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“Confronted with such flagrant acts of intolerance—such abuses of the freedom of speech—a free society must surely do more. For intolerance is the one thing a free society cannot afford to tolerate.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now

“The argument in this book is that religious doctrines matter and are in need of reform. Non-doctrinal factors—such as the Saudis’ use of oil revenues to fund Wahhabism and Western support for the Saudi regime—are important, but religious doctrine is more important. Hard as it may be for many Western academics to believe, when people commit violent acts in the name of religion, they are not trying somehow to dignify their underlying socioeconomic or political grievances.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now

“we need to stand up for our own principles as liberals. Specifically, we need to say to offended Western Muslims (and their liberal supporters) that it is not we who must accommodate their beliefs and sensitivities. Rather, it is they who must learn to live with our commitment to free speech.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now

“Multiculturalism should not mean that we tolerate another culture’s intolerance.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now