Caged Virgin An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam

Name: Caged Virgin An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam
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ISBN: 9780743288330

ISBN-10: 0743288335

ISBN-13: 9780743288330

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Muslims who explore sources of morality other than Islam are threatened with death, and Muslim women who escape the virgins' cage are branded whores. So asserts Ayaan Hirsi Ali's profound meditation on Islam and the role of women, the rights of the individual, the roots of fanaticism, and Western policies toward Islamic countries and immigrant communities. Hard-hitting, outspoken, and controversial, The Caged Virgin is a call to arms for the emancipation of women from a brutal religious and cultural oppression and from an outdated cult of virginity. It is a defiant call for clear thinking and for an Islamic Enlightenment. But it is also the courageous story of how Hirsi Ali herself fought…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 4/25/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface : breaking through the Islamic curtain



Stand up for your rights! : women in Islam



Why can't we take a critical look at ourselves?



The virgins' cage



Let us have a Voltaire



What went wrong? : a modern clash of cultures



A brief personal history of my emancipation



Being a politician is not my ideal



Bin Laden's nightmare : interview with Irshad Manji



Freedom requires constant vigilance



Four women's lives



How to deal with domestic violence more effectively



Genital mutilation must not be tolerated



Ten tips for Muslim women who want to leave



Submission : part I



The need to self-reflection within Islam



Portrait of a heroine as a young woman



A call for clear thinking