Most Popular Books by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and her current life under armed guard in the West. 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.

Nomadis a philosophical memoir, telling how Ayaan Hirsi Ali came to America in search of a new life, and the difficulties she faced in reconciling her two worlds. With vivid anecdotes and observations of people, cultures, and political debacles, this narrative weaves together Hirsi Ali''s personal story -- including her reconciliation with her devout father who had disowned her when she denounced Islam -- with the stories of other women and men, high-profile and not, whom she encounters. With a deep understanding and intimate perspective of the situation of Muslim women and moderates in the world today and her singular, unwavering intellectual courage, Hirsi Ali offers her always notable, often controversial analysis of Islam vis a vis the superiority of Western democratic values.

Raised a Muslim but increasingly outraged by her religion''s hostility towards women, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has now become one of today''s most talked-about, admired and controversial political figures because of her desire to free women from an oppressive Muslim culture. Her bestselling collection of essays, THE CAGED VIRGIN, now available in English for the first time, brings together some of her most passionate and compelling writing on a wide range of issues concerning Islam. Drawing on her own first-hand experience and cultural background, she assesses the role of women in Islam both in practice and in theory; the rights of the individual; fanaticism; and Western policies towards immigrant communities. Provocative and compelling in equal measure, THE CAGED VIRGIN is an important addition to the ongoing debate about the ''clash of civilizations'' and marks the debut of a writer and activist destined to be one of the key international figures of the early twenty-first century.

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.

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.

''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

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

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.

Frau sein im Islam heißt Unterordnung: unter Gott, Vater, Bruder, Familie, Clan

I sin nya bok argumenterar Ayaan Hirsi Ali för att en reformation kan få slut på terrorismen, den sekteristiska krigföringen och förtrycket av kvinnor och minoriteter som varje år kräver tusentals liv. Hon uppmanar västvärlden att inte längre söka försoning med de radikala islamisterna och att sluta kalla dem som opponerar sig mot dem för islamofober. Uppmärksamheten borde riktas mot de reformsinnade muslimerna, inte det fria ordets fiender. Med briljant skärpa vädjar denna karismatiska och kompromisslösa författare för en fredlig förändring och en ny tolerant attityd över hela världen.

Een hecht betoog en tegelijk een meeslepend verhaal over een van de grootste problemen van onze tijd: de botsing tussen de westerse samenlevingen en de islam. Van over de hele wereld hebben lezers van Mijn vrijheid mij enorm gesteund en geïnspireerd. Maar ze hebben me ook een aantal vragen gesteld die ik niet in dat boek heb behandeld. Ze vroegen naar de rest van mijn familie. Ze vroegen naar de ervaring van andere moslimvrouwen. Keer op keer werd me de vraag gesteld: Hoe typerend was jouw ervaring? In hoeverre ben jij representatief? Nomade beantwoordt die vraag. Het boek gaat niet alleen over mijn leven als zwerver in het Westen. Het gaat ook over het leven van de vele immigranten die naar het Westen komen; de filosofische en heel reële problemen van mensen, met name vrouwen, die in een hermetisch gesloten traditionele moslimcultuur leven, binnen een volstrekt open cultuur. Het gaat over hoe islamitische idealen botsen met Westerse idealen. Het gaat over de botsing van beschavingen die ikzelf en miljoenen anderen hebben doorgemaakt en nog steeds doormaken.'''' In Nomade gaat Ayaan Hirsi Ali verder waar ze in Mijn vrijheid was gebleven. Ze laat de waan achter zich dat ze een thuis heeft gevonden in Nederland, en trekt naar Amerika, opnieuw een nomade. Onderwijl beschrijft ze haar wortels en haar ontworteling, haar jeugd en familie. Ze vertelt schokkende en ontroerende verhalen over haar moeder en grootmoeder, broer en halfzusjes, neven en nichten, en mannen en vrouwen voor wie zij tolkte in Nederland. Aan de hand van die verhalen signaleert ze drie aspecten die verantwoordelijk zijn voor de botsing van islam met het Westen: seks, geld en geweld. Ze roept westerse feministen, humanisten en christenen op zich te verenigen teneinde het lot van moslimvrouwen te verbeteren en de radicalisering onder jongeren te bestrijden. Ze draagt suggesties aan voor verbetering van de integratie, voor de bevrijding van moslimvrouwen en ter bestrijding van de radicalisering. Nomade is een hecht betoog en tegelijk een meeslepend verhaal, geschreven met passie en met een flinke dosis wrange humor. Ayaan Hirsi Ali neemt de lezer mee op een spannende tijdreis, van de archaïsche tijden van een clancultuur naar onze huidige tijd en de moderne, liberale samenlevingen in het Westen, waarin zij de achtergronden beschrijft en oplossingen zoekt voor een van de grootste problemen van onze tijd: de botsing tussen de westerse samenlevingen en de islam.

In De maagdenkooi zijn essays en lezingen bijeengebracht die Ayaan Hirsi Ali in 2003 hield, aangevuld met haar ervaringen als tolk voor Somalische vrouwen in Blijf-van-mijn-lijfhuizen en asielcentra. Met haar onverschrokken optreden schaart Ayaan Hirsi Ali zich in internationale gelederen van vrouwen, die allen de strijd aanbinden met de onderdrukking van vrouwen door de islam.

