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Nomad : from Islam to America--a personal journey through the clash of civilizations / Ayaan Hirsi Ali

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2010Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover edDescription: xxi, 277 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781439157312
  • 9781439157329
  • 1439157324
  • 1439157316
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • ARCH FRBC 305.89 A398N  B 22
LOC classification:
  • E184.S67 H57 2010
Contents:
Part 1: A problem family. My father ; My half sister ; My mother ; My brother's story ; My brother's son ; My cousins ; Letter to my grandmother -- Part 2: Nomad again. Nomad again ; America ; Islam in America -- Part 3: Sex, money, violence. School and sexuality ; Money and responsibility ; Violence and the closing of the Muslim mind -- Part 4: Remedies. Opening the Muslim mind : an enlightenment project ; Dishonor, death, and feminists ; Seeking God but finding Allah -- Conclusion: The Miyé and the Magaalo -- Epilogue: Letter to my unborn daughter -- The AHA Foundation
Summary: Hirsi Ali tells of coming to America to build a new life, an ocean away from the death threats made to her by European Islamists, the strife she witnessed, and the inner conflict she suffered. She calls on key institutions of the West--including universities, the feminist movement, and the Christian churches--to enact specific, innovative remedies that would help other Muslim immigrants to overcome the challenges she has experienced and to resist the fatal allure of fundamentalism and terrorism
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Frykenberg Collection ARCH FRBC 305.89 A398N (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 066783

Follow-up to the author's Infidel

Part 1: A problem family. My father ; My half sister ; My mother ; My brother's story ; My brother's son ; My cousins ; Letter to my grandmother -- Part 2: Nomad again. Nomad again ; America ; Islam in America -- Part 3: Sex, money, violence. School and sexuality ; Money and responsibility ; Violence and the closing of the Muslim mind -- Part 4: Remedies. Opening the Muslim mind : an enlightenment project ; Dishonor, death, and feminists ; Seeking God but finding Allah -- Conclusion: The Miyé and the Magaalo -- Epilogue: Letter to my unborn daughter -- The AHA Foundation

Hirsi Ali tells of coming to America to build a new life, an ocean away from the death threats made to her by European Islamists, the strife she witnessed, and the inner conflict she suffered. She calls on key institutions of the West--including universities, the feminist movement, and the Christian churches--to enact specific, innovative remedies that would help other Muslim immigrants to overcome the challenges she has experienced and to resist the fatal allure of fundamentalism and terrorism

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