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Ayaan Hirsi Ali to Muslim Students Association: “Why Do You Try to Silence a Dissident?”
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On September 16, 2014 @ 5:17 pm In The Point | 12 Comments
That’s one of those questions that answers itself.
Hirsi Ali told the Yale audience that what happened to her at Brandeis illustrated the Islam practice of “resisting criticism.”
Those who do so, like her, are branded “infidels” and “heretics,” she said.
Alluding to the stance against her by Yale’s Muslim Students Association, Hirsi Ali said, “My question to the Muslim students at Yale is: why do you try to silence a dissident?”
And then she asked, in the wake of beheadings of other “dissidents” and suppression of women, “Why are Muslims silent? Where is the Muslim outrage?”
She added, “For Muslim women, their place is at home. They are to sacrifice everything, practice strict obedience to their fathers, grandfathers and husbands.” She said it comes down to complete control and “indoctrination.”
Hirsi Ali concluded her speech by asking: “Will you submit — or will you finally stand up to Allah?”
During the question-and-answer session, Hirsi Ali was asked if violence against women is worse in Muslim regions than elsewhere. She replied it’s a worldwide problem. “But if it happens in the U.S., at least you can count on your relatives and the state. For Muslim women (in those regions), if you complain about it, it’s your fault. They’re subjected not just to more violence but to a system that keeps things the way they are.”
Of course it wasn’t just the Muslim Students Association that tried to silence them. Joining them were various groups, including the campus affiliate of the pro-Hamas / Anti-Israel group J Street.
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