Infidel
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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234 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: May 29, 2008 Type: User Review |
What does she discuss around the water cooler with John Yoo? ...
This remarkable woman has traveled the world, in time, space, and cultural dimensions in an epic journey worthy of Odysseus. Her memoir sheds much light on some of the central issues of today. Her journey commenced in one of the world's poorest...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 27, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Soul Yearning To Be Free
Ayaan Hirsi Ali's 'Infidel' evokes comparison with 'The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man', each an eloquent and painful story of a soul yearning to be free, striving to overcome the crushing oppression of totalitarian religion. Hirsi Ali was...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 27, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Powerful Tale
A lot of reviewers seem to be reviewing the author or her politics, rather than this book.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 22, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Must Read For Infidel's Everywhere!
This book was very enlightening, and showed the struggled and bravery of one woman against the extreme conditions found in the Muslim world.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 21, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Must Read
The book gives excellent detail into the living conditions and cultures of the Moslem counries 1n some mid east countries. It shows what terrible attitudes and behaviors women in those countries live under. They are little more than property to be...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 20, 2008 Type: User Review |
Incredible and Revealing
In this impressive memoir, Ayaan Hirsi Ali provides readers with an examination of her past and the intelligent, insightful revelations and reflections to has led her to regarding Islam and its treatment of women. She provides a remarkably...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 20, 2008 Type: User Review |
Infidel
I raced through this autobiography by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. It is well written.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 16, 2008 Type: User Review |
Touching
I'm a muslim women when I read this book I was not only touched but very upset how in other countries this religion is being abused...my heart goes out to Ali and other woman and children..this is a must read as well as Slave my true story..Ali...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 16, 2008 Type: User Review |
Insightful!
I, as a Muslim, got this book in the hope of understanding why this women left the teachings of Islam behind her. Well, I'm fortunate that I could not relate to her expeince yet felt so sad that there are actual people who suffer this due to the...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 15, 2008 Type: User Review |
Ayaan: The Voice of an Infidel
My curiosity has been fed about Ayaan Hirsi Ali. When I browsed the bookstore looking for another captivating book to read, I came across her book cover, which did interest me, but it was her story that intrigued me. Who is this woman? Who is this...
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