bad she gave up any belief in God also. Worth reading.
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You'll be amazed by this remarkable woman's story and what it tells us about extreme Islam. It will leave you angry, scared and ready to roll up your sleeves.
Before reading this, I didn't know that her partner in making the short film, Submission, was killed and that because of that she had to live under constant security. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CakuoaCf4 Submission film
All I expected from this book was the story of a Muslim who left Islam. It was much more than that.
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"Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an important book not only because it chronicles the life experiences of a very interesting and courageous woman, but also because it provides the non-Muslim with an insider's view of Islam as it is practiced in the countries she grew up in. Her critique of the religion is clear-eyed and devoid of romanticism. She discusses frankly her own disillusionment with Islam, a disillusionment that seemed primarily to spring from its cruel and unjust treatment of women in general ... Read More
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