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"Hamas apparent winner in Palestinian vote: Fatah official"
Reuters ^ | 26JAN06 | Matt Spetalnick and Jeffrey Heller
Posted on 01/26/2006 1:24:46 AM PST by familyop
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4640606.stm
Last Updated: Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 11:06 GMT
"Dutch MP defies Muslim pressure"
By Jane Beresford
Producer, Taking a Stand, BBC Radio 4
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Ayaan Hirsi Ali wanted to shape her own future
What turns a devout young Muslim woman into one of Islam's most outspoken critics?
For the Somali-born Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali, it was a long journey that started with an arranged marriage.
She sought refuge in the Netherlands on her way to her new husband's home in Canada.
"I wanted a chance at a life where I could shape my own future," she says.
"I knew the risks - being disowned or being shunned by my father and the rest of my family. I took those risks and I don't regret it."
Hirsi Ali describes the anti-US attacks of 11 September 2001 as pivotal to her questioning of Islam."
"Hamas apparent winner in Palestinian vote: Fatah official"
Not surprised here.