Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Yeah, I don't know if I would call it disagreement. I would say a different perspective, because obviously my background, I grew up a Muslim. I lived in Muslim countries and I come at the problem differently. So in just right about that time, say my name to fame in 2003, 2004, or infamy, depending on who you speak to.
Yeah, I don't know if I would call it disagreement. I would say a different perspective, because obviously my background, I grew up a Muslim. I lived in Muslim countries and I come at the problem differently. So in just right about that time, say my name to fame in 2003, 2004, or infamy, depending on who you speak to.
Yeah, I don't know if I would call it disagreement. I would say a different perspective, because obviously my background, I grew up a Muslim. I lived in Muslim countries and I come at the problem differently. So in just right about that time, say my name to fame in 2003, 2004, or infamy, depending on who you speak to.
is the publicizing of abuse against Muslim women by Muslim men, women who are subjected to honor killings, honor violence, they're locked up in their homes, they're forced into marriage, they're taken from the country and they're taken to the country of origin and they're forced to marry people they don't want to. They're beaten up, they're murdered.
is the publicizing of abuse against Muslim women by Muslim men, women who are subjected to honor killings, honor violence, they're locked up in their homes, they're forced into marriage, they're taken from the country and they're taken to the country of origin and they're forced to marry people they don't want to. They're beaten up, they're murdered.
is the publicizing of abuse against Muslim women by Muslim men, women who are subjected to honor killings, honor violence, they're locked up in their homes, they're forced into marriage, they're taken from the country and they're taken to the country of origin and they're forced to marry people they don't want to. They're beaten up, they're murdered.
I remember from a well-known Dutch publicist who was, at one point, he sat me down and he said, you are trying to draw attention to abuse against Muslim women. Let me tell you about the middle classes in Europe. They're indifferent. And I remember asking him and saying, they're indifferent to the abuse of Muslim women, but will they be indifferent if European women are abused?
I remember from a well-known Dutch publicist who was, at one point, he sat me down and he said, you are trying to draw attention to abuse against Muslim women. Let me tell you about the middle classes in Europe. They're indifferent. And I remember asking him and saying, they're indifferent to the abuse of Muslim women, but will they be indifferent if European women are abused?
I remember from a well-known Dutch publicist who was, at one point, he sat me down and he said, you are trying to draw attention to abuse against Muslim women. Let me tell you about the middle classes in Europe. They're indifferent. And I remember asking him and saying, they're indifferent to the abuse of Muslim women, but will they be indifferent if European women are abused?
And he said, no, if it is a blonde girl, on national television, and she's been sexually abused by one of these, there'll be huge outrage. The feminists will not stand for it. Unfortunately, fast forward to 2013, 14. At that time, I don't live in Europe anymore. I live in America. I'm an American citizen.
And he said, no, if it is a blonde girl, on national television, and she's been sexually abused by one of these, there'll be huge outrage. The feminists will not stand for it. Unfortunately, fast forward to 2013, 14. At that time, I don't live in Europe anymore. I live in America. I'm an American citizen.
And he said, no, if it is a blonde girl, on national television, and she's been sexually abused by one of these, there'll be huge outrage. The feminists will not stand for it. Unfortunately, fast forward to 2013, 14. At that time, I don't live in Europe anymore. I live in America. I'm an American citizen.
And all the anecdotes I'm hearing from Europe are about these grooming gangs in Britain, a similar phenomenon in Holland. young men chasing women, raping them, men from Afghanistan especially, lots and lots of these brazen rapes that are occurring in Germany, in Austria.
And all the anecdotes I'm hearing from Europe are about these grooming gangs in Britain, a similar phenomenon in Holland. young men chasing women, raping them, men from Afghanistan especially, lots and lots of these brazen rapes that are occurring in Germany, in Austria.
And all the anecdotes I'm hearing from Europe are about these grooming gangs in Britain, a similar phenomenon in Holland. young men chasing women, raping them, men from Afghanistan especially, lots and lots of these brazen rapes that are occurring in Germany, in Austria.
And so that for me is the reason to challenge the publicist statement about if it's about white European women, there will be universal outrage against this. And I started diving into the subject and that's how Prey came about. And what I discover unfortunately is that
And so that for me is the reason to challenge the publicist statement about if it's about white European women, there will be universal outrage against this. And I started diving into the subject and that's how Prey came about. And what I discover unfortunately is that
And so that for me is the reason to challenge the publicist statement about if it's about white European women, there will be universal outrage against this. And I started diving into the subject and that's how Prey came about. And what I discover unfortunately is that
Exactly here I agree with Julie, that what the British have come to call grooming gangs, that is the systematic sexual abuse of white working class girls and women by men, mostly Muslim, was dismissed as their slags. I've heard the phrase white trash over and over again, and so there's a class element to this.
Exactly here I agree with Julie, that what the British have come to call grooming gangs, that is the systematic sexual abuse of white working class girls and women by men, mostly Muslim, was dismissed as their slags. I've heard the phrase white trash over and over again, and so there's a class element to this.