Analysis Of Infidel By Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali is considered an autobiography, this book describes the hardships of her life. The first memory she talks about is of her grandmother forcing her to memorize her ancestry, which she failed to do and this resulted in her being beaten by her grandmother. The setting of the books is always changing, as her mother was doing the best she could to raise her children the proper Islamic way. Examples of some settings are Saudi Arabia, Nairobi, and Ethiopia. During her childhood, she describes the different treatments she and her sister, Haweya, would receive because of their gender. Mahad, her brother was allowed to play outside while the girls were learning baarri, which is a concept of complete submission to their husbands and the Quran. During her teenage years she was consisted of being, looking for answers in her religion related to the inequality of such. She would also be beaten daily by her mother who was mad at her own life as she was left without the
In Holland Ayaan Hirsi Ali studied Political Science in the oldest and most prestigious university in Holland, Leiden University. By advancing her studies, she became part of the Liberal Party, this allowed her to speak for the rights of Islamic women. In a press conference she said she was “secularized”, and she keeps talking about how “Islam was backward”. After this public discussion people started warning her about how she was putting herself in danger. After she won the representative elections for the Liberal Party she was constantly under threats. In February 2003, she met Theo Van Gogh, he gives the idea of making a movie about the horrors that women must face in the Islamic world. However Theo Van Gogh was assassinated by a Muslim and Holland government asked Hirsi Ali to leave Holland. She is now hiding in the US and keeps fighting for women’s