Today you have this horrible alliance between the far left and the Islamists and they’re using the modern media tool to shut people like me out by sm… - Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.

In a way these threats motivate me. They have given my voice more legitimacy.

Islam is not just a belief; it is a way of life, a violent way of life. Islam is imbued with violence, and it encourages violence.
Muslim children all over the world are taught the way I was: taught with violence, taught to perpetuate violence, taught to wish for violence against the infidel, the Jew, the American Satan.
I belong to a small group of lucky people who have escaped the permanent closure of my mind through education.