Absolute Infidel: The Evolution of Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Biography‪)‬

"Who is using whom? Has she been captured by the right wing or is she using the right-wing neo-conservatives for her own interests?"--Taslima Nasrin (Infidel review, Outlook, April 2, 2007) AMONG THE MANY Muslim and ex-Muslim women currently commenting on Islam, particularly in regard to women's issues, humanists are probably most familiar with four: Taslima Nasrin, Irshad Manji, Wafa Sultan, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Though these women come from distinctly different backgrounds, all are vilified by Muslim extremists and live to varying degrees in fear for their lives, and all have left Islam (except Manji, the Canadian feminist, author, and activist, who regards herself as a devout Muslim while making no apologies for her lesbian sexual orientation).