Sie ist Abgeordnete, Bestsellerautorin, "Europäerin des Jahres 2006", wurde zu einer der wichtigsten Frauen der Welt gewählt - aber vor allem ist Ayaan Hirsi Ali eine Frau, die für die Rechte der muslimischen Frauen, für die westlichen Werte und für die Freiheit kämpft. Das hat seinen Preis: Jeden Tag muß sie damit rechnen, daß islamische Fanatiker sie töten wollen, nie kann sie einen Schritt ohne Bewachung tun. Jetzt erzählt sie, wie aus einem Flüchtling aus Afrika eine "politisch-intellektuelle Kämpferin mit den Looks eines Pariser Models und der Schärfe einer Anklägerin vor dem Haager Strafgerichtshof" (Werner A. Perger, Die Zeit) wurde. Streng muslimisch erzogen, beginnt sie früh aufzubegehren: dagegen, daß es ihr einziges Lebensziel sein soll, Söhne zu gebären, daß sie jeden Abend für den Tod aller Juden beten muß, gegen die Zwangsheirat.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali (f. 1969) fortæller om sin opvækst som muslim i Somalia, om flugten til Holland, hvor hun vendte sin religion ryggen, om kampen mod undertrykkelse af kvinder og børn i islams navn og om sin tid som medlem af det hollandske parlament for det liberale parti, VVD.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, femme politique néerlandaise d''origine somalienne, est une voix qui tranche dans le débat sur l''islam. Sa notoriété a dépassé le cadre des Pays-Bas lorsque, le 2 novembre 2004, le cinéaste Theo Van Gogh, avec lequel elle avait réalisé le film Submission, a été assassiné à Amsterdam. Condamnée à mort par les fondamentalistes, Ayaan Hirsi Ali doit aujourd''hui vivre sous protection permanente. Mais elle poursuit son combat. Dans ce livre, elle dresse un constat alarmant. Mariages transformés en viols, excision : Ayaan Hirsi Ah plaide pour l''égalité entre les hommes et les femmes dans le monde musulman, et pour un " autre islam ". Elle fustige aussi l''irresponsabilité des démocrates européens qui, au nom de la tolérance, demeurent souvent sans réaction face à cette violence : la culture musulmane a besoin de connaître son siècle des Lumières.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali atraiu atenção mundial com o livro de memórias Infiel, que ficou 31 semanas na lista de best-sellers do New York Times e conta sua infância e adolescência na Somália, na Arábia Saudita, na Etiópia e no Quênia sob o rigor do islamismo, até chegar à Holanda, onde se tornou uma das principais críticas do islã e defensora dos direitos das mulheres. Agora, em Nômade, ela narra sua mudança para os Estados Unidos em busca de uma nova vida, longe dos islamitas europeus que a ameaçaram de morte. Nesta história da transição da vida tribal à cidadania plena em uma democracia ocidental, Ayaan relata as reviravoltas em sua vida após o rompimento com a família, que a renegou quando ela renunciou ao islã depois do Onze de Setembro. De forma comovente, a escritora somali relata sua reconciliação com a mãe e os primos, e com o pai no leito de morte. Nômade é o retrato de uma família dilacerada pelo choque de civilizações, mas também é um relato sensível, otimista e muitas vezes divertido da descoberta dos Estados Unidos por uma mulher que teme que o país esteja repetindo o erro europeu de subestimar o islã radical. Ayaan convoca instituições ocidentais - como o movimento feminista e as igrejas cristãs - a pôr em prática ações para ajudar outros imigrantes muçulmanos a superar os obstáculos que ela vivenciou em sua assimilação à sociedade ocidental e a resistir à sedução do fundamentalismo. Uma celebração da liberdade de expressão e dos valores democráticos, o mais recente livro de Ayaan Hirsi Ali representa o amadurecimento intelectual da escritora. É também uma importante contribuição para a história das ideias e, acima de tudo, um chamado à ação. “Esta mulher é uma grande heroína dos nossos tempos.” - Richard Dawkins “A voz e o exemplo de Hirsi Ali são simplesmente indispensáveis. Não há ninguém como ela - e precisamos de milhares como ela.” - Sam Harris “Para mim, as três mais belas palavras na linguagem emergente da resistência secular à tirania são Ayaan Hirsi Ali.” - Christopher Hitchens “Leitores de Infiel de todas as partes do mundo me ofereceram grande apoio e me encorajaram muito. Mas também me fizeram perguntas sobre assuntos que não abordei naquele livro. Perguntaram sobre o restante da minha família. Perguntaram sobre a vivência de outras muçulmanas. Foram muitas as vezes em que ouvi a seguinte pergunta: até que ponto seu relato poderia ser considerado típico? Você se considera de alguma forma representativa? Nômade é uma resposta a essa pergunta.”

Ayaan Hirsi Ali (f. 1969) fortæller om sin omflakkende opvækst som muslim i Somalia, Saudi Arabien, Ethiopien og Kenya, om flugten til Holland, hvor hun vendte sin religion ryggen, om kampen mod undertrykkelse af kvinder og børn i islams navn og om sin tid som medlem af det hollandske parlament for det liberale parti, VVD

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.

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.