New Releases by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Why are so few people talking about the eruption of sexual violence and harassment in Europe''s cities? No one in a position of power wants to admit that the problem is linked to the arrival of several million migrants—most of them young men—from Muslim-majority countries. In Prey, the best-selling author of Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, presents startling statistics, criminal cases and personal testimony. Among these facts: In 2014, sexual violence in Western Europe surged following a period of stability. In 2018 Germany, "offences against sexual self-determination" rose 36 percent from their 2014 rate; nearly two-fifths of the suspects were non-German. In Austria in 2017, asylum-seekers were suspects in 11 percent of all reported rapes and sexual harassment cases, despite making up less than 1 percent of the total population. This violence isn''t a figment of alt-right propaganda, Hirsi Ali insists, even if neo-Nazis exaggerate it. It''s a real problem that Europe—and the world—cannot continue to ignore. She explains why so many young Muslim men who arrive in Europe engage in sexual harassment and violence, tracing the roots of sexual violence in the Muslim world from institutionalized polygamy to the lack of legal and religious protections for women. A refugee herself, Hirsi Ali is not against immigration. As a child in Somalia, she suffered female genital mutilation; as a young girl in Saudi Arabia, she was made to feel acutely aware of her own vulnerability. Immigration, she argues, requires integration and assimilation. She wants Europeans to reform their broken system—and for Americans to learn from European mistakes. If this doesn''t happen, the calls to exclude new Muslim migrants from Western countries will only grow louder. Deeply researched and featuring fresh and often shocking revelations, Prey uncovers a sexual assault and harassment crisis in Europe that is turning the clock on women''s rights much further back than the #MeToo movement is advancing it.

»›Beute‹ warnt uns davor, unsere größte Errungenschaft aufs Spiel zu setzen: die Herrschaft des Rechts.« Henry A. Kissinger Nicht alle muslimischen Männer verachten Frauen, manche allerdings schon. Ayaan Hirsi Ali benennt in ihrem Buch eine unbequeme Wahrheit, der wir ins Auge blicken müssen: Viele muslimische Männer haben ein radikal anderes Frauenbild, als es bei uns üblich ist. Mit der verstärkten Zuwanderung aus muslimischen Ländern nimmt die Gewalt gegen Frauen nachweislich zu, und Frauen werden dadurch in ihrer Bewegungsfreiheit immer stärker eingeschränkt. Nicht nur muslimische Frauen, sondern alle Frauen in westlichen Demokratien. Falsche Toleranz, so Hirsi Ali, hilft hier nicht weiter. Denn wir laufen Gefahr, unsere hart erkämpften Freiheitsrechte zu verlieren. Nur indem wir die Probleme klar benennen und die Bedrohung emanzipatorischer Errungenschaften durch Einwanderer aus muslimisch-arabischen Kulturkreisen anerkennen, nehmen wir Populisten den Wind aus den Segeln. Und nur dann kann Integration erfolgreich sein.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali stelt dat de instroom van mensen uit een islamitische samenleving een gevaar vormt voor de rechten van vrouwen, niet alleen van migranten maar ook van vrouwen uit de westerse cultuur. ‘Prooi’ is het nieuwste boek van Ayaan Hirsi Ali. De these van dit even scherpzinnige als controversiële boek is simpel. Hirsi Ali stelt dat de recente instroom van mensen uit een islamitische samenleving een gevaar vormt voor de rechten van vrouwen, niet alleen van migranten maar ook van vrouwen uit de westerse cultuur. Daarover durft niemand openlijk te praten uit angst voor racist of extreem-rechts te worden uitgemaakt. Hirsi Ali wil het taboe doorbreken vanuit de gedachte dat als we er niet openhartig over praten, we de rechtspopulisten die het er wél over hebben en vaak schromelijk overdrijven en haat tegen migranten voeden, juist in de kaart spelen. Het betoog bestaat uit een mix van persoonlijke verhalen en getuigenissen, harde feiten, cijfers en kritiek op het integratiebeleid van Europese landen. Hirsi Ali is zich bewust van het gevoelige karakter van de dingen die ze zegt. Ze wil laten zien dat ontkenning van het probleem geen oplossing is. ‘Prooi’ biedt een aantal bijzonder overtuigende oplossingen voor de beschreven problemen – Hirsi Ali eindigt dus met een positieve noot: een oproep tot verandering.

