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'We Are Making Fools Of Ourselves In The Eyes Of The World'

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:51:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: How much is her life worth, according to Minister Balin's budget? How does he calculate this? These are politically sensitive questions, questions that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher never asked when it came to the life of Salman Rushdie, wherever he happened to be.

Dutch society has no choice in this case. Canceling Ayaan's protection would be the equivalent of a death sentence. She can lead a relatively quiet life in the United States, but not in the Netherlands. And because she is so well known in the Netherlands and practically lives the life of a prisoner, not even able to go out on the street, the most humane solution is to continue to provide her with protection in America.

Both Hirsi Ali and Hirsch Balin can only lose. The winners are the extremists who laugh about our inability to offer this courageous woman quiet and safety. You see, it's too expensive. In fact, though, it makes you want to weep.

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Fear of fanatical Islamists prompted Ayaan Hirsi Ali to leave the Netherlands, her adopted home, and now she has been forced to return. Paying for her bodyguards in the United States is too expensive for the Dutch government -- what a disgrace.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the sixth person granted protection by the Dutch government. She began receiving threats when, as a Dutch citizen and member of the parliament, she spoke out critically against political Islam. After the so-called "passport scandal," when the Dutch minister of immigration and integration threatened to confiscate her passport after Ayaan had been accused of lying about her name and birth date when she first arrived in the Netherlands, she moved to the United States, which precipitated a sharp upswing in her career within only a few months. She wrote a bestseller and landed a job at the American Enterprise Institute. But as a Dutch citizen, Ayaan does not qualify for protection in the United States under US laws and regulations.

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"Honor Killings" In America

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:37:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: but multiculturalism hits a crossroads when honor killings come to America.

The United States has avoided this bloodstained trend until recently. Some consider Kanwal's death the first documented honor killing here. Others point to the murder of sisters Amina and Sarah Said in Irving, Texas, on New Years' 2007. (Their MySpace page remains up. Featuring assimilated teen culture and American music, it is haunting.) Their father remains on the run from police.

In upstate Monroe County just a few days ago, a girl was stabbed by her brother for wearing immodest western clothing and wanting to move to New York City. According to court documents, Waheed Allah Mohammad explained the stabbing by saying his sister was a "bad Muslim girl."

"Honor killing is a misnomer," author and exile Ayaan Hirsi Ali told me. "The killing occurs because these girls have allegedly brought shame on their family. The paradox is that these are individuals who have emancipated themselves.

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ON July 6, police say, a Pakistani named Chaudhry Rashid strangled his 25-year-old daughter San- deela Kanwal with a Bungee cord in her bedroom because she wanted to end her arranged marriage. This "honor killing" came not in Pakistan, but in Jonesboro, Ga. - a suburb 16 miles outside Atlanta.

At his arraignment, Rashid said through an Urdu interpreter that he was "not in the state of mind to talk because of the death of his daughter," but stated "I have done nothing wrong."

This is not the same as declaring innocence. His attorney, Tammy Long, explained, "My client is going through a difficult time. As you can imagine, he is distraught." Apparently, it takes a stronger man to murder his daughter without sentiment.

The national media has paid little attention to the story of Kanwal's murder, though most outlets found plenty of time to debate the cover of The New Yorker.

Maybe it's muted because we've grown reluctant to pass judgment on other culture's customs -

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The World’s Top 20 Public Intellectuals

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:49:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Lot's and lot's of Muslim. Now don't give me shit, I am merely stating a fact..

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FETHULLAH GÜLEN

Religious leader • Turkey

MUHAMMAD YUNUS

Microfinancier, activist • Bangladesh

YUSUF AL-QARADAWI

Cleric • Egypt/Qatar

ORHAN PAMUK

Novelist • Turkey

AITZAZ AHSAN

Lawyer, politician • Pakistan

AMR KHALED

Muslim televangelist • Egypt

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ABDOLKARIM SOROUSH

Religious theorist • Iran

TARIQ RAMADAN

Philosopher, scholar of Islam • Switzerland

MAHMOOD MAMDANI

Cultural anthropologist • Uganda

SHIRIN EBADI

Lawyer, human rights activist • Iran

NOAM CHOMSKY

Linguist, activist • United States

AL GORE

Climate change activist, politician • United States

BERNARD LEWIS

Historian • Britain/United States

UMBERTO ECO

Novelist, semiologist • Italy

AYAAN HIRSI ALI

Activist, politician • Somalia/Netherlands

AMARTYA SEN

Development economist • India

FAREED ZAKARIA

Journalist, author • United States

GARRY KASPAROV

Democracy activist, chess grandmaster • Russia

RICHARD DAWKINS

Biologist, author • Britain

MARIO VARGAS LLOSA

Novelist, politician • Peru

STEPHEN COLBERT

Television host, satirist • United States

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Support the Reason Project: get a paperback copy of Letter to a Christian Nation.

