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I have to recommend Infidel to every individual who cherishes freedom and wants to understand how fundamentally Islamic faith contradicts it. Americans understand 9/11 and they understand that there are cultures bred to destroy the very values Americans cherish, but very few understand Muslims at their core. An American can walk past a Muslim every day and have no idea what that person thinks, believes, or how diametrically opposed his value-system is to our own.
My gripe with Ayaan is along the same line as her other book, Heretic. She has lived a challenging life which has led her to many solid and valuable conclusions, but lacks fundamentals.
By way of political science and law and economics she found her way to politics and from politics gained the influence awarded to public figures. But, to the point, never once in her writing does she personally discern a definition of individual rights, or freedom, or a proper constitutional framework that solidifies the things she is trying to profess.
What she lacks is a solid philosophical foundation. How can you take a political stand when you have no concrete understanding of a proper ethics? How can you support women's rights, in Parliament, when the very form of government itself is the result of unsound ethics, much like Islam? These issues never get identified or reconciled, likely for the reason mentioned.
Ayaan has a window into faith that we must look through. Yet, I am still waiting for the full system of thought to develop from her.
In the meantime, watching her progress is exciting and still valuable.
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INFIDEL chronicles the journey of Ayaan Hirsi Ali from her difficult birth, through her life in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, etc., and her eventual arrival as a refugee in Holland. Ms. Ali's story of internal and external struggle is fascinating and quite enlightening. Her personal evolution from blind follower to agnostic, and finally to atheist is a courageous, mighty story of a rise from oppression to freedom, both physically and intellectually. After finishing this book, I was struck, not only by her bravery and outspokenness, but also by her integrity and compassion toward those under whom she suffered most, mainly her family. Many would have been bitter or vengeful under similar circumstances- beatings, genital mutilation, forced marriage, etc.. Ms. Ali is forgiving and forward-looking. Many are offended by her views on Islam, yet I detected no hint of cynicism or hatred in her account. She merely told her life story, from her personal viewpoint. Everyone is entitled to do the same. Her experiences, and more importantly, how she reacted to them, are what sets her apart. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a force for peaceful reason in a violent world of superstition and make-believe...
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Well. I like it is maybe not the right thing to say about a book like this, but it is an important book to read. It made me very pessimistic, though. I have been wondering for a while why so many Muslims are unwilling to condemn IS, just saying that 'this is not Islam, so why would we need to say something about it', while it obviously is Islam. Beheading, flogging, stoning 'infidels', 'apostates' or 'adulterous women' are all part of daily life in a growing number of Islamic countries, and, as Hirsi Ali shows, part of the writing in the the Koran itself. Although she shows herself optimistic about the chances for reform, she makes it very clear that the root of the problem is not the frustration of underprivileged, discriminated kids, but of the religious culture they grow up in. Interesting as the book is, it is not very well written. There is a lot of repetition of arguments, probably also due to the fact that she clearly made alterations to the last moment before publication: some of the incidents she is referring to took place just weeks ago.
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In 1960-61, the United States Postal Service issued a set of six stamps known as the "Credo of America Series." Each stamp had a statement by an American who played a major role in U.S. history. It is a fine series of stamps. The one stamp that I think has relevance to Ayaan Hirsi Ali's, "Infidel," has a quote by Thomas Jefferson. The stamp says, "I have sworn...Hostility against every form of TYRANNY over the mind of man." I think Jefferson's credo is Hirsi Ali's credo as well, with special emphasis on swearing hostility to the Islamic worldview that seeks to control the minds and bodies of Muslim women.
Hirsi Ali grew up in Somalia in a Muslim family. At the tender age of five she underwent genital mutilation. As she grew up, she did seek to be a good Muslim woman. She memorized verses of the Koran, attended mosque, and spent time learning the Koran from a couple of teachers. However, she had questions that she could not find any rational answers to with respect to how women were treated within Islam. Her father, who was often an absentee father while she was growing up, arranged a marriage for her out of the blue. She was heartsick about the prospect of that marriage. On her way to Canada to marry that man, she had a short visit with some relatives in Germany. Reading her observations of walking around Germany, and her thoughts about how she was treated in Holland by the Dutch, makes for some very interesting reading. Seeing the difference between Islamic culture and Western culture through her eyes is truly exciting. Her observations about what she was seeing heightened my appreciation of our democratic way of life, even though problems exist within it. Eventually she made her way to Holland in order to avoid the forced marriage.Read more ›
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