Frases de Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Data de nascimento: 13. Novembro 1969
Ayaan Hirsi Ali é uma ativista, escritora, política e feminista ateísta somali-holandesa-americana, que é conhecida por seus pontos de vista críticos da mutilação genital feminina e o islamismo. Ela escreveu o roteiro de Submission, filme de Theo van Gogh. Depois que ela e o diretor receberam ameaças de morte o diretor foi assassinado. Filha do político somali e líder da oposição Hirsi Magan Isse, ela é uma das fundadoras da organização de direitos das mulheres AHA Foundation.
Quando tinha oito anos, sua família deixou a Somália para a Arábia Saudita, depois Etiópia, e acabaram por se instalar no Quênia. Ela pediu e obteve asilo político nos Países Baixos em 1992, em circunstâncias que mais tarde se tornaram o centro de uma controvérsia política. Em 2003 foi eleita membro da Câmara dos Representantes , representando o Partido Popular para a Liberdade e Democracia . Uma crise política em torno do potencial de remoção de sua cidadania holandesa levou à sua renúncia ao parlamento, e levou indiretamente à queda do segundo gabinete Balkenende em 2006.
Em 2005, ela foi nomeada pela revista Time como uma das 100 pessoas mais influentes do mundo. Ela também recebeu vários prêmios, inclusive um prêmio de liberdade de expressão do jornal dinamarquês Jyllands-Posten, o Prêmio Democracia do Partido Liberal Sueco, e o Prêmio Coragem Moral de compromisso com a resolução de conflitos, ética e cidadania mundial. Em 2006, ela publicou um livro de memórias. A tradução em Inglês em 2007 é intitulado Infiel. A de 2013 Hirsi Ali se tornou companheira da John F. Kennedy School of Government da Universidade Harvard, um membro da The Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center, e vive nos Estados Unidos. Ela é casada com o historiador britânico e comentarista público Niall Ferguson. Se tornou uma cidadã naturalizada nos Estados Unidos em 25 de abril de 2013.
Citações Ayaan Hirsi Ali
„However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.“
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali, livro Infidel
Variante: There are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.
Fonte: Infidel
„I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.“
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali, livro Infidel
Epilogue: The Letter of the Law
Fonte: Infidel (2007)
„Islam was like a mental cage. At first, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It has internalized its imprisonment. It takes time for the bird to escape, even after someone has opened the doors to its cage.“
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali, livro Infidel
Fonte: Infidel (2007), Chapter 15: Threats
„Multiculturalism should not mean that we tolerate another culture’s intolerance. If we do in fact support diversity, women’s rights, and gay rights, then we cannot in good conscience give Islam a free pass on the grounds of multicultural sensitivity.“
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali, livro Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
Fonte: Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
„Reality is not easy, but all this make-believe doesn't make it easier.“
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali, livro Infidel
Fonte: Infidel
„Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.“
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali, livro Infidel
Fonte: Infidel (2007), Chapter 13: Leiden
„Islam is not a religion of peace. It's a political theory of conquest that seeks domination by any means it can.“
"Author, activist condemns Muslim faith at Palm Beach talk", Palm Beach Daily News (21 March 2009) http://web.archive.org/web/20090324042409/www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/03/21/0321muslimsali.html
„We had already learned part of the Quran by heart in Mogadishu, although of course we had never understood more than a word or two of it, because it was in Arabic. But the teacher in Mecca said we recited it disrespectfully: we raced it, to show off. So now we had to learn it all by heart again, but this time with reverent pauses. We still didn't understand more than the bare gist of it. Apparently, understanding wasn't the point.“
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali, livro Infidel
Fonte: Infidel (2007), Ch. 3
„Islam is not a race…Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.“
Hirsi Ali: "Never confuse Islamic Sharia and the Muslims who really mean it with those extremist Christians who live in the United States" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2007/07/017367print.html, Jihad Watch, 13 July 2007
Ayaan Hirsi Ali in a video interview http://web.archive.org/web/20070703045949/http://www.cbc.ca/onthemap/fullpage.php?id=87, CBC News, 11 July 2007
„Here is something I have learned the hard way, but which a lot of well-meaning people in the West have a hard time accepting: All human beings are equal, but all cultures and religions are not.“
A culture that celebrates femininity and considers women to be the masters of their own lives is better than a culture that mutilates girls' genitals and confines them behind walls and veils or flogs or stones them for falling in love. A culture that protects women's rights by law is better than a culture in which a man can lawfully have four wives at once and women are denied alimony and half their inheritance. A culture that appoints women to its supreme court is better than a culture that declares that the testimony of a woman is worth half that of a man.
Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations (2010)
„Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.“
Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations (2010)
„Every accommodation of Muslim demands leads to a sense of euphoria and a conviction that Allah is on their side. They see every act of appeasement as an invitation to make fresh demands.“
"Author, activist condemns Muslim faith at Palm Beach talk", Palm Beach Daily News (21 March 2009)
„Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.“
Speech on Freedom of Expression at the European Parliament, 14 February 2008
