The Caged Virgin
An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam
$43.34
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2008
Summary
Muslims who explore sources of morality other than Islam are threatened with death, and Muslim women who escape the virgins’ cage are branded whores. So asserts Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s profound meditation on Islam and the role of women, the rights of the individual, the roots of fanaticism, and Western policies toward Islamic countries and immigrant communities. Hard-hitting, outspoken, and controversial, The Caged Virgin is a call to arms for the emancipation of women from a brutal religiou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743288347 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0743288343 |
| Author: | Ayaan Hirsi Ali |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2008 |
| Weight: | 195g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 146mm x 213mm |
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, was raised Muslim, and spent her childhood and young adulthood in Africa and Saudi Arabia. In 1992, Hirsi Ali came to the Netherlands as a refugee. She earned her college degree in political science and worked for the Dutch Labor party. She denounced Islam after the September 11 terrorist attacks and now serves as a Dutch parliamentarian, fighting for the rights of Muslim women in Europe, the enlightenment of Islam, and security in the West.
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