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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. She was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1969. As a young child, she was subjected to female genital mutilation. As she grew up, she embraced Islam and strove to live as a devout Muslim. But she began to question aspects of her faith....
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.
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.
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?
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.
Don’t Let Google Get Away With Censorship
Big tech companies enjoy legal immunity premised on the assumption they’ll respect free speech.
Face-Off: Universities Should Never Restrict Controversial Speakers
Two opposing opinions go head to head.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Boot Camp Prepares Students For Policy-Making Roles
A look at the 2019 Summer Policy Boot Camp.
Trump’s Executive Orders On Immigration
On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13769 titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States. He replaced it with Executive Order 13780 on March 6, 2017,
Invisible Slaves: The Victims And Perpetrators Of Modern-Day Slavery
As Congress recently introduced and passed legislation that uses $50 million in federal money aimed at ending forced labor and human trafficking, the Hoover Institution Press releases Invisible Slaves: The Victims and Perpetrators of Modern-Day Slavery.