The Caged Virgin
A Muslim Woman's Cry for Reason
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3.0 • 8 Ratings
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- £5.99
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Publisher Description
Raised a Muslim but increasingly outraged by her religion's hostility towards women, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has now become one of today's most talked-about, admired and controversial political figures because of her desire to free women from an oppressive Muslim culture. Her bestselling collection of essays, THE CAGED VIRGIN, now available in English for the first time, brings together some of her most passionate and compelling writing on a wide range of issues concerning Islam. Drawing on her own first-hand experience and cultural background, she assesses the role of women in Islam both in practice and in theory; the rights of the individual; fanaticism; and Western policies towards immigrant communities.
Provocative and compelling in equal measure, THE CAGED VIRGIN is an important addition to the ongoing debate about the 'clash of civilizations' and marks the debut of a writer and activist destined to be one of the key international figures of the early twenty-first century.
Customer Reviews
Not true
This was not true at all
I dont get why people blame islam for the parents choices. The author acts as if all muslim women are denied their rights but i have the freedom to do everything and so do all my Muslim friends
She has had a bad experience as a muslim but it doesnt mean everyone else has
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I've read this before but I don't have sympathy for girls who blame religion because their parents are illiterates and control them because of their cultural reasons but blame islam for it. I'm a Muslim but no one has got me caged in! I've got the freedom to eat, sleep, drink, talk to who I want but I choose to live a decent life, doesn't mean Islam is bad. These girls really need to open teit eyes and stop blamin religion because of their parents cultural background.