Ayaan Hirsi Ali: abandoned to fanatics - Los Angeles Times

 

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: abandoned to fanatics

The outspoken former Dutch legislator deserves the protection her country promised before she ran for parliament.

By Sam Harris and Salman Rushdie
October 9, 2007

As you read this, Ayaan Hirsi Ali sits in a safe house with armed men guarding her door. She is one of the most poised, intelligent and compassionate advocates of freedom of speech and conscience alive today, and for this she is despised in Muslim communities throughout the world. The details of her story bear repeating, as they illustrate how poorly equipped we are to deal with the threat of Muslim extremism in the West.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: abandoned to fanatics - Los Angeles Times