Ayaan Hirsi Ali Quotes
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...with like-minded people one cannot discuss. With like-minded people one can only participate in a church service, and, as is widely known, I do not like church services.
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I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.
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Some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.
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Of course, I also encountered hostile reactions in campaigning. People called me names, even spat at me; I received more threats. The most remarkable people, to me, were those who apparently approved of everything I said but nonetheless wouldn't dream of voting for the Liberal Party. It reminded me of Somalia: they wouldn't vote outside their clan.
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Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.
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Today you have this horrible alliance between the far left and the Islamists and they’re using the modern media tool to shut people like me out by smearing us.'
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Every accommodation of Muslim demands leads to a sense of euphoria and a conviction that Allah is on their side. They see every act of appeasement as an invitation to make fresh demands.
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The most pressing question of our time is this: Is European society to be taken over by a radical invasion of Muslim immigrants?
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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.
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'There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance'
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Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.
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In a sense, my grandmother was living in the Iron Age. There was no system of writing among the nomads. Metal artifacts were rare and precious. … The first time she saw a white person my grandmother was in her thirties: she thought this person's skin had burned off.
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I cannot think of a system of law that dehumanizes & degrades women more than Islamic Law.
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Islam was like a mental cage. At first, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It has internalized its imprisonment. It takes time for the bird to escape, even after someone has opened the doors to its cage.
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Islam is not a religion of peace. It's a political theory of conquest that seeks domination by any means it can.
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Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.
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This is exactly how minds are opened: through honest, frank dialogue. Tears may be shed, but not blood.
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Islam is not a race...Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.