Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2007
Great to see her on Aussie TV.Ayaan Hirsi Ali on ABC
Somali migrant and former Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali, interviewed with Kerry O'Brien on ABC's 'The 7.30 Report' on Friday.
She makes two key points.
i) Islam is not about loving life and pursuing happiness
Life is not valued as much as in the Western liberal societies, where life and the freedom of the individual are separate ends in themselves. In Islam, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are things that you can pursue when you go to heaven, but you have to die first because life on earth is just a passage
ii) Don't confuse Islam with Muslims
I think we should make a distinction between Muslims and Islam. Muslims are individuals and they are varied. Islam as a doctrine, as a body of ideas, as a belief, means submission to the will of Allah ... You will find that some accept democracy and appreciate it, some who do not, and you will find others who are out to destroy it.
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i) Islam is not about loving life and pursuing happiness
Life is not valued as much as in the Western liberal societies, where life and the freedom of the individual are separate ends in themselves. In Islam, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are things that you can pursue when you go to heaven, but you have to die first because life on earth is just a passage
ii) Don't confuse Islam with Muslims
I think we should make a distinction between Muslims and Islam. Muslims are individuals and they are varied. Islam as a doctrine, as a body of ideas, as a belief, means submission to the will of Allah ... You will find that some accept democracy and appreciate it, some who do not, and you will find others who are out to destroy it.
Read the rest here
posted by 10 men at 3:59 PM
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I can't wait to see part two of Submission, which she and Theo Van Gogh produced, and he was murdered for.
She is one heck of a lady.
She is a brave woman, one of many, many women speaking the Truth about Islam in todays world..
Oops. They produced part one, but Theo was murdered, and she's vowed to make part two as planned, although they never had the chance to finish it.
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