I would like to thank Pieter for giving me this opportunity to voice my opinion about Hirsi Ali once again. Dank je wel Pieter! (:
So I'm sitting here thinking what could I possibly say about Miss Ali that hasn't already been said before?
I thought first things first...
What's the first thing that comes to mind when I think about Hirsi Ali?
Without hesitation the word "extremist" comes to mind.
Once a Muslim, always a muslim...oh no!
If you take a look at Hirsi Ali's bio you'll see that within a relatively short period of time, she went from leading a life as an extremely devout Muslim, where Allah and his prophet Mohammed are the center of the universe, to an absolute atheist solely living for the here and now, while battling the forces of darkness that shaped her into being the person that she is today.
I say good for her if that makes her happy, but if she wants to be at the forefront of creating a happier world for all, she'll need to do a lot more than just criticize, dish out insults and sign book deals to keep feeding that extremism that's fueling the fires which force her into hiding 24/7.
The way I see it, her hostile one-way approach to discredit the entire religion of Islam, icluding over a billion of its followers mirrors that of most political extremists around the world, especially that of Muslim extremists who are bent on discrediting the rest of the world that doesn't follow their views. The end result of their discriminatory politics is all the same: polarization, anger and destruction.
She can claim she's an atheist all she wants, it neither makes her objective nor have a monopoly on the truth. She can't deny the fact that she's a product of Islam. I don't care what she says, the radical form of Islam she was born into and raised with is ingrained in her, it obviously has shaped her thinking and is the main driving force behind her quest to seek revenge against a society that wronged her.
Her harsh criticism towards Islam, demanding change in areas that have had a direct negative impact on her own personal life, wouldn't be half as bad if she didn't focus only on the negative most of the time. You can't just demand change and dish out insults for shock effect to get people's attention without offering comprehensive viable solutions that would be beneficial to all in return.
And I still don't understand how she ended up getting employed by one of the world's most influential think-tanks...and a rightwing one to boot. I mean if you think about it, it's pretty unusual for rightwingers to form an alliance with minorities let alone atheists...but what do I know, maybe atheist minorities are the wave of the future. Would be nice if they could start thinking of a good campaign to regulate religion and ban it from governments around the world altogether.
Anway, like I said before in a previous post, if anything, I think she's incredibly crafty at riding the wave of popular opinion jumping from one extreme to another in the face of adversity in whichever society she happens to find herself at any given time.
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