Ayaan Hirsi Ali – Why Islamists want to kill Ayaan Hirsi Ali
An outspoken defender of women’s rights in Islamic societies.
She escaped an arranged marriage by immigrating to the Netherlands in 1992, and served as a member of the Dutch parliament from 2003 to 2006.
In 2004, together with director Theo van Gogh, she made Submission, a film about the oppression of women in conservative Islamic cultures.
The airing of the film on Dutch television resulted in the assassination of van Gogh by an Islamic extremist.
September 11, 2001 attacks
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Mecca girl’s schools fire
Iraq War
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons
Qur’an desecration controversy
Beheadings of three Christian girls
CPT hostage crisis
Abu Ghraib abuse
French headscarf ban
Imam Rapito affair
Knighthood of Salman Rushdie
Pope Benedict XVI controversy
Lars Vilks Muhammad drawings
Fitna (film)
Professional Experience
-Member of parliament, VVD (Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy), the Netherlands, 2003-2006
-Researcher, Wiardi Beckman Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2001-2002
-Interpreter and adviser, Office of Intercultural Communication, Leiden, the Netherlands, 1995-2001
Education
M.A., Leiden University, the Netherlands
Part of a series on Controversies related to Islam and Muslims Criticism
Islam • Muhammad • Qur’an • Islamism Issues
Apostasy • Dhimmi • Eurabia
Antisemitism • Domestic violence
Islamism • Islamophobia
Terrorism • Qutbism
Persecution of Muslims
Women in Muslim societies
Notable contemporary critics
Ayaan Hirsi Ali • Irshad Manji
Daniel Pipes • Ibn Warraq
Philippe de Villiers • Geert Wilders
Robert Spencer • Theo van Gogh
Muslims
List of Guantánamo Bay detainees
Moazzam Begg • Osama bin Laden
Events since 2001
September 11, 2001 attacks
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Iraq War
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons
Qur’an desecration controversy
2005 beheadings of Christian girls
CPT hostage crisis
Fox journalists kidnapping
Abu Ghraib abuse
Egyptian ID card controversy
Flying Imams controversy
French headscarf ban
Imam Rapito
Knighthood of Salman Rushdie
Pope Benedict XVI controversy
Lars Vilks Muhammad drawings
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