The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam (23 page)
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Authors: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Tags: #Political Science, #Civil Rights, #Social Science, #Women's Studies
49
“I notice that in your body”:
This interview appeared on June 19, 2004, in the daily newspaper
Algemeen Dagblad,
with the help of Carine Damen.
50
At times I end up:
This is the unabridged version of “Vrijheid verist permanent onderhoud” [“Freedom requires constant maintenance”] published on May 5, 2003, in the daily newspaper
NRC Handelsblad.
51
An average of eighty women:
This is a reedited version of the article published in
NRC Handelsblad
daily newspaper, October 3, 2003. It is also included in
De Maagdenkooi
[
The Virgins’ Cage
], 2004.
52
Genital mutilation of girls:
This chapter is based on the article “Besnijdenis mag niet worden gedoogd” [“Circumcision must not be tolerated”], published in the daily newspaper
de Volkskrant,
February 7, 2004.
53
Since the birth of a stillborn child:
From the article by Steffie Kouters in the
Volkskrant
magazine, July 10, 2004.
54
According to a story in the
New York Times: by Sharon LaFraniere, September 28, 2005.
55
A medical report for the government:
“Strategies for the prevention of circumcision in girls. Assessment and recommendations, of the Vrije Universiteit [VU] Medical Center in Amsterdam (October 2003).
56
Since the early 1900s:
Ten tips for Muslim women who want to leave, originally published in
De maagdenkooi
[
The Virgins’ Cage
] (2004).
57
My parents brought me up:
This is the unabridged version of the article that appeared on October 30, 2004, in the daily newspaper
De Volkskrant.
58
These are the words of Mohamed Sini:
quoted in the daily newspaper
De Volkskrant.
59
“I’m not going to waste my time”: De Volkskrant
60
“They simply don’t deserve a reaction”
from the Dutch daily newspaper
Trouw.
61
The chairman of the Turkish Muslim organization:
het Rottersdam Dagblad
62
Yet the regional institutes for mental welfare:
the psychiatrist Carla Rus points out in articles in two Dutch newspapers,
Trouw
and
De Volkskrant.
Abbas, Mahmoud
Abortion
Abu Zaid, Muhammad
Adultery
Afghanistan
Ahmed, Samira
AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Aisha
Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Al-Banna, Hassan
Al-Ghazali
Al-Khattab, Caliph Umar
Al-Nisa organization
Al Qaeda organization
Al-Qaradawi, Yusuf
Albania
Albayrak, Nebahat
Algeria
Allah
Amnesty International
Antilles
Arab-European League (AEL)
Arab Human Development Report
(United Nations Development Program)
Arafat, Yasir
Arib, Khadija
Armstrong, Karen
Atatürk, Kemal
Atheist Manifesto, The
(Philipse)
Atta, Father
Atta, Mohammed
Azerbaijan
Azough, Naima
Balkenende, Jan Peter
Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands
Becx, Caspar
Bellil, Samira
Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society
(Mernissi)
Bible, the
Bin Laden, Osama
Blair, Tony
Bouazza, Hafid
Bovenkerk, Frank
Bush, George W.
Cartoons, of the Prophet Muhammad
Catholic Church
Central Registration for Child Abuse
Chechnya
Child Welfare Council
Childbirth, genital mutilation and
China
Christianity
Circumcision
female (Genital mutilation)
see
male
Clitoris
Closed Circle, The
(Pryce-Jones)
Clothing
Cohen, Job
Congo
Contraception
Crime rates
Cultural relativism
Customs and Morals in Islam,
Dark Ages
De Geus, Aart-Jan
De Wall, Hans
De Winter, Leon
Democracy
Denmark
Dictatorships
Disownment
Divorce
Djavann, Chahdortt
Domestic violence
Donner, Piet Hein
Education
Egypt
El Bezaz, Naima
El Boujoufi, Driss
Elatik, Fatima
Elite triangle
Ellian, Afshin
Employment
Enlightenment
Erbakan
Eritrea
Ethiopia
European Convention on Human Rights (ECHM)
Evolution, theory of
Female genital mutilation.
See
Genital mutilation
Forced marriage.
See
Prearranged marriage
Friedman, Thomas L.
Fundamentalism (political Islam)
Galenkamp, M.
General Human Pattern (GHP)
Genital mutilation
Ghana
Glimpse of Hell, A,
Great Britain
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Guide to Islamic Upbringing,
Hadith
Halal
and
haram,
Hijab
(headscarf)
Hinduism
Hirsi Magan (father)
Hirsi Magan (mother)
Hirsi Magan, Haweya
Hitler, Adolf
Holocaust
Homosexuality
Honor
Honor killings
Hoogervorst, Hans
House arrest
Human rights
Human Rights Watch
Hussein, Saddam
Hymen
restoration of,
Ibn Warraq
Illiteracy
Imperialism
Indonesia
Infibulation.
See
Genital mutilation
Inheritance
Integration process
Intercultural welfare
International Institute of Strategic Studies
Iran
Iraq
Islam and Citizenship Society
Islamic Brotherhood
Islamic Conference
Israel
Jews
hatred of,
Holocaust and,
Judaism and
Jinn
(invisible creatures)
Jordan
Judaism
Juvenile delinquency
Kalsbeek, Ella
Kant, Immanuel
Kashmir
Katirci, Fatma
Kenya
Khomeini, Ayatollah
Koran
Kurds
Labia
Labor Party (Netherlands)
Lawful and Prohibited in Islam, The
(al-Qaradawi)
Leaving home
Lewis, Bernard
Liberal Party (Netherlands)
London terrorist bombings (2005)
Lucassen, Jan
Lying
Madonna
Madrassas
Malaysia
Manji, Irshad
Manliness, emphasis on
Marriage
age at
domestic violence in,
prearranged
shotgun
wedding night
Martyrdom
Mass triangle
Mecca
Medina
Memorial Day (Netherlands)
Menstruation
Mernissi, Fatