She has been both a victim and a survivor – she lives with death threats. The first is that Hirsi Ali is a woman who had enough courage and determination to escape from a life that her parents wanted for her but which she did not want – something that can be very hard to do in many Islamic cultures. However, Mona Siddiqui, a professor of Islamic studies, was far more critical of the book, opining, "As you read this book two things become obvious. This is not the same as saying she is always right but when she calls on western feminists to stand with her, to celebrate the better values of the west, and to confront the worst of the abuses perpetrated on Muslim women, it is not clear what more useful thing those feminists might be doing." Her memoir suggests that she never quite outgrew her rebellious teenager phase, but also that she would be a terrific conversationalist at a dinner party." Alexander Linklater of The Observer similarly observed, "In Nomad she calls her ancestral voices into direct confrontation with her demands for reform of Islamic theology. Hirsi Ali comes across as so sympathetic when she shares her grief at her family's troubles that she is difficult to dislike. It did leave me uncomfortable and exasperated in places. Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times wrote, "Since Hirsi Ali denounces Islam with a ferocity that I find strident, potentially feeding religious bigotry, I expected to dislike this book. The book has been praised by Christopher Hitchens, John Lloyd, and Richard Dawkins. It sets out to make the case that moderate Christian churches should seek actively to convert Muslim believers.
The book is critical of Islam and the multiculturalism which the author sees as enabling Muslim extremism.
It deals in greater depth than the earlier book with certain aspects of the author's childhood in Somalia, Kenya and Saudi Arabia, and in particular with her family, as well as with her exile from the Netherlands and her present home with the American Enterprise Institute in the United States. It is a sequel to her New York Times bestseller Infidel. Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations (first published May 18, 2010) is a memoir by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
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