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In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while ignoring criminal abuse of women and girls.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

We must reclaim and retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women.
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Feminism Ourselves Woman
Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.
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Coward One Liner Tolerance
In 1985 as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Adamant Brother Islam
They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country’s life and I took it.
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Chance Country Decision Immigrant Life Participate
The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.
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Bold Enemy Obligation
The Christian take on Hellfire seems less dramatic than the Muslim vision, which I grew up with, but Christian magical thinking appeals to me no more than my mother’s angels and djinns.
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Angel Drama Islam Magic Mom Myself Thinking Version
Bear true witness, even if it be against yourselves, your parents or your family.
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Family Parents True Yourself
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.
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Belief Democracy Islam Liberal Race Religion Simplicity
I call myself a liberal – a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill.
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Call Liberal Myself
I believe that the dysfunctional Muslim family constitutes a real threat to the very fabric of western life. It is in the family that children are groomed to practise, promote and pass on the norms of their parents’ culture.
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Believe Culture Family Islam Life Myself Parents Western
It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.
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Cage Dissolve Mental Time
Unlike the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth, the umma, or Muslim community, has no symbolic leader, let alone a formal one.
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Alone Formal Leadership
Of course, the overwhelming majority of Muslims are not terrorists or sympathetic to terrorists. Equating all Muslims with terrorism is stupid and wrong. But acknowledging that there is a link between Islam and terror is appropriate and necessary.
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Acknowledgement Equation Majority Necessary Stupidity Terrorist Wrong
I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.
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Argument Judgment Victim
There are some mosques with facilities for women; it’s usually a back room with a back-door entrance.
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Entrance Facility Religious Woman
Every time you take a train, step into your car, walk into the shopping mall, go to the airport – every single time, something could happen. That’s how terrorism works.
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Terrorism Time Train Work Yourself

In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while ignoring criminal abuse of women and girls.

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