Ayaan Hirsi Ali || Protecting Women's Rights

<p>Today it’s great to have Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the podcast. Ayaan is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and founder of the AHA Foundation. She has written several books including <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Infidel-Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali/dp/0743289692/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=infidel&amp;qid=1617130150&amp;sr=8-1" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Infidel</a> (2007), <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nomad-Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali-audiobook/dp/B003MY7RC0/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=nomad+from+islam&amp;qid=1617130168&amp;sr=8-2" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nomad: from Islam to America, a Personal Journey through the Clash of Civilizations</a> (2010), <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heretic-Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali-audiobook/dp/B00S8QXW94/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=heretic&amp;qid=1617130210&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now</a> (2015) and <a href="https://www.hoover.org/research/challenge-dawa-political-islam-ideology-and-movement-and-how-counter-it#:~:text=In%20Western%20countries%2C%20dawa%20aims,Islamist%20views%20in%20existing%20Muslims.&amp;text=The%20ultimate%20goal%20of%20dawa,the%20rule%20of%20sharia%20law." rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Challenge of Dawa</a> (2017). Her latest book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prey-Immigration-Erosion-Womens-Rights/dp/0062857878/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=prey&amp;qid=1617130326&amp;sr=8-1" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Prey</a> was published by Harper Collins in 2020. In 2005, Ayaan was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world</p> <p><strong>Topics</strong></p> <p>[1:58] Ayaan’s early childhood experiences</p> <p>[4:47] Ayaan’s personal experience with female genital mutilation</p> <p>[7:39] Which values are moving humanity in a better or worse direction?</p> <p>[14:02] Ayaan’s relationship with Islam and why she left</p> <p>[18:41] Ayaan’s current feeli