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:06:29 GMT

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Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage Paperback)

with a New Afterword

The Vintage paperback edition of Letter to a Christian Nation is now available on Amazon. This edition has a new, twenty-page Afterword.

All books purchased through the above link will help support the work of Sam's new foundation, The Reason Project, whose advisory board now includes: Peter Atkins, Jerry Coyne, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Rebecca Goldstein, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Harry Kroto, Steven Pinker, Lee Silver, Ibn Warraq, and Steven Weinberg.

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Happy Holidays from Sam Harris

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:56:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: and me too

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Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage Paperback)

with a New Afterword

The Vintage paperback edition of Letter to a Christian Nation is now available for pre-order on Amazon (with a new Afterword).

All books purchased through the above link will help support the work of Sam's new foundation, The Reason Project, whose advisory board now includes: Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Rebecca Goldstein, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Steven Pinker, Ibn Warraq, and Steven Weinberg

You will hear more about The Reason Project in the coming year.

Wishing you all a very happy holiday.

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Islam's Silent Moderates

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:34:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Finally someone is speaking out on what I've been wondering all along!

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Islam’s Silent Moderates

By AYAAN HIRSI ALI

Published: December 7, 2007

The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication, flog each of them with 100 stripes: Let no compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. (Koran 24:2)

IN the last few weeks, in three widely publicized episodes, we have seen Islamic justice enacted in ways that should make Muslim moderates rise up in horror.

It is often said that Islam has been “hijacked” by a small extremist group of radical fundamentalists. The vast majority of Muslims are said to be moderates.

But where are the moderates? Where are the Muslim voices raised over the terrible injustice of incidents like these? How many Muslims are willing to stand up and say, in the case of the girl from Qatif, that this manner of justice is appalling, brutal and bigoted — and that no matter who said it was the right thing to do, and how long ago it was said, this should no longer be done?

Tags: islam, islamofascism, muslim, muslims, saudi arabia, assholes

Christian and Atheist join forces to keep Ayaan alive :)

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:16:10 GMT

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Clip Source: www.samharris.org

It’s a matter of life and death to Ali, who has needed protection since Theo van Gogh—her collaborator on a documentary about the repression of women under Islam—was murdered in 2004. Reached in Paris last week, Ali said she was “deeply grateful” to Harris and others who have come to her defense. (The cost of her protection is secret, but it’s believed to exceed $2 million a year.) She’s working on a new book, “Shortcut to Enlightenment,” in which the Prophet Muhammad comes back to tour New York City and debate modern (although dead) philosophers John Stuart Mill and Friedrich von Hayek—not a subject likely to calm Islamist anger. She awaits the day, she says, “when there are no longer people who believe they can get to heaven by killing me"—or when her dissent from Islam has gathered enough adherents “that it won’t pay to kill one or two of us.” Until then, says Harris, those who believe in freedom of thought have an obligation to try to keep her alive.

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Frequently asked Questions about the Ayaan Hirsi Ali Trust Fund

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:58:23 GMT

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Two million dollars per year might seem like an outrageous sum to spend so that one woman can safely stand at a university lectern and speak about the power of reason and the rights of little girls—and it is an outrageous sum and an outrageous circumstance. Whether covered by public funds (as it would be if the U.S. granted Ms. Hirsi Ali diplomatic protection) or by private donations, the expense of protecting Ayaan Hirsi Ali is not a luxury. It is a cost imposed upon our society by religious lunatics and their apologists. It is, of course, galling that a mere advocate of human rights and basic rationality should require special protection in the United States. But this is simply a fact of life in a world where freedom of speech and conscience falls ever more under the shadow of Muslim fanaticism. In my opinion, there is no one making a more heroic effort to change this fact than Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

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Apologies for my continuous mispelling of Ayaan's name!

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:44:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is the page you will see after donating @

http://www.samharris.org/site/security_trust/

A million dollar smile fer sure--Let's help keep her breathing

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Thank You

Thank you for helping to protect Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

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Sam Harris appeal for Ayann Hirsi Ali : Urgent.

