Ian Buruma, Lucky Little Countries? “It is true that the Dutch, proud and comfortable inside their narrow borders, have, like the Swiss, often viewed the outside world with a degree of smugness. And for this they are now being punished. That, too, is the natural fate of being a lucky little country in Western Europe.” [...]
Entries Tagged as 'ayaan hirsi ali'
Lucky Little Countries?
November 17th, 2007
Tags: ayaan hirsi ali · belgium · europe · ian buruma · nl
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: abandoned to fanatics
October 9th, 2007
Salman Rushdie en Sam Harris over Ayaan Hirshi Ali: “Most shamefully, Jan Peter Balkenende, the Dutch prime minister, has recommended that Hirsi Ali simply quit the Netherlands and has refused to grant her even a week’s protection outside the country, during which she might raise funds to hire security of her own. Is this a [...]
Tags: ayaan hirsi ali · christopher hitchens · nl · salman rushdie · sam harris
Ayaan Hirsi Ali over Sir Salman Rushdie
June 25th, 2007
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: “With this episode involving Sir Salman, the Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka is absolutely right: It is a fatal mistake for the West to let the forces of intolerance “define the territory of insult.” The West must stand its ground.” Los van dit citaat is het opiniestukje van Ayaan in de International Herald [...]
Tags: ayaan hirsi ali · salman rushdie