Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have been reading here (http://www.goodreads.com/) through other reviews, especially the ones who rated it low. Hirsi Ali has a way of remembering her childhood so vividly you feel you are experiencing it with her. You follow her emotional and rational life step by step until she reaches the point of apostasy.
For those who say Islam is similar to all religions, and time will soften the rough edges, I say look at her statistics. In just two regions of Holland they collected statistics of girls killed by their families in "honor killings" -- it came to 11 girls in one year -- out of what, 40 regions? In Holland? In this day and age? As she says, how long does a young girl have to wait? Looking at statistics from all over the world, I would agree with Hirsi Ali that this is a major issue of our time.
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