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:19:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is a direct link to the security trust set up for Ayann's protection. Even 10 dollars a month from readers will ensure her safety for life. I am so grateful to be able to play a small but essential role in her life: I think she is absolutly amazing and I am inspired and humbled by her work.

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URGENT APPEAL: Please Help Protect Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Thank you for your interest in helping Ayaan Hirsi Ali. If you would like more information about her, you can find it here.

All contributions made below go directly to the Ayaan Hirsi Ali Security Trust. This private trust is dedicated to financing Ms. Hirsi Ali’s security and can accept donations both from within the United States and internationally. In the unlikely event that money remains after the costs of her security have been met, it will be used to encourage and protect other dissidents in the Muslim world.

While one-time donations will be deeply appreciated, please consider setting up a monthly subscription on your credit card. A monthly subscription can allow anyone to make a meaningful contribution toward Ms. Hirsi Ali's security without incurring great expense up front.

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The Strange Journey of Ayaan Hirsi Ali: From Devout Muslim to Outspoken "Feminist" Critic of Islam

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:11:36 GMT

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The former "liberal" who becomes an outspoken right-winger has become an American political archetype. Ronald Reagan and David Horowiz are two prime examples of the breed.

They use the rhetorical tool of claiming to be just as caring and compassionate as their previous political incarnation, but the left's irrationality and hatred of (you pick it) the West, America, Christianity, capitalism, etc. caused them to wake up one morning and see the light. And having transformed from lefty caterpillar into a right-leaning butterfly, they present themselves as qualified to comment on liberalism's moral and intellectual failures.

[... A] related version of this turncoat persona [...]: a "reformed" Muslim woman who favors crushing Islam under the boot of Western militarism. Once very devout in her Muslim beliefs, Ali [...] has transformed into an outspoken critic who bases her calls for the destruction of Islam on feminist and human rights principles.
[L.c.]

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a proud Somali woman raised in a devout Muslim family. She is poised to become the most recognizable face of naked Islamophobia in America. Expect to see her as a ubiquitous guest on cable news channels and frequent contributor of op-eds reinforcing the worst stereotypes about the Muslim world. She'll validate already disturbingly common narratives about the perfidy of Islam, and she'll tout the vast superiority of Western thinking in stark terms that would be shocking coming from a more traditional (read: white, Christian) right-wing commentator.

Hirsi Ali occupies a unique space in the political landscape. Her outspoken advocacy on feminist ethical issues -- roundly condemning "honor killings" and female circumcision -- has also made her a poster-girl for the aggressive brand of atheism

For them, she's a living testament to the idea that rational liberal interventionists in the post-Enlightenment West have a moral duty to wage a new crusade against the Muslim world.

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URGENT APPEAL

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:56:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Please take the time to read this and consider her bravery. It is a chance to really support freedom in a tangible way.

Thank you.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the world’s most visible critic of Islam and surely the most courageous champion of women’s rights now living in the United States. In 2005, TIME included her in its list of the World’s 100 Most Influential People. For the crime of speaking honestly about the bigotry and intolerance that still thrives in the Muslim world, Ayaan must live under perpetual armed guard, even in the West.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Theo Van Gogh made this film and one of them already died for it.

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:52:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This was my first time really taking this story in.....the bravery of Theo Van Gogh in agreeing to make this film (and keep his name on it )has caused me much to reflect on this day.

Almost 3 years since he was murdered......and Ayaan Hirsi Ali is still being hounded.

Sam Harris and Salman Rushdie are so right: Tolerance of Intolerance is cowardice.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali : beautiful hero under death threat.

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:39:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Her courage is simply incredible.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: abandoned to fanatics

Hirsi Ali may be the first refugee from Western Europe since the Holocaust. As such, she is a unique and indispensable witness to both the strength and weakness of the West: to the splendor of open society and to the boundless energy of its antagonists. She knows the challenges we face in our struggle to contain the misogyny and religious fanaticism of the Muslim world, and she lives with the consequences of our failure each day. There is no one in a better position to remind us that tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.

Tags: islam, violence against women, politics

Op/ED by Sam Harris and Salman Rushdie

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:29:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Excellent article....rest at source

.http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-harris9oct09,0,3734484.story?coll=la-opinion-center

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As you read this, Ayaan Hirsi Ali sits in a safe house with armed men guarding her door. She is one of the most poised, intelligent and compassionate advocates of freedom of speech and conscience alive today, and for this she is despised in Muslim communities throughout the world. The details of her story bear repeating, as they illustrate how poorly equipped we are to deal with the threat of Muslim extremism in the West.

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