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The Caged Virgin: A Muslim Woman's Cry for Reason (Paperback)
Short Description for The Caged VirginA dazzling, hard-hitting and provocative collection of essays by the internationally renowned and charismatic activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has been targeted for murder for her efforts to reform Islam and protect Muslim women from violence and repression.
Full description- Publisher: POCKET BOOKS
- Published: 05 February 2007
- Format: Paperback 208 pages
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- Categories: Gender Studies: Women | Islamic Studies | Political Structure & Processes | Human Rights | Civil Rights & Citizenship | Political Activism
- ISBN 13: 9781416526230 ISBN 10: 1416526234
- Sales rank: 6,384
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Full description for The Caged Virgin
Raised a Muslim but increasingly outraged by her religion's hostility towards women, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has now become one of today's most talked-about, admired and controversial political figures because of her desire to free women from an oppressive Muslim culture. Her bestselling collection of essays, THE CAGED VIRGIN, now available in English for the first time, brings together some of her most passionate and compelling writing on a wide range of issues concerning Islam. Drawing on her own first-hand experience and cultural background, she assesses the role of women in Islam both in practice and in theory; the rights of the individual; fanaticism; and Western policies towards immigrant communities. Provocative and compelling in equal measure, THE CAGED VIRGIN is an important addition to the ongoing debate about the 'clash of civilizations' and marks the debut of a writer and activist destined to be one of the key international figures of the early twenty-first century.
