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Hirsi Ali shines in debate on Islam
Toronto Sun ^ | April 19, 2016 | Tarek Fatah

Posted on 04/20/2016 8:10:21 AM PDT by george76

New York was recently the scene of a heated debate on the status of Muslim women under Islamic law.

In it, one of the bravest women in the world, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, faced off against three other Muslim women and a hostile moderator, Barkha Dutt.

Dutt, known for her soft spot for Muslims in her own country of India,

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Hirsi Ali immediately recognized she was being set up to run a gauntlet of criticism and so chose to go for the jugular.

“I reject Islamic law because it’s totalitarian ... because it’s bigoted and especially bigoted against women… Where Islamic law becomes the law of the land ... women will need a male guardian, child marriage is reintroduced, you will be disinherited. If you are raped it’s your fault, and you will get stoned to death ... I reject Islamic law because it’s inherently hostile to women. It is so bigoted.”

To applause from the audience, Hirsi Ali concluded: “We will not defeat and we will not eradicate these practices, unless we talk about the principle, and the principle is enshrined in the Islamic law, unreformed.”

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One of the most heated moments occurred when Hirsi Ali brought up the issue of child marriage, giving the example of Prophet Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha, who Islamic scholars insist was only six at marriage, while the marriage was consummated when she was only nine.

“That is Islamic law,” Hirsi Ali asserted.

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It seems conflicts within Islam that began 1,400 years ago on the deathbed of Prophet Muhammad, are going to be with us for as long as we Muslims remain oblivious to our surroundings.

(Excerpt) Read more at torontosun.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aisha; ayaanhirsiali; hijrah; hirsiali; india; invasion; islam; islamiclaw; jihad; muhammad; muslim; muslims; muslimwomen; sharia; theovangogh; vangogh; women
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To: The Great RJ

She is an atheist so I doubt it.

Yet - there are Muslim reformers, like Zhudi Jasser, who get it but will never get an audience because he is considered an apostate.


21 posted on 04/20/2016 11:27:45 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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To: george76

Thank God I’m not a muslim!


22 posted on 04/20/2016 11:41:40 AM PDT by SIRTRIS
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To: The Great RJ
Maybe Hirsi Ali will become Islam’s Martin Luther. It’s about time some brave Muslim nails 95 theses to the mosque door.

Martin Luther's movement was a back to the basics, back to the original text movement. ISIS is the equivalent back to the basics, back to the text movement.

23 posted on 04/20/2016 12:00:01 PM PDT by slowhandluke (It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
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To: Sam Gamgee

Remember the brutal murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh at the hands of a Muslim , Mohammed Bouyeri, the son of Moroccan immigrants.. After Bouyeri shot van Gogh, he calmly stood over the body and cut his throat with a curved machete, a ritual Islamic sacrifice.

for making a movie with the Somali-born Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali .


24 posted on 04/20/2016 1:56:38 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Yes, I have read all those details as well. What was telling about the Dutch is that Ali got a standing ovation from her whole Liberal party when she returned from hiding to take her place in Parliament. The parents of Van Gogh at his funeral addressed Ali (who couldn't attend due to safety) and said it was not her fault and were proud of their son standing for free speech.
25 posted on 04/20/2016 2:11:54 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: wideminded

“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.”


26 posted on 04/20/2016 8:11:45 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." - Karl Marx)
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