Controversial anti-Islamism campaigner Ayaan Hirsi Ali seems to have been very picky with the media outlets she’s given interviews to since she dropped her trip to Australia due to safety concerns.
So far, Hirsi Ali has only spoken with a handful of outlets, despite the wide coverage the story has received. Wire service Australian Associated Press scored an interview for print, she spoke with Alan Jones this morning (he is a great supporter), and she has spoken to Channel Seven and Triple J’s Hack program.
Fairfax, at least, has tried to get her on the line for an interview, but she turned down the media company because of previous stories it had written about her, according to her publicist.
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The bigotry in supporting this vicious woman drives me insane. What if lapsed catholics, Buddhists or others wandered the world in well paid jobs espousing the end of those religions – the media would brand her a nutcase.
Gosh, I am hoping this is sarcasm.
I understand that she is reported to have suffered FGM.
With all the sympathy in the world for girls/women who have really suffered that barbarity and given that Hirsi Ali is Dutch-American, I find that rather hard to believe. How many Dutch-Americans would allow that to be done to their daughter? Anybody have any more info on this?
She was born in Somalia and reached the Netherlands as a refugee. She is American by citizenship.
I really hope these postings by her critics (who can only throw labels around) continue. But sure, let’s start with questioning the nature of her genitalia and not bothering to check her nationality on google.