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: Jun 29, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Must-Read for Women
Submission and degradation of women in the Muslim faith is certainly not a new or unrevealed topic, but this personal account by Hirsi Ali brings insight and understanding that one can not achieve through news articles and other written factual...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 27, 2008 Type: User Review |
Excellent
An incredible story by a gifted writer. One of the best books I have read in many years.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 26, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Woman's Perception of Islam
This book relates the heroic story of a young woman and her struggle to
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 11, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Great Eye Opener
[..]. This book is a real eye opener. I reveals much about the cultures and lives of people living in the Middle East, as well as parts of Africa such as Somalia, and the Netherlands. I really enjoyed reading this book as it was a great eye opener.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 11, 2008 Type: User Review |
This book WILL change your life
One of the most honest books I have ever read! Sometimes its very hard to read and stomach, but there is so much knowledge in the story. A story about religion, love, hate, struggle, success, and everything in between. Definately in my top ten...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 08, 2008 Type: User Review |
perserverance
I was profoundly moved by this personal account of a life from childhood to civil war to living in a far off and strange land. The pros are simple and direct and while the events are dramatic there is no sense of melodrama in this story of...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 07, 2008 Type: User Review |
An excellent and informative read.
This is an excellent, well written and touching book. It opened up my eyes to the plight of Islamic women. If you think that slavery died with Abraham Lincoln, think again. Millions of women around the globe are subjugated and enslaved today....
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 04, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Woman for All Seasons
What's to say? As fine a memoir as I've ever read. Ayaan is born in Somalia, one step removed from a life as a desert nomad. She quickly moves from being a diehard fundamentalist in Kenya & Saudi Arabia, to an Islamic apostate fleeing to the...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 01, 2008 Type: User Review |
What is Fascinating About a One-Person Moral Revolution?
I just finished reading Infidel, and I am inspired. This is a book that chronicles the intellectual development and moral honesty of one person who has had the power to influence an entire country...and possibly world.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 30, 2008 Type: User Review |
She's not an Infidel
I liked this book very much, it provided a very clean look into the inner workings of Islam, and provided a great deal of insight into several other subject areas, for instance what is happening to Europe with the steady influx of refugees as...
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