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September 28, 2006
US: After Muslim Book Burnings, Comes Knowledge
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has lived with the threat of death from Muslim fanatics since November 2, 2004, met in New York Public Library with someone who was the first public figure in the West to live under Muslim death threats, Salman Rushdie. Salman Rushdie was in the audience while Ms Ali was engaged in a public conversation with Philip Gourevitch. The transcript of the conversation between Ali and Gourevitch can be found in pdf format here. The talk happened on April 30 this year, before Hirsi Ali resigned from her position as a Dutch MP and moved to the United States to work.
When merely a teenager in Kenya, Ayaan Hirsi Ali had taken part in a burning of Salman's book "The Satanic Verses". After the talk, Salman Rushdie and Hirsi Ali were filmed together discussing There is no need for commentary on this, other than that they both agree that there has been a growth in knowledge, and that there is still more that needs to be done on this front. Though this is not a recent "current affairs" issue, it is interesting nonetheless. Both Hirsi Ali and Salman Rushdie have been caught up in the history of our times. Their conversation was recorded on film. It has Dutch subtitles, and is short (about three minutes) but the pair speak in English. The video can be viewed HERE.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at September 28, 2006 11:12 PM
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