AEI.Org: Scholar: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Visiting Fellow http://www.aei.org:80/scholar/117?presentation=rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:40:08 +0100 http://www.aei.org:80/views/images/accountRegistration/aeismall-reg.gif AEI http://www.aei.org:80/home 50 50 AEI Obama Should Speak Truth to Islam Because Others Can't http://www.aei.org:80/article/100627 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A discussion of the relationship between Islam and the West is much more problematic than President Obama realizes. </body> </html> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2009-06-15T00:00:00-0400 2009-06-15T00:00:00-0400 Obama Let Down Moderate Muslims http://www.aei.org:80/article/100582 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A quick take on President Obama's address to the Muslim world. </body> </html> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2009-06-05T00:00:00-0400 2009-06-05T00:00:00-0400 It's Time Lily-Livered Europe Stood Up to Muslim Bigots http://www.aei.org:80/article/100484 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Muslims are using Europe's liberal democratic apparatus to roll back our hard-fought freedoms. </body> </html> Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2009-05-05T00:00:00-0400 2009-05-05T00:00:00-0400 Nicolas Sarkozy http://www.aei.org:80/article/100442 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Sarkozy disregards his critics and sometimes seems to thrive on criticism. </body> </html> Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2009-04-30T00:00:00-0400 2009-04-30T00:00:00-0400 In the House of Women http://www.aei.org:80/article/29157 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Imagine a world where all females, in the East and the West, were treated as equals. </body> </html> Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-12-31T00:00:00-0500 2008-12-31T00:00:00-0500 Cut and Run Won't Do http://www.aei.org:80/article/28883 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Increased U.S. presence and the collateral damage it would cause in Afghanistan would end Obama's honeymoon. </body> </html> Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-11-04T00:00:00-0500 2008-11-04T00:00:00-0500 Does the Free Market Corrode Moral Character? http://www.aei.org:80/article/28734 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Free economic activity among individuals, corporations, and nations boosts such desirable qualities as trust, honesty, and hard work. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-10-01T00:00:00-0400 2008-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Symposium http://www.aei.org:80/article/28774 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> While the presidential candidates' choice of words and their party affiliations distinguish them, their foreign policies do not. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-10-01T00:00:00-0400 2008-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Defend the Individual and So the West http://www.aei.org:80/article/28415 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The West has cultivated an ethos of individualism, reason, tolerance, and an elaborate system in which every actor seeks to resolve conflict through words. </body> </html> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-08-04T00:00:00-0400 2008-08-04T00:00:00-0400 Neelie Kroes http://www.aei.org:80/article/27915 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Holland's Neelie Kroes has been a very determined woman fightingto improve the position of Muslim women and other women from the unfree world. </body> </html> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-04-28T00:00:00-0400 2008-04-28T00:00:00-0400 Fitna Is an Embarrassment for the Dutch Cabinet http://www.aei.org:80/article/27723 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The reactions to the movieby Geert Wildersare causing problems for the Dutch cabinet. </body> </html> Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:00:00 +0100 2008-03-28T01:00:00-0400 2008-03-28T01:00:00-0400 Blind Faiths http://www.aei.org:80/article/27324 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The Suicide of Reason exposes radical Islam's threat to the Enlightenment. </body> </html> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-01-06T00:00:00-0500 2008-01-06T00:00:00-0500 Islam's Silent Moderates http://www.aei.org:80/article/27205 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Recent examples of harsh "Islamic justice" call for the responses of the ballyhooed Muslim moderates. Where are they? </body> </html> Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-12-07T00:00:00-0500 2007-12-07T00:00:00-0500 My View of Islam http://www.aei.org:80/article/26595 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> On holy war, apostasy, and the rights of women in Islam. </body> </html> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-08-02T00:00:00-0400 2007-08-02T00:00:00-0400 An Honor Worth Defending http://www.aei.org:80/article/26395 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The burning of effigies of Queen Elizabeth II and Salman Rushdie by Muslim students in Pakistan should remindthe Westof the importance of defendingits cultural symbols. </body> </html> Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-06-25T00:00:00-0400 2007-06-25T00:00:00-0400 Can Secular Turkey Survive Democracy? http://www.aei.org:80/article/26149 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> How reformists can stop the Islamists who have chipped away at Turkey's secularism. </body> </html> Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-05-09T00:00:00-0400 2007-05-09T00:00:00-0400 Defiant Infidel http://www.aei.org:80/article/100221 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Islam is a deformed religion, and U.S. political loyalties should not block awareness of this fact. </body> </html> Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-05-07T00:00:00-0400 2007-05-07T00:00:00-0400 Confronting Holocaust Denial http://www.aei.org:80/article/25318 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Western and Christian charities in the third world should take it upon themselves to inform Muslims and non-Muslims alike about the Holocaust. </body> </html> Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-12-15T00:00:00-0500 2006-12-15T00:00:00-0500 Setting Themselves Apart http://www.aei.org:80/article/25183 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Wearing a veil is not a personal decision for a Muslim woman. The fundamentals of modern civil society are at stake. </body> </html> Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-11-27T00:00:00-0500 2006-11-27T00:00:00-0500 Faced with Radical Islam, Europe Is in Danger of Decay http://www.aei.org:80/article/25217 