Ayaan Hirsi Ali Draws Criticism From Fellow Atheists At Yale

[rug]

ROME - MAY 28: Somalian author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former member of the Dutch parliament, attends the 7th edition of the Festival of Literature at Literature House on May 28, 2008 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images) | Elisabetta Villa via Getty Images

Posted: 09/15/2014 3:35 pm EDT Updated: 5 hours ago

(RNS) A campus appearance by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the outspoken Muslim-turned-atheist activist, is being challenged again, this time at Yale University where she is scheduled to speak Monday night (Sept. 15).

While her previous campus critics have included members of religious groups, especially Muslims, this time the critics include Ali’s fellow ex-Muslims and atheists.

“We do not believe Ayaan Hirsi Ali represents the totality of the ex-Muslim experience,” members of Yale Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics posted on Facebook Friday (Sept. 12). “Although we acknowledge the value of her story, we do not endorse her blanket statements on all Muslims and Islam.”

Those statements include calling Islam “the new fascism” and “a destructive, nihilistic cult of death.” She has called for the closing of Muslim schools in the West, where she settled after immigrating from her native Somalia, and is a vocal advocate for the rights of women and girls in Islam.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/15/ayaan-hirsi-ali-yale_n_5824828.html?ir=Religion

https://www.facebook.com/yalehumanists

[Dawson Leery]

1. Strange that an athiest would be calling on Muslim's to convert to Christianity.

[cbayer]

3. It's a reflection of how much she detests Islam.

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Do you have an opinion?

[rug]

4. To the extent the Yale Atheists are accurately descibing her positions, I agree with the atheists.

[AtheistCrusader]

5. I do as well, assuming the validity of certain claimed facts here.