Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss
4.4 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2022
⏱️ 141 minutes
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Summary
This episode features a very special guest, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has an incredible life story and track record of speaking out against oppression, fighting for freedom of expression, and fostering a deeper discussion around some of today's most important topics.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist, author, scholar, and former politician. She received international attention as a critic of Islam and advocate for the rights and self-determination of Muslim women, actively opposing forced marriage, honor killing, child marriage, and female genital mutilation. She has founded an organization for the defense of women's rights, the AHA Foundation. Ayaan Hirsi Ali works for the Hoover Institution and the American Enterprise Institute.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Lawrence Krause and welcome to the Origins Podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | In this episode, I had the opportunity to talk to one of my favorite people, I Ann Herssey Alley, |
| 0:17.0 | who has had a remarkable life and I've admired her for a long time and been pleased to say that she's a friend of mine. |
| 0:24.6 | She has constantly put herself in harm's way to speak out in favor of freedom and against depression throughout the world, |
| 0:33.6 | but particularly the Islamic world from which she emerged and from which she was saved when she went to Europe in the first place. |
| 0:40.3 | She not only has had her life threatened in part initially in the Netherlands because of working on a film with Theo Van Gogh about |
| 0:50.3 | the oppression of women in the Islamic world, but then was catapulted to international fame with her book Infidel, |
| 0:57.0 | which further inflamed some people. |
| 1:00.0 | She has moved to the United States and continued to be an outspoken advocate |
| 1:05.0 | for free expression against the oppression of women |
| 1:10.0 | and in favor of basically free and creative activity in an open society and |
| 1:15.5 | I've continued to enjoy her writing since then her most recent book |
| 1:19.1 | Prey deals with an issue which isn't talked about as much as she thinks it should be which is really the changing face of Europe due to Islamic |
| 1:26.3 | Immigration and how it could be managed |
| 1:28.1 | better than it is. In particular, the fact that people don't want to discuss what is emerging |
| 1:32.5 | to be a real problem, which is the assault on women and oppression of women, both women |
| 1:39.2 | from the Islamic world and Western women as a result of the immigration. And she thinks it could be handled in a more humane and equitable way and make society better |
| 1:48.0 | than rather than worse. |
| 1:50.0 | I wanted to talk to her about that, as well as many other things, including her fascinating life. |
| 1:55.0 | And it was a great conversation, I think, and I hope you enjoy it as well. |
| 1:59.0 | If you're watching us on YouTube, I hope that you'll subscribe to the Orison's podcast. |
| 2:04.5 | It will help us, and I'll help you because you'll learn more about upcoming episodes. |
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