Hirsi Ali: Is Islam Compatible with Liberal Democracy? 6/6

Is Islam Compatible with Liberal Democracy?

An interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali at The Aspen Ideas Festival (2007).

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[voider0aa]

it would be good if EU would grow a spine and brain half as hers

[PersephoneSwimming]

thank you for posting this! what a great interview. it's an excellent overview of her position on many crucial issues. she is such a vital example of human courage and critical thinking.

[queenastilon]

I was living in Amsterdam yrs ago when I became aware of the first problem with Muslim schools. Unlike in England, the Dutch govt fully paid for special interest/faith schools, and so in Islamic neighbourhoods. The first row came up when an elementary school refused to take non Muslim pupils from the neighbourhood, who technically had the right to attend their nearest school. Claiming special privelege, the school won the right to keep out the infidel kids

[MegF142857]

Thanks for posting this allowing me to view. I have subscribed.

[MegF142857]

Anyone viewing this section, needs to listen to the Muslim man's question at the end of prior section to understand her answer at the beginning of this one.

[mowgly3000]

Hirsi, I applaud you for for your courage!

[Viruspirate]

@dracpcpp thx that worked

[dracpcpp]

if you get a play error drop down to 360p.

[fromwilliams]

Gus van Dongen,an experienced TV journalist highlighted the fact that Ayaan had falsified her original asylum application in Holland,and she had not come from war-torn Somalia as she claimed, but from Kenya, where she had lived peacefully for 10 years.The fact that she had lied was well-known,retorted Ayaan, making the point that was she was fleeing a forced marriage. Dutch TV using testimony from her brother and husband to allege that the marriage was not made under compulsion.

[tenminutesgone]

Excellent interview. Great woman

[Palfium66]

A hijab definitely does represent a security threat when the wearing of it is demanded in all circumstances

For example: A murderer of a policewoman who escaped from the UK by walking through Heathrow wearing a burka -no one dared ask to see "her" face because of PC values.

The decision to allow veiled voting in Canada.

The court case in the US to allow a Muslim woman to use a picture of her veiled on her drivers licence

The hijab itself is a cloth, but is used as a tool of Islamic imperialism