Experts
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The Free Market and Morality
The author and American Enterprise Institute Fellow answers the Big Question "Does the free market corrode moral character?" Read More
November 14, 2008 | In Belief, Science & Tech
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Nuclear weapons and religious fanaticism is a dangerous combination, Ali says. Read More
January 14, 2008 | In Politics & Policy
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali answers the question, "Who are we?" Read More
November 27, 2007 | In History
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Industrialization of Africa
Ayaan Hirsi Ali says America should invest in African industries. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In World
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How would you assess the American response to terror?
The U.S. has failed to identify its enemies clearly. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Our capacity for reason empowers us to overcome the bad side of our characters. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In History
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What is the measure of a good life?
It is the ability and willingness to reconsider your beliefs. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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The will of the husband is absolute except when he asks you to forsake Allah, says Hirsi Ali. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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The death threats have made daily life more meaningful. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Life & Death
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Where is the Muslim world today?
Hirsi Ali puts her faith in the young Muslims who are open to Western ideas. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Iran and the Bomb
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Iran and the nuclear problem. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Is there a clash of civilizations?
Islam is at war with the West, says Hirsi Ali. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In World
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What is the legacy of colonialism in Africa?
Hirsi Ali recalls the promise of African liberation and the disappointment of backsliding. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In World
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How has your relationship with Islam changed?
Hirsi Ali remembers Sister Aziza, who introduced her to extremist aspects of Islam. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Belief
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What three values are you willing to die for? Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Belief
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We must make a distinction between Muslims and Islam, says Hirsi Ali. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Hirsi Ali rejects the European tendency toward pessimism. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Future
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Western leaders, Hirsi Ali says, need to stop seeing Islam as a religion of peace. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Are you willing to die for your own ideas of freedom as much as the fanatics are willing to die for their own? Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Belief
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Human reason is frail and we live by trial and error. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Belief
Ayaan Hirsi-Ali was born in Somalia in 1969 and is a Dutch feminist and political writer. Ali is the daughter of the prominent Somali politican and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. At the age of 8, Ali and her family left Somalia to move to Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Kenya, before Ali obtained political asylum in the Netherlands in 1992. Ali is a vocal critic of Islam whose writings deal with what she sees as the subordination of women by the religion. Her work is controversial and Ali has received many death threats, leading her to live under guard. Ali's most famous books include a collection of essays called The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam and Infidel an autobiography published in 2006. Ali now lives in the Netherlands at a secret address.
