![]() ![]() ![]() Ali calls her new collection of essays, The Caged Virgin, an "Emancipation Proclamation" for women and Islam. The danger hasn't stopped her from remaining outspoken about her beliefs. Since then, she has been under the constant protection of body guards. A letter pinned to the body with a dagger threatened Ali's life. The film's co-writer and director Theo Van Gogh was later stabbed to death by a Muslim radical. ![]() In the film, naked women veiled with see-through shrouds painted with verses of the Quran kneel in prayer, telling their stories as if they are speaking to Allah. Raised a Muslim but increasingly outraged by her religions hostility towards women, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has now become one of. In 2004, a short film Ali scripted called Submission was shown on Dutch television. The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam. Living in the West, she felt free to publicly criticize Islam's treatment of women.īut that freedom came at a price. Dutch parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a native of Somalia who emigrated to The Netherlands in the early 1990s, is no stranger to controversy among her fellow Muslims. ![]()
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