Posted on 04/11/2015 6:41:24 PM PDT by iowamark
Ayaan Hirsi Ali spoke at a National Press Club luncheon about the Islamic faith and Western civilization.
She also spoke about her book, Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now, as well as Islamic radicalism, combating ISIS*, the nuclear framework agreement with Iran, and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.
* The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is a militant group that has called itself the Islamic State.
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It’s not ‘and’, it’s ‘or’.
I just finished reading “Heretic” this evening. Her insights on the threat of what she calls Medina muslims are chilling. I think it’s too late for the reformation she hopes for. However, the book is right up to date, including Charlie Hebdo, and is full of eye-opening information about jihadism.
Thanks for the link.
They are the silent majority and scared of the Islamists. They should take out the Islamist leaders.. That might be what al-Sisi is doing in Egypt.
Al-Sisi is posturing - he just took out the radicals to gain power - a “reformation” is just his way of differentiating his policies from the MB’s.
Al-Sisi knows that any actual attempt at reformation is to go against Mohammad’s commands and would be met with death to those attempting to reform the unreformable Islam - which, by the way, was already reformed by Mohammad back in the day.
It is just a play to either sell books: Hirsi, or shore up a political base: Al-Sisi. Only uninformed or ignorant westerners would believe in reformation just as they once believed in the tooth fairy.
See here:
Why We Are Afraid, A 1400 Year Secret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Qpy0mXg8Y
“Islamic Faith and Western Civilization”.......
The two don’t blend well together.
No they are immiscible.
A very brave woman. Prayers for her safety.
True, General Al Sisi has spoken but seems to be a lone voice in Islam. I fear his days are marked. Further, he needs help. One voice out of 900 million is a pretty sad proportion and just isn’t going to cut it.
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