![]() ![]() Hirsi Ali also deals with the clash of cultures in Europe and examines the triangles of power in the Muslim world itself: the triangle of the strong leader, the clergy and the army, and the triangle of apathy, fundamentalism and refugees/emigration. ![]() She laments the fact that Muslim women are not listened to and calls for self-examination in the culture. The notion of "group rights" are detrimental to Muslim women, and without emancipation, the socially disadvantageous position of Muslims will persist. She asks the advocates of the multicultural society to acquaint themselves with the suffering of women who are treated as chattels. She considers this wrongheaded and racism in its purest form, the idea of the "other" that must be shielded at all costs. For the same reason, Israel is fiercely condemned because it belongs to the West while the Palestinians get a free pass. Because of the victim culture, those intellectuals refuse to criticize oppressive practices as Muslims are perceived to be victims of the West. In the preface she points out the similarity in attitude towards the Soviets by leftists then and Islamic culture now by the adherents of multiculturalism. In this perceptive work, Ayaan Hirsi Ali explores a major problem of our times with admirable fluency and erudition. ![]()
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