The Caged Virgin - Ayaan Hirsi Ali [86]
“Off with the Veil!” (Djavann)
Okin, Susan Moller
“On the Subjection of Women” (Mill)
Oxford University
Pakistan
Palestine
Philipse, Herman
Popper, Karl
Potter, David
Prearranged marriage
Pregnancy, undesired
Premarital sex. See Sexual morality
Progressive Muslims
Prostitution
Protestant Reformation
Pryce-Jones, David
Punishments
Qutb, Sayyid
Ramadan, Tariq
Rape
Refugees
Regional Institute for Mental Welfare
Romein, Jan
Rushdie, Salman
Russell, Bertrand
Rwanda
Satanic Verses, The (Rushdie)
Saudi Arabia
Self-reflection, need for
September 11, 2001
Sex education
Sex industry
Sexual abuse. See also Domestic violence
Sexual morality
Sexually transmitted diseases
Shari’a (Islamic law)
Sharon, Ariel
Siad Barre, Mohamed
Sierra Leone
Sini, Mohamed
Sivan, Emmanuel
Socialist Party (Netherlands)
Somalia
Soyasian, Dogan
Spain
Spinoza, Baruch
Spouse abuse. See Domestic violence
State, U.S. Department of
Stockholm syndrome
Storhaus, Hege
Submission: Part I (film)
Sudan
Sunna
Sunni Muslims
Supernatural
Surinam
Syria
Tajikistan
Taliban
Talmud
Tanzania
Terrorism
Tonca, Ayhan
Tribal mentality
Trouble with Islam, The (Manji)
Trust for Islam and Citizenship
Tunisia
Turkey
Unemployment
Union of Moroccan Muslim Organizations in the Netherlands (UMMON)
United Nations
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Development Program,
Human Rights Commission (UNHRC)
Universal human rights
University of Notre Dame
Vagina
Van Boxtel, Roger
Van der Zwan, Arie
Van Gogh, Theo
Veils
Verdonk, Rita
Virginity, doctrine of
Voltaire
Wahhabism (fanaticism)
Welfare state
Western philosophers
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East (Lewis)
Why I Am Not a Muslim (Ibn Warraq)
Women’s shelters
World Health Organization
World War II
Yemen
Yesilgöz, Yucel
Yugoslavia
Zayneb
About the Author
AYAAN HIRSI ALI was born in 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, escaping a forced marriage to a distant cousin she had never met. She learned Dutch and worked as an interpreter in abortion clinics and shelters for battered women. After earning her college degree in political science, she worked for the Labor Party. She denounced Islam after the September 11 terrorist attacks and now works as a Dutch parliamentarian, fighting for the rights of Muslim women in Europe, the enlightenment of Islam, and security in the West.
Table of Contents
Preface: Breaking Through the Islamic Curtain
1 Stand Up for Your Rights! Women in Islam
2 Why Can’t We Take a Critical Look at Ourselves?
3 The Virgins’ Cage
4 Let Us Have a Voltaire
5 What Went Wrong? A Modern Clash of Cultures
6 A Brief Personal History of My Emancipation
7 Being a Politician Is Not My Ideal
8 Bin Laden’s Nightmare Interview with Irshad Manji
9 Freedom Requires Constant Vigilance
10 Four Women’s Lives
11 How to Deal with Domestic Violence More Effectively
12 Genital Mutilation Must Not Be Tolerated
13 Ten Tips for Muslim Women Who Want to Leave
14 Submission: Part I
15 The Need for Self-Reflection Within Islam
16 Portrait of a Heroine as a Young Woman
17 A Call for Clear Thinking
Notes
Index