The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam

Waiting to read this amazing book

VERY GOOD. SHOWS THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF ISLAM. A FINE RELIGION BEING DESTROYED BY FANATICS AND MADMEN

I bought all Ayyan's books and devoured them. Not as fussy about this one but still was important to me as I discovered a very different culture from the past.

I've already read the 'Heretic' book from Ayaan, and this is another great book. A book focused on the lives of millions of muslim women oppressed by this extreme way of life called Islam. Recommend to anyone who wants to learn more about islam.

Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali has won my loyalty, my respect and my gratitude. I read the Koran last year, spring of 2013. I was appalled by all the violence against Jews, Christians, non-Muslims and women, even Muslim women - beatings approved in the so-called 'holy book?" This is present day Islamic law, in the 21st century? I was shocked - where was this 'religion of peace' the news media and politicians shout about? In her book we follow, Ms. Ali's journey from childhood in Somalia, then to Saudia Arabia, her schooling under brutal Islamic scholars, her family life - nothing is left out - sheer honesty in experiencing FGM - and I mean nothing. Many times, my heart broke, seized up, and I wept. I sit in my comfortable world here in the States, and girls and women are living in conditions that would have jailed men here in the US. Ms. Ali bailed out in Germany, escaping an arranged marriage, then fled to Belgium for asylum. Gusty, brave, determined, and highly intelligent, this is the brutally honest story of her life all the way thru to her immigration to the USA. We are a more blessed country to have her. When Theo van Gogh was murdered, her name was on the note stabbed into his chest. She would be next. When Brandeis University rescinded their offer to give her an honorary degree a few weeks ago, I was appalled. The group CAIR has pushed their agenda and Brandeis crumpled and bowed and withdrew the offer. How can this happen in our great country? For Shame on Brandeis and shame on anyone caving into to Islamist pressure! I am still following her and donated to her AHA Foundation to help girls and women. We women are blessed to have her. We need to write our Senators and Congressmen about the hate speech in the Koran and the barbarism of Islam. We Christians need to witness to our Muslim sisters - yes I know Mohammed forbids this in the Koran - but are we free Americans with our own minds? Freedom isn't easy, but we don't need groups to push the news media and politicians to protect Islam when it represents such barbarity and intolerance. I was shamed listening to our President praising Islam and promising actions against those (us Americans) who criticized the prophet. Quoting from the Koran, he shouted this out. I watched the YouTube video several times, then Hillary Clinton, then in old footage, General Patrias.I highly recommend reading this book and the others, "Infidel" and "Nomad". All are page turners - many page turners of horror - but WE NEED TO READ THESE TRUTHS. We need to be active in protecting women and girls from Islam here in the USA and other countries. God Bless Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Yes, I know she is now an atheist, and at the same time, she highly recommends Christians to preach the love of Jesus Christ to Muslim women. I totally agree. Remember when Jesus held the rock in his hand when the Pharisees brought the adulterous woman to him for the crowd to stone her. "You who are without sin, caste the first stone." Islam still has the stone, and uses them. We need to stay their hand.

Tout au moins, c'est ce que pensent les Islamistes radicaux. Il convient donc de faire en sorte qu'elle ne soit pas, comme Eve, la tentatrice par excellence. On va donc la mutiler dans son intimité, la cacher sous un couvre théière, lui interdire éducation, sortie de la maison etc... elle ne sera bonne qu'à la reproduction et au plaisir du musulman mâle.Quand aurons nous le courage, dans nos sociétés Européennes évoluées, de lutter vigoureusement contre les pratiques abominables que subissent, chez nous, nos soeurs musulmanes?Bravo pour Ayaan Hirsi Ali

アメリカの奴隷解放宣言（Emancipation Proclamation）を思わせるサブタイトル（an Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam)の通り、イスラム教の女性が置かれる隷属状態にも似た現状と、その解放を訴え、西欧社会の対イスラムアプローチを探る１冊です。著者自身、ソマリア出身の元ムスリムであり、イスラム教の慣習に耐えかねてオランダに難民として渡った過去を持っています。のちに彼女はオランダで通訳として同じような境遇の女性を助け、オランダ下院議員も務めたわけですが、その経験をもとにしたルポルタージュ風の内容。著者は、ムスリム女性がアラーに対しその窮状を訴える映画「Submisson」の脚本も書いていますが、実はこの作品の監督、テオ・ヴァン・ゴッホ氏は過激なイスラム教徒によって殺害されました。もちろん筆者自身も命を奪われる危険にさらされています。その事実から「どうしてイスラム教では言論の自由が認められないのか？」（言論の自由の無い正義が存在するのか？）という問題提起に始まり、西欧のジャーナリズムが報復を恐れコーラン批判ととれる報道を自粛する事の是非や、異文化尊重の旗印の下、西欧諸国にイスラム学校を設立する事が結果的にイスラム教徒を「隔離」し、彼らの啓蒙を妨げ内向的にしている、という主張に続いていきます。昨今、多文化主義こそ良しとされ、異なる文化の共存を容認するのが美徳であるというような風潮がありますが（私も基本的に賛成ですが）、「文化」という美辞を盾に、人権侵害とも言える悪しき風習が干渉を免れているのではないか、という主張にはハッとさせられました。結果として多くのムスリム女性が、割礼による身体的障害や、旧態依然とした男性至上主義社会に苦しめられていると著者は訴えます。どうしても内容が西欧社会（特にオランダ）に向けられている部分はありますが、興をそぐほどではありません。イスラム教に興味がある方はもちろん、異文化共存について考察を深めたい方にもおすすめしたい一冊です。同じくイスラム女性の窮状を訴えた本では「Burned Alive(生きながら火に焼かれて)」も読みやすくおすすめです。