Taking a stand: Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

BBC Radio 4. ^ | 01/24/2006 | Interviewer: fergal Keane

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24 January 2006 Tuesday 24 January 2006 9:00-9:30 (Radio 4 FM)

Repeated: Tuesday 24 January 2006 21:30-22:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Interview series with Fergal Keane, in which he talks to people who, through conviction or circumstance, have taken a stand for what they believe in.

When Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born Dutch MP, wrote Submission, a film attacking what she believes to be the Koran's endorsement of the subjugation of women, she knew it would cause controversy. She did not however envisage that it would lead to the murder of her collaborator Theo Van Gogh and a life under 24-hour armed guard for her.

She talks to Fergal about her journey from devout Muslim to one of Islam's most outspoken critics, and why she refuses to be silenced

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On my way to work today I heard this amazing interview. Listen (30 Mins)at the courage of this woman, and get a feel for the inside of Islam. How the left/liberals can defend Islam with this testimony to it's institutional cruelty, is bejond me. Note, it will be reapeated tonight.

Warmest regards

[Nicholas Conradin]

courage of this woman, and get a feel for the inside of Islam

Indeed, she is a remarkable woman. I would very much like to hear the interview but, unfortunately, we don't receive BBC programming here in Virginia.