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“We Can’t Afford to Look Away” A conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali on mass migration and the erosion of women’s rights in Europe
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Few have the courage and audacity of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has consistently challenged both the extremely conservative cultural norms in Islamic societies and the radical leftism rising in the West today. Her background as a Somali refugee growing up in a Muslim household, as a politician in the Netherlands, and as a citizen and scholar in the United States has given her a unique perspective in exploring these complex issues. Her new book,
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But as violence shatters lives in the Middle East, we have been told how many feel they are being silenced. That they cannot share their thoughts without being shouted down or shamed.
A shattered building in gaza as a ceasefire is called in the Middle East conflict.
That dialogue will only bring further tension between UK-based communities, in particular British Muslims and Jews. We believe in robust, difficult and uncomfortable conversations; that ultimately people are good, and want to make the situation better, and not worse.
Since the initial horrendous violence at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, there’s been a reported increase in Islamophobic incidents of 430 per cent and an increase in anti-Semitic incidents of 500 per cent.