Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Somali-born American anti-Muslim activist; founder of The AHA Foundation

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"Violence is inherent in Islam – it’s a destructive, nihilistic cult of death. It legitimates murder … the battle against terrorism will ultimately be lost unless we realize that it’s not just with extremist elements within Islam, but the ideology of Islam itself." - Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Somali-born American anti-Muslim activist; founder of The AHA Foundation

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a former member of the Dutch parliament and founder of the AHA Foundation, which describes itself as the "the leading organization working to end honor violence that shames, hurts or kills thousands of women and girls in the U.S. each year and puts millions more at risk." 

Hirsi Ali however is well known for her anti-Islam views. "Violence is inherent in Islam—it’s a destructive, nihilistic cult of death, said Hirsi Ali. "It legitimates murder … the battle against terrorism will ultimately be lost unless we realize that it’s not just with extremist elements within Islam, but the ideology of Islam itself."

In a 2007 interview with Reason magazine, Hirsi Ali said “we are at war with Islam,” called Islam "a violent ideology," claimed "there is no moderate Islam," and advocated for closing all Islamic schools. During the interview, she also called for amending the U. S. Constitution in order to discriminate against Muslim Americans and criticized President George W. Bush for saying that the United States is not at war with Islam.

"There is no moderate Islam. There are Muslims who are passive, who don't all follow the rules of Islam, but there's really only one Islam, defined as submission to the will of God. There's nothing moderate about it," said Hirsi Ali.

Hirsi Ali works with many of the players in the Islamophobia network, including Pamela Geller and Zuhdi Jasser. 

 

Hirsi Ali on The Arena

 This interview took place on The Arena with Michael Coren on December 8, 2012.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali photo by Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA derivative work under CC-BY-2.0