By Andrew L. Jaffee

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, born in Somalia, and now a member of the Dutch parliament, has come out in public support of a Danish newspaper’s publication of caricatures of Mohammed. Hirsi Ali knows first-hand how Muslim thugs have tried to silence free expression. She penned the script for Submission, a movie directed by Theo Van Gogh, who’s throat was slit by an Islamist because he dared make a film about the mistreatment of women in Muslim societies. According to the BBC:

Ayaan Hirsi Ali said it was “correct to publish the cartoons” in Jyllands Posten and “right to republish them”.

Her film-maker colleague Theo van Gogh was murdered by a Muslim extremist in a case that shocked the Netherlands.

Ms Hirsi Ali, speaking in Berlin, said that “today the open society is challenged by Islamism”.

She added: “Within Islam exists a hardline Islamist movement that rejects democratic freedoms and wants to destroy them.”

Ms Hirsi Ali criticised European leaders for not standing by Denmark and urged politicians to stop appeasing fundamentalists.

She also said that although the Prophet Muhammad did a lot of good things, his decree that homosexuals and apostates should be killed was incompatible with democracy.

Hirsi Ali deserves our support. And just when will mainstream American media giants publish the caricatures of Mohammed, and stand up to the Muslim thugs?

Special Report: Danish Cartoons

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Related: Arab/Muslim World, Islam, Europe, Political Correctness

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