Infidel

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"Raised in a strict Muslim family and extended clan, Hirsi Ali survived civil war, female mutilation, brutal beatings, adolescence as a devout believer during the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and life in four troubled, unstable countries largely ruled by despots. In her early twenties, she escaped from a forced marriage and sought asylum in the Netherlands, where she earned a college degree in political science, tried to help her tragically depressed sister adjust to the West, and fought for the rights of Muslim immigrant women and the reform of Islam as a member of Parliament. Even though she is under constant threat--demonized by reactionary Islamists and politicians, disowned by her father, and expelled from her family and clan--she refuses to be silenced." Introduction. Part I: My Childhood. Chapter 1: Bloodlines. Chapter 2: Under the Talal Tree. Chapter 3: Playing Tag in Allah's Palace. Chapter 4: Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives. Chapter 5: Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki. Chapter 6: Doubt and Defiance. Chapter 7: Disillusion and Deceit. Chapter 8: Refugees. Chapter 9: Abeh. Part II: My Freedom. Chapter 10: Running Away. Chapter 11: A Trial by the Elders. Chapter 12: Haweya. Chapter 13: Leiden. Chapter 14: Leaving God. Chapter 15: Threats. Chapter 16: Politics. Chapter 17: The Murder of Theo. Epilogue: The Letter of the Law. Acknowledgments.