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Tuesday February 12, 2008
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While the current Dutch government — led by self-proclaimed ‘Christians’ — has refused to pay for her protection against Islamic extremists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali finds much support in France.
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Tuesday November 27, 2007
Ayaan Hirsi Ali • Islam:
Born and raised by fundamentalist Muslims, Ayaan Hirsi Ali fled her native Somalia for a new life in the Netherlands. Her talents bought fame as a feminist, writer and MP; her criticisms of Islam made her a target for violent extremists. Johann Hari meets a woman who dared to stand up for her beliefs – and paid the price.
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Friday November 23, 2007
Ayaan Hirsi Ali • Islam • Netherlands:
Hirsi Ali, the former Somali refugee, is one of the success stories of Dutch immigration policy, but also one of its fiercest critics. She condemns the Dutch tradition of multiculturalism, saying tolerance for the intolerant has provided a dangerous breeding ground for Islamic radicalism.
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Thursday November 1, 2007
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali condemns the Dutch tradition of multiculturalism — saying tolerance for the intolerant has provided a dangerous breeding ground for Islamic radicalism.
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Wednesday October 10, 2007
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The Hague says that since Ms Hirsi Ali recently obtained a residence permit in the United States – where she is employed by the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute – she should find sponsors to pay for her own security.
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Tuesday October 9, 2007
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Headed by Holland’s Prime Minister, who considers himself to be a ‘Christian,’ several Dutch politicians — who have just voted themselves a hefty pay rise while putting the squeeze on the nation’s poor — are making international headlines for their boorish attitude toward Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
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Friday October 5, 2007
Ayaan Hirsi Ali • Islam:
A former Dutch member of Parliament and outspoken critic of Islam has prompted a fierce debate over who should pay for protecting her against death threats while she works in the United States.
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Tuesday October 2, 2007
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Former legislator Ayaan Hirsi Ali, threatened with death for her anti-Islam writings, returned to the Netherlands on Monday after the Dutch government refused to continue paying for her bodyguards in the United States, a newspaper reported.
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Monday October 1, 2007
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The former legislator for the Liberal VVD party was allegedly forced to leave the US as American authorities had refused to finance the expenses of her personal security measures.
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Wednesday April 25, 2007
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Hirsi Ali is held responsible by many in the Muslim community for “Islamising” the Netherlands’ migrants, polarizing communities and diverting attention from those trying to boost integration in what they see as a more constructive approach.
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Imam Fouad ElBayly, president of the Johnstown Islamic Center, demonstrates the extremist nature of Islam by threatening Ayaan Hirsi Ali with the death penalty — under Islamic law.
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Sunday February 11, 2007
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali — a brave critic of Islam to her supporters, a bigot to her critics — has found refuge in the intellectual bastion of leading U.S. conservatives.
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Friday June 30, 2006
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The centre-right Dutch Government unexpectedly collapsed last night after growing tensions over its notoriously tough immigration minister, 'Iron Rita' Verdonk.
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Tuesday June 27, 2006
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Tuesday June 13, 2006
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The Dutch authorities fear that “
Submission 2,”
Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s soon to be released new movie, might make the Netherlands a target of angry
Muslims worldwide. The movie criticizes Muslims for their intolerance of gays. In a report published last Wednesday the country’s National Anti-Terrorism Coordinator (Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding, NCTb) warns that one must seriously take into account the possibility of an international Muslim boycott of the Netherlands, similar to the
boycott of Denmark by the Islamic world earlier this year over the
Muhammad cartoons.
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Saturday May 20, 2006
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- A Somali-born former member of parliament who resigned this week after admitting she lied on her asylum application 14 years ago will stay in the Netherlands until her citizenship is reviewed, her spokeswoman said Friday.
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Friday May 19, 2006
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk may have brought an abrupt end to the political dreams of two women this week: those of a Somali-born lawmaker — and her own.
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Thursday May 18, 2006
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PARIS, May 17 — The Dutch immigration minister's decision to
cancel the citizenship of a Somali-born Dutch legislator has set off a political storm in the Netherlands, with Parliament demanding that the move be revoked.
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Since the political earthquake one year ago, when the voters of France and the Netherlands voted No to the European Union's constitutional treaty, most of the headlines have focused on the chaotic state of French politics. Yesterday was a reminder the Dutch are also undergoing an extraordinary period of national soul-searching in which attitudes to the EU, to immigration, and to religious tolerance and fundamentalism are all called into question.
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Wednesday May 17, 2006
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Tuesday May 16, 2006
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PARIS, May 15 — The Dutch government on Monday abruptly threatened to revoke the citizenship of one of the country's most prominent members of Parliament,
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born woman who arrived as a refugee 14 years ago.
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