Experts
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
People engaged in social and political reform (and sometimes revolution) have to think through what the next step is. It's not enough to just say no to a bad guy. Read More
The author and American Enterprise Institute Fellow answers the Big Question "Does the free market corrode moral character?" Read More
Nuclear weapons and religious fanaticism is a dangerous combination, Ali says. Read More
Ayaan Hirsi Ali answers the question, "Who are we?" Read More
Ayaan Hirsi Ali says America should invest in African industries. Read More
The U.S. has failed to identify its enemies clearly. Read More
Our capacity for reason empowers us to overcome the bad side of our characters. Read More
It is the ability and willingness to reconsider your beliefs. Read More
The will of the husband is absolute except when he asks you to forsake Allah, says Hirsi Ali. Read More
The death threats have made daily life more meaningful. Read More
Hirsi Ali puts her faith in the young Muslims who are open to Western ideas. Read More
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Iran and the nuclear problem. Read More
Hirsi Ali recalls the promise of African liberation and the disappointment of backsliding. Read More
Hirsi Ali remembers Sister Aziza, who introduced her to extremist aspects of Islam. Read More
What three values are you willing to die for? Read More
We must make a distinction between Muslims and Islam, says Hirsi Ali. Read More
Hirsi Ali rejects the European tendency toward pessimism. Read More
Are you willing to die for your own ideas of freedom as much as the fanatics are willing to die for their own? Read More
Human reason is frail and we live by trial and error. Read More
"I was never meant to be self-reliant." Read More
About Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi-Ali was born in Somalia in 1969 and is a Dutch feminist and political writer. Ali is the daughter of the prominent Somali politican and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. At the age of 8, Ali and her family left Somalia to move to Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Kenya, before Ali obtained political asylum in the Netherlands in 1992. Ali is a vocal critic of Islam whose writings deal with what she sees as the subordination of women by the religion. Her work is controversial and Ali has received many death threats, leading her to live under guard. Ali's most famous books include a collection of essays called The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam and Infidel an autobiography published in 2006. Ali now lives in the Netherlands at a secret address.