Una relevante y enardecedora novedad para el debate actual sobre migración. «Este libro trata de la inmigración masiva, la violencia sexual y los derechos de las mujeres en Europa. Trata de un fracaso colosal por parte de la clase dirigente europea. Y trata de las soluciones al problema, de las falsas y de las reales. »En los últimos años, el debate en torno a la inmigración, la integración y el islam en Europa se ha intensificado en respuesta a los atentados terroristas, a la prédica de un islam radical en algunas mezquitas y centros de culto, al resurgimiento de partidos populistas y de extrema derecha, y a la reciente llegada de una gran cantidad de inmigrantes procedentes de Oriente Próximo, África y Asia meridional, en particular (pero no solo) en 2015 y 2016. Si bien el flujo de inmigrantes ha disminuido en los últimos dos años, hay todavía muchos que intentan cruzar el Mediterráneo o alcanzar Europa por otras vías. Una consecuencia de todo ello es el cambio en la situación de la mujer que se ha producido en Europa. Ese cambio es el tema de este libro.» Ayaan Hirsi Ali La crítica ha dicho... «Ayaan Hirsi Ali es una de las figuras políticas más controvertidas de Europa, y objetivo de terroristas. Una voz suave pero apasionada.» The Boston Globe «Una figura valiente, elegante y honesta. Una mente abierta liberada de los viejos marcos de la derecha y la izquierda. Instintiva y profundamente antiautoritaria, seguirá haciendo preguntas difíciles.» The Observer «Una figura carismática. De belleza hipnotizante, escribe con un sentido del humor y una sensatez asombrosos.» Christopher Hitchens

Mit Beiträgen von Florian Markl, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Miriam Mettler, Markus Bitterolf, Thorsten Fuchshuber, Gerhard Scheit, H. v. Z., Manfred Dahlmann, Gerhard Scheit, Robert Hullot-Kentor, Niklas Lämmel, Christian Thalmaier, Kay Schweigmann-Greve, Christoph Hesse, Renate Göllner, Vladimir Ze’ev Jabotinsky und Moses Hess.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali analyzes the concept of dawa as practiced by Islamists: why it matters, and why ignoring it has had serious consequences for national security. In order to defeat not just "violent extremism" but the Islamist ideology that inspires it, the author provides a set of clear policy recommendations for the current US administration.

''È mia intenzione mettere a disagio molte persone: non solo i musulmani, ma anche i difensori occidentali dell''Islam. Voglio sfidare secoli di ortodossia religiosa con idee e argomenti che, sono certa, saranno definiti eretici: l''Islam non è una religione di pace." Impegnata da sempre nella difesa dei diritti umani, con opinioni radicali che le sono già valse una fatwa, Ayaan Hirsi Ali è una delle voci più potenti e controverse del mondo islamico. In questo libro tesse insieme analogie storiche ed esempi illuminanti della società musulmana contemporanea per denunciare la violenza che pervade le dottrine e i testi sacri islamici. Perché, se davvero vogliamo fermare la violenza politica perpetrata in nome della fede, è indispensabile una riforma radicale. Solo così, e con una presa di posizione chiara dell''Occidente, sarà possibile costruire un Islam libero dalla sharia, dal terrorismo e dall''oppressione delle donne: "Non vedo altra via, per noi, verso il futuro: altra via, almeno, che non sia disseminata di cadaveri".

A autora do best-seller Infiel clama por uma reforma na religião islâmica neste livro polêmico e corajoso. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, autora do best-seller Infiel, faz nesse livro um apelo poderoso por uma reforma do islamismo, como único modo de acabar com o terrorismo, as guerras sectárias e a repressão contra mulheres e minorias. Desafiando com coragem os jihadistas, ela identifica as cinco mudanças que precisam ser feitas na religião islâmica para que muçulmanos abandonem os dogmas que os prendem ao século VII. Segundo Ali, "o islã não é uma religião de paz"; o Ocidente deve apoiar os reformistas muçulmanos e não tolerar os extremistas. Concluído logo depois do ataque ao Charlie Hebdo e num momento em que milhares de pessoas ainda são mortas em nome de Alá, o livro oferece uma resposta a um dos mais graves problemas do mundo hoje. "Uma das mais importantes adversárias do fanatismo islâmico. " - Mario Vargas Llosa"Devastadoramente convincente, cada página dele. Acorde, mundo! [...] O livro mais importante que li nos últimos anos. " - Richard Dawkins"Um livro otimista. " - The New York Times

Das wichtigste Buch zur Islam-Debatte: Ayaan Hirsi Ali und ihr Plädoyer für eine Reformation des Islam Ihre eigene Biographie und intime Kenntnis der islamischen Gesellschaften und Kultur sowie ihre Forschungen machen Ayaan Hirsi Ali zu einer der wichtigsten Stimmen in der Debatte über den Islam. Ihr neues, von Optimismus getragenes Buch, an dem sie seit Jahren arbeitet, kommt im richtigen Moment: Es nimmt die Terroranschläge in Paris zum Ausgangspunkt, bietet fundierte Einordnung und Hintergründe, vor allem aber bezieht Hirsi Ali klar Stellung: gegen einen erstarrten Islam und dessen Tolerierung durch den Westen. Und für eine Reformation ihrer Religion durch die Muslime, die sie bereits auf dem Weg sieht.