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> How will Europe react to its growing Muslim population? </body> </html> Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-11-18T00:00:00-0500 2006-11-18T00:00:00-0500 Muslim Women Are the Key to Change http://www.aei.org:80/article/25067 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Ayaan Hirsi Ali lives under a death threat for daring to challenge the Islamic patriarchy and says the West must support women like her if it wants to spread freedom. </body> </html> Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-10-29T00:00:00-0400 2006-10-29T00:00:00-0400 The Owl and the Ostrich http://www.aei.org:80/article/25021 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> What the failings of European multiculturalism? What arethe dangers of Islamic fundamentalism? And what steps are needed to save the EU from economic disaster? </body> </html> Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-10-15T00:00:00-0400 2006-10-15T00:00:00-0400 Darling, It Hurts to Be Alone http://www.aei.org:80/article/24962 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A final meeting with Oriana Fallaci leaves great life lessons about politics and the struggle for truth. </body> </html> Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-09-23T00:00:00-0400 2006-09-23T00:00:00-0400 Women the Future of Freedom http://www.aei.org:80/article/24831 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The liberation of Europe's Muslim women is the best way to encourage assimilation into Western society, but the opportunity is being wasted. </body> </html> Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-08-26T00:00:00-0400 2006-08-26T00:00:00-0400 Women Go "Missing" by the Millions http://www.aei.org:80/article/24970 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> What is happening to women and girls in many places across the globe is genocide. </body> </html> Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-03-25T00:00:00-0500 2006-03-25T00:00:00-0500 Everyone Is Afraid to Criticize Islam http://www.aei.org:80/article/24975 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Ayaan Hirsi Ali, forced to go into hiding after the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, argues that if Europe doesn't stand up to extremists, it will spread a culture of self-censorship. </body> </html> Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-02-06T00:00:00-0500 2006-02-06T00:00:00-0500 Let's Talk about How to Close the Identity Gap http://www.aei.org:80/article/24971 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Two determining issues in the evolution of a European Union identity - immigration and Turkish accession - can be traced back to negative perceptions of Islam. </body> </html> Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2005-08-23T00:00:00-0400 2005-08-23T00:00:00-0400 Unfree Under Islam http://www.aei.org:80/article/24972 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> In every society where family affairs are regulated according to instructions derived from the Shariah or Islamic law, women are disadvantaged. </body> </html> Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2005-08-16T00:00:00-0400 2005-08-16T00:00:00-0400 Infidel http://www.aei.org:80/book/870 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> In her remarkable and unflinchingly honest memoir, the author recounts her transformation from what she terms, "the world of faith to the world of reason." </body> </html> Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-02-06T00:00:00-0500 2007-02-06T00:00:00-0500 The Caged Virgin http://www.aei.org:80/book/864 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> This book is aprofound meditation on Islam and the role of women, the rights of the individual, the roots of fanaticism, and Western policies toward Islamic countries and immigrant communities. </body> </html> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-04-25T00:00:00-0400 2006-04-25T00:00:00-0400 Transatlantic Law Forum: Citizenship in Europe and the United States http://www.aei.org:80/event/1787 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0100 2008-10-16T10:00:00-0400 2008-10-16T10:00:00-0400 Transatlantic Law Forum: Citizenship in Europe and the United States http://www.aei.org:80/event/1788 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:00:00 +0100 2008-10-16T09:00:00-0400 2008-10-16T09:00:00-0400 The Suicide of Reason http://www.aei.org:80/event/1581 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:00:00 +0100 2007-09-26T10:00:00-0400 2007-09-26T10:00:00-0400 Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali http://www.aei.org:80/event/1458 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:30:00 +0100 2007-02-13T17:30:00-0500 2007-02-13T17:30:00-0500 Coming to America http://www.aei.org:80/speech/26543 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A reflection on an immigrant's African background and her joy to now live in the West. </body> </html> Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-07-23T00:00:00-0400 2007-07-23T00:00:00-0400 The Role of Journalism Today http://www.aei.org:80/speech/26367 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Journalists have a responsibility to illuminate the vast differences between Islam and the West. </body> </html> Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-06-18T00:00:00-0400 2007-06-18T00:00:00-0400 Ladies First http://www.aei.org:80/speech/25476 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Ayaan Hirsi Ali reflects on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and its relevance for women in Islamic societies. </body> </html> Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-01-15T00:00:00-0500 2007-01-15T00:00:00-0500 Values Matter http://www.aei.org:80/speech/25168 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The debate on the integration of non-Western minorities into Western societies is essentially a debate on conflicting values and views. </body> </html> Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-11-19T00:00:00-0500 2006-11-19T00:00:00-0500 Is Courage a Masculine Virtue? http://www.aei.org:80/issue/100007 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> In modern times, when American women serve alongside men in combat and when most Western women enjoy "emancipation," can courage still be considered the domain of one sex? </body> </html> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2009-04-15T00:00:00-0400 2009-04-15T00:00:00-0400 Islam's Silent Moderates http://www.aei.org:80/issue/27315 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Recent examples of harsh "Islamic justice" call for the responses of the ballyhooed Muslim moderates. Where are they? </body> </html> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-01-04T00:00:00-0500 2008-01-04T00:00:00-0500