Megan Kelly interviews the ex-Muslim activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who talks about her life growing up as a Muslim in Africa, and how she came to convert from the religion and become an activist while living in the Netherlands. Ali mentions her new book “Heretic— Why Islam Needs Reformation Now,” which advocates reforming Islam.
Note: March 21, 2020— Now that I have a better understanding of Islam I don’t actually agree with with some of what is said in this video. In it, Hirsi Ali (who is endorsed by the political Establishment) creates a false perception that “normal” Islam is not dangerous, and she claims that Islam can be “reformed” when in fact actually it realistically cannot be, and she makes those claims instead of more appropriately advocating that people leave Islam altogether.
For example, in the video they show Ali explain that when she was young in Somalia they were just “regular Muslims,” but then “things started to change,” and they started “preaching violence to women.” I don’t doubt that the violence was increased as she says, however the statement creates a perception that Islam is not normally violent and oppressive to women, which it certainly is.
In another example, she explains that she has written a book with a “five point plan” to reform Islam by “getting rid of Sharia law,” however she still advocates that Muhammad should be considered to be God’s prophet, despite the fact that he was a mass murdering rapist and enslaver of humanity.