Continuing her journey from a deeply religious Islamic upbringing to a post at Harvard, the brilliant, charismatic and controversial New York Times and Globe and Mail #1 bestselling author of Infidel and Nomad makes a powerful plea for a Muslim Reformation as the only way to end the horrors of terrorism, sectarian warfare and the repression of women and minorities. Today, she argues, the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims can be divided into a minority of extremists, a majority of observant but peaceable Muslims and a few dissidents who risk their lives by questioning their own religion. But there is only one Islam and, as Hirsi Ali shows, there is no denying that some of its key teachings—not least the duty to wage holy war—are incompatible with the values of a free society. For centuries it has seemed as if Islam is immune to change. But Hirsi Ali has come to believe that a Muslim Reformation—a revision of Islamic doctrine aimed at reconciling the religion with modernity—is now at hand, and may even have begun. The Arab Spring may now seem like a political failure. But its challenge to traditional authority revealed a new readiness—not least by Muslim women—to think freely and to speak out. Courageously challenging the jihadists, she identifies five key amendments to Islamic doctrine that Muslims have to make to bring their religion out of the seventh century and into the twenty-first. And she calls on the Western world to end its appeasement of the Islamists. “Islam is not a religion of peace,” she writes. It is the Muslim reformers who need our backing, not the opponents of free speech. Interweaving her own experiences, historical analogies and powerful examples from contemporary Muslim societies and cultures, Heretic is not a call to arms, but a passionate plea for peaceful change and a new era of global toleration. In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo murders, with jihadists killing thousands from Nigeria to Syria to Pakistan, this book offers an answer to what is fast becoming the world’s number one problem.

Autobiography of a woman social reformer and refugee from Netherland.

Con Nómada Hirsi Ali relata su llegada a Estados Unidos para construir una nueva vida lejos de las amenazas de muerte, de disputas políticas y de su propio conflicto interior. Es la historia de su transición de una mentalidad tribal que impide a las mujeres pensar y actuar por sí mismas, hasta convertirse en una ciudadana libre en el seno de una sociedad abierta. En sus páginas, la autora narra los numerosos giros que dio su vida tras romper con su familia, sus dificultades para adaptarse a su sociedad de acogida, la reconciliación con su padre después de que éste la repudiara por haber abandonado los preceptos del islam, la difícil relación con su madre y con sus primos en Somalia y en Europa... Pero Nómada es también un mensaje de alerta a Occidente ante el error de subestimar el islam radical, un llamamiento a instituciones clave —las universidades, el movimiento feminista, las iglesias cristianas— para que ayuden a otros inmigrantes musulmanes a superar los desafíos que ella misma experimentó y a resistir el fatal atractivo que, tanto desde el exterior como en el seno de nuestras sociedades, ejercen el fundamentalismo y el terrorismo. Nómada es, en suma, una celebración de la libertad de expresión y de la democracia, una importante contribución a la historia de las ideas y, por encima de todo, un entusiasta llamamiento a la acción. «Este libro no versa únicamente sobre mi errática vida por Occidente, sino también sobre las vidas de muchos otros inmigrantes, sobre las dificultades filosófica y materialmente reales de personas, sobre todo mujeres, que viven en una cultura musulmana tradicional y profundamente cerrada, situada a su vez en el seno de una cultura abierta. Analiza la colisión entre los ideales islámicos y los ideales occidentales. Aborda el choque de civilizaciones que yo y millones de personas hemos vivido y seguimos viviendo»

