Short Quiz re "Infidel"

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Short Quiz re "Infidel"

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1. In 2004, after shooting dead on an Amsterdam street the filmmaker Theo van Gogh, a Muslim fanatic pinned a letter to van Gogh’s chest with a knife. To whom was the letter addressed and what did it say???

2. Who/what provoked the threat in the letter???

3. Where was Ayaan Hirsi Ali born???

4. Does Somali culture bear any resemblance to India’s old caste system???

5. Putting aside Somalia’s clan culture, do women and children have any rights under Islamic law as evidenced in countries in which Ayaan Hirsi Ali found herself (Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Kenya)???

6. Did Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s mother have any right to even be informed by her husband when he took other wives???

7. Is Somalia one of the Islamic countries that practices mutilation of female genitalia??? Did Ayaan Hirsi Ali suffer genital mutilation???

8. In describing the living conditions when she, her mother and her sister lived in Saudi Arabia, was their status worse than in Somalia because they were female??? Or because they were Black Africans???

9. In describing the flight of her clan (and perhaps other clans as well) from Somalia in the early 1990’s, Ayaan Hirsi Ali does NOT mention that she is describing the Civil War in which America was involved and from which President William Clinton withdrew American troops following the famous “Blackhawk Down” incident in Mogadishu!!! (A) Why had America been involved in this Civil War??? (B) Who was also involved in this Civil War???

10. How did Ayaan Hirsi Ali escape the arranged marriage to which her father had agreed???

11. What dangers did Ayaan Hirsi Ali publicize concerning the Dutch policy of non-assimilation of its Islamic population???

12. Do the warnings sounded by Ayaan Hirsi Ali vis-à-vis Dutch non-assimilation of its Islamic population appear to have implications for other European countries as well??? Such as the now seemingly-annual riots in Paris’ northern suburbs which are Islamic ghettoes??? Or such as the 2006 London Underground bombings which were perpetrated by Muslims who were life-long British citizens???


And for extra credit –

1. Will Barack Obama be able to mend as President, American relations with Muslim nations???

2. Will Barack Obama even be able to visit Muslim nations???

3. How does this all relate to the massive “blow back” by the Democratic Party with respect to Hillary Clinton’s response to a question about why she won’t get out of the race for the nomination which mentioned that Bill Clinton hadn’t secured the nomination until June 1992 and then seemed to mention as an after-thought that everyone remembers the assassination of Bobby Kennedy in June 1968 during a hotly contested California primary???

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