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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and founder of the AHA Foundation. She served as a member of the Dutch Parliament from 2003 to 2006.
She was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1969. As a young child, she was subjected to female genital mutilation. As she grew up...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali On Donald Trump's Immigration Ban And Counter-Terrorism Strategy On RN Breakfast
Hoover Institution fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali discusses Islam, President Trump's plans to shape counter-terrorism strategy, as well as Trump's temporary ban on immigrants from seven countries.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Identity Politics And Its Tribal Branches | Hoover Virtual Policy Briefing
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Discusses Identity Politics And Its Tribal Branches.
The Case against Revolution with Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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As the United States and the world embark on fraught conversations about race, history, law enforcement, and the underpinnings of our very civilization, Ayaan Hirsi Ali joins Peter Robinson for an enlightening conversation.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Just Laid The Smackdown On A Sharia Law Advocate
People in power who have no understanding of Islam or Sharia Law are constantly attempting to downplay some of the more radical aspects of the Muslim religion. But for some Sharia survivors, the truth seems pretty clear.
The Price Of Free Speech On A US Campus? $600,000
In 2007, then Dutch MP and critic of Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, landed on American shores after a controversy at The Hague over the cost of her protection. America was to have guaranteed to her and many other Islamic dissidents that anonymity and pluralism of opinions where Hirsi Ali could work, talk and write, without fear of ending up as Theo van Gogh did, murdered on the streets of Amsterdam.
Omar Vs. Hirsi Ali: A Tale Of Two Somalis
In commentary on Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s denigration of Jews, a vital dimension of her outbursts has been largely overlooked. No one is asking what prompted her anti-Semitic prejudice. Whence comes the voluble contempt for the Jewish people?
Face-Off: Universities Should Never Restrict Controversial Speakers
Two opposing opinions go head to head.
Don’t Let Google Get Away With Censorship
Big tech companies enjoy legal immunity premised on the assumption they’ll respect free speech.
To Even Debate Immigration, We Must Use The Right Language
Do we want it to be transformed into 'migration,' where inflated promises, smugglers, and troubled homelands will encourage more people to seek alleged promised lands?
Robert Fulford: Can Islam Be Reformed? Who Will, Or Even Can Be, A Muslim Martin Luther?
“I was a Muslim refugee once,” Ayaan Hirsi Ali declared this week in her response to President Donald Trump’s travel ban. “I know what it’s like. I know what it’s like to fear rejection, deportation and the dangers that await you back home.”
The Challenge of Dawa: Political Islam as Ideology and Movement and How to Counter it
Hoover Institution fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali calls for decoupling political aims from the religion of Islam to combat growing radicalism. She also discusses counterterrorism strategy, which she argues should focus on battling the ideas that spread radicalism rather than the radicals themselves.
Trump’s Immigration Ban Was Clumsy But He’s Right About Radical Islam
I was once a refugee, but I fear the storm over Trump’s executive order is distracting us from the threat that radical Islam poses within our borders.
No Need For 'Assimilation Centres', Says Islamic Women's Council
A Muslim women's organisation is rejecting the idea of New Zealand setting up "assimilation centres" for Muslim migrants.
Finally, FGM Is On Trial In America
Twenty-six states have yet to outlaw female genital mutilation, making the job of law enforcement and prosecutors so much harder.
Is Free Speech Under Threat In The United States?
In April, Commentary asked a wide variety of writers, thinkers, and broadcasters to respond to this question: Is free speech under threat in the United States? We received twenty-seven responses. We publish them here in alphabetical order.
Harsher Punishments For Female Mutilation Proposed In Harrisburg
A Democratic state representative on Monday called for support for a bill to officially outlaw female circumcision in Pennsylvania and to make such acts, called "female genital mutilation," a felony.
Judge Strikes Down Female Genital Mutilation Law
A judge struck down a 1996 federal law banning female genital mutilation, saying that it was incompatible with the Constitution. The Michigan case at hand involved Dr. Jumana Nargawala who allegedly performed female genital mutilation on nine girls, who were reportedly in the age range of 7-12 years old.
Bill To Criminalize Female Genital Mutilation Moves To The Full Senate
A bill to criminalize the practice of female genital mutilation in Kentucky unanimously passed out of a Senate Committee Wednesday.
Texas Man Charged In Hammer Attack On U.S. Marshal During Portland Protests
Free Speech
While many Americans take free speech for granted, the tradition is far from universal. Many developed nations restrict speech that is deemed hurtful or offensive. And in the United States, there is increasing sentiment that some speech is not worth protecting. Is it time to reconsider the nation’s free-speech orthodoxy?