I try to avoid commenting on Hirsi Ali's latest media pop-up. Because that's what she does. She shows up at some major national newspaper, makes her liberal statements on radical Islam, promotes yet another autobiography, then she resumes her post at the genrous American Enterprise Institute. Here is her interview on October 17, 2009 with the LA Times.

There are many things to critique in her interview. As I had thought a while ago, she seems to be focussing some of her energy on the treatment of Muslim women under Islam (and sharia). I wonder if this means that she will try to facilitate "abused" Muslim women refugees' entry in the U.S., as a sanctuary country? The article calls her "Feminism's freedom fighter." Feminism for whom? Although she may associate Islam with mysogyny, I wonder how many Muslim women really think so, and are content to follow their religion and mandates? These will be interesting developments to follow.

And I need to mention, that her bigoted view of all religion, and I think her equal dislike of Christianiyt, has her say these things to a public, American newspaper:

[M]ost people with a Christian background who are on that level of development [she means here educated] no longer defend Christianity in the same way that those who are born into Islam still defend it.

Her comparison of the Koran with the Bible is that Christians have "reformed" their religion over time, to "move away from less radical ideas." If Christians can do so, then surely Muslims can to.

Her final point, without analysing her points too much, is that Christians have changed, they have reinterprated the Bible to suit