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Hat tip to Chad over at IntheBullpen.com on this article: German Ex-Muslims Received Death Threats
The story is all too familiar. He or she who criticizes Islam is subject to death. Seems Islamic folk just can take knowing someone out there can’t stand the oppressive world of Islam. When SPIEGEL Online interviewed Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali we learned just how the all-hallowed Islamic masters treat dissent.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Dutch politician forced to go into hiding after the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, responds to the Danish cartoon scandal, arguing that if Europe doesn’t stand up to extremists, a culture of self-censorship of criticism of Islam that pervades in Holland will spread in Europe. Auf Wiedersehen, free speech.

A short bio of Hirsi Ali is included for perspective:

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of the most sharp-tongued critics of political Islam — and a target of radical fanatics. Her provocative film “Submission” led to the assassination of director Theo van Gogh in November 2004. The attackers left a death threat against Hirsi Ali stuck to his corpse with a knife. After a brief period in hiding, the 36-year-old member of Dutch parliament from the neo-liberal VVD party has returned to parliament and is continuing her fight against Islamism. She recently published a book, “I Accuse,” and is working on a sequel to “Submission.”

Hirsi Ali was born in Somalia where she experienced the oppression of Muslim women first hand. When her father attempted to force her into an arranged marriage, she fled to Holland in 1992. Later, she renounced the Muslim religion.

Good for her. Seems to me those that claim their religion to be the Truth, shouldn’t mind a little criticism. After all, if they’re wrong (those who criticize Islam), who cares what they say?