| − | '''Ayaan Hirsi Ali''' is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[feminist]] and author of such works as ''Submission'' and ''The Caged Virgin.'' Born in 1969 in [[Somolia]], she was raised there and in [[Kenya]], before fleeing to the [[Netherlands]] in order to escape an arranged [[marriage]]. Although she spent most of her life as a devout [[Muslim]], after the attacks on the [[World Trade Center]]s in [[America]] on September 11th, she re-examined her beliefs. After reading ''Atheistisch Manifest'' by [[Herman Philipse]], she became an outspoken [[atheist]]. Until recently, she held a seat in the Dutch [[Parliament]], the [[Tweede Kamer]]. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4985636.stm</ref> | + | '''Ayaan Hirsi Ali''' is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[feminist]] and author of such works as ''Submission'' and ''The Caged Virgin.'' Born in 1969 in [[Somalia]], she was raised there and in [[Kenya]], before fleeing to the [[Netherlands]] in order to escape an arranged [[marriage]]. Although she spent most of her life as a devout [[Muslim]], after the attacks on the [[World Trade Center]]s in [[America]] on September 11th, she re-examined her beliefs. After reading ''Atheistisch Manifest'' by [[Herman Philipse]], she became an outspoken [[atheist]]. Until recently, she held a seat in the Dutch [[Parliament]], the [[Tweede Kamer]]. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4985636.stm</ref> |