The astonishing and bestselling life story of the renowned campaigner for religious tolerance and women''s rights, Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Internationally bestselling author Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells the stirring story of her search for a new life in America, recounting dramatic stories of her family and the challenges they faced adapting to Western society as Muslim immigrants. Ayaan Hirsi Ali captured the world’s attention with Infidel, her compelling coming-of-age memoir, which spent thirty-one weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Now, in Nomad, Hirsi Ali tells of coming to America to build a new life, an ocean away from the death threats made to her by European Islamists, the strife she witnessed, and the inner conflict she suffered. It is the story of her physical journey to freedom and, more crucially, her emotional journey to freedom—her transition from a tribal mind-set that restricts women’s every thought and action to a life as a free and equal citizen in an open society. Through stories of the challenges she has faced, she shows the difficulty of reconciling the contradictions of Islam with Western values. In these pages Hirsi Ali recounts the many turns her life took after she broke with her family, and how she struggled to throw off restrictive superstitions and misconceptions that initially hobbled her ability to assimilate into Western society. She writes movingly of her reconciliation, on his deathbed, with her devout father, who had disowned her when she renounced Islam after 9/11, as well as with her mother and cousins in Somalia and in Europe. Nomad is a portrait of a family torn apart by the clash of civilizations. But it is also a touching, uplifting, and often funny account of one woman’s discovery of today’s America. While Hirsi Ali loves much of what she encounters, she fears we are repeating the European mistake of underestimating radical Islam. She conveys an urgent message and mission—to inform the West of the extent of the threat from Islam, both from outside and from within our open societies. A celebration of free speech and democracy, Nomad is an important contribution to the history of ideas, but above all a rousing call to action.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali führt seit Jahren einen Kampf gegen den radikalen Islam, gegen den menschenverachtenden Umgang mit muslimischen Frauen. Dieser Kampf hat sie zu einer der berühmtesten und bewundertsten Frauen der Welt gemacht, aber auch zu einer der gefährdetsten. Und er hat sie viel gekostet: Freunde wandten sich ab, ihre Familie verstieß sie, zuletzt verlor sie ihre Wahlheimat Holland. Jetzt sucht sie in den USA ein neues Leben. Sehr persönlich erzählt die Bestsellerautorin, was das für sie bedeutet, verbindet private Erlebnisse mit politischen Beobachtungen über den Islam und seine Frauen. Ihre bittere Analyse: Fortschritte sind kaum zu erkennen.

Een moslimvrouw heeft meer status naarmate ze meer zonen heeft. Als mijn oma werd gevraagd hoeveel kinderen ze had, zei ze: `Eén. Ze had negen dochters en één zoon. Dat zei ze ook over ons gezin. Dat we maar één kind hadden. `En wij dan? vroegen mijn zus en ik. `Jullie gaan voor ons zoontjes krijgen, antwoordde ze. Ik werd er wanhopig van. Wat moest ik met mijn leven op aarde? Zoontjes baren! Een zoontjesfabriek worden. Ik was toen negen jaar. Om hun toekomstige functie als zoontjesfabriek zo goed mogelijk te vervullen, wordt meisjes van jongs af aan geleerd zich te schikken. Naar God, vader, broer, familie, clan. Hoe beter een vrouw daarin slaagt, hoe deugdzamer ze gevonden wordt. Je moet altijd geduldig zijn, ook wanneer je man de meest vreselijke dingen van je verlangt. En daarvoor word je beloond in het hiernamaals. Maar die beloning stelt weinig voor. Voor vrouwen zijn er in het paradijs dadels en druiven. Verder niets. » De zoontjesfabriek bevat alle artikelen die Ayaan Hirsi Ali tot nu toe heeft gepubliceerd, voorafgegaan door een interview van Colet van de Ven''

''Remarkable . . . Infidel shows that a determined woman can change more history than her own'' Christopher Hitchens, Sunday Times ''If there is one book that really addresses the existential issues of our civilisation, then Hirsi Ali''s autobiography is it'' Michael Burleigh, Sunday Telegraph Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of today''s most admired and controversial political figures. She burst into international headlines following the murder of Theo van Gogh by an Islamist who threatened she would be next. An international bestseller, her life story INFIDEL shows the coming of age of this elegant, distinguished – and sometimes reviled – political superstar and champion of free speech. Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali''s story tells how a bright, curious, dutiful little girl evolves into a pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to balance democratic ideals with religious pressures, no other book could be more timely, or more significant.

A world-renowned activist and feminist pulls no punches in her efforts to reform Islam in this international bestseller, available for the first time in English.

Fille d''un opposant célèbre à la dictature de Siyad Barré, en Somalie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali a connu l''exil très jeune, puis la détresse d''une vie de réfugiée. Contrainte à l''excision, vouée à un mariage forcé, elle s''échappe pour trouver asile aux Pays-Bas. Elle y deviendra une femme libre, défiant, en même temps que les lois des siens, les barrières politiques, raciales et les menaces d''islamistes fondamentalistes. Elle est aujourd''hui une figure emblématique de la lutte pour un " islam des Lumières ". De son enfance dans la misère de Mogadiscio au Parlement néerlandais où elle fut élue en janvier 2003, l''itinéraire extraordinaire, à la fois intime et intellectuel, d''une jeune rebelle.