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I just finished reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali's book yesterday. Whew! That was quite a book! I found the book to be very informative and I learned a lot about the day-to-day life of Muslim women. I enjoyed the book if one can say they enjoyed reading about the abuse of women.
I found it interesting that from an early age Ms. Ali vigorously questioned the place of women in Islam. I feel that most of the time, if we are inculcated in a particular religious indoctrination, we don't question it so intensly. I also found it interesting that she, her brother and sister seemed to be so completely out of control! My goodness, they gave thier mother a hard way to go.
While I was reading the book I vacilated between thinking she could not be that ignorant of the consequences of her words; to she just did not care about the consequences. In a free society we should be able to safely voice our opinins - even if those opinins are offensive to others. And, in a free society we need to understand that our freedom ends when/if it affects another person; particularly if it causes the loss of life.
Still, I found the book to be a very good read and I would recommend it anyone.
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The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
minjiwe, February 15, 2007
I just finished reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali's book yesterday. Whew! That was quite a book! I found the book to be very informative and I learned a lot about the day-to-day life of Muslim women. I enjoyed the book if one can say they enjoyed reading about the abuse of women.I found it interesting that from an early age Ms. Ali vigorously questioned the place of women in Islam. I feel that most of the time, if we are inculcated in a particular religious indoctrination, we don't question it so intensly. I also found it interesting that she, her brother and sister seemed to be so completely out of control! My goodness, they gave thier mother a hard way to go.
While I was reading the book I vacilated between thinking she could not be that ignorant of the consequences of her words; to she just did not care about the consequences. In a free society we should be able to safely voice our opinins - even if those opinins are offensive to others. And, in a free society we need to understand that our freedom ends when/if it affects another person; particularly if it causes the loss of life.
Still, I found the book to be a very good read and I would recommend it anyone.
(8 of 16 readers found this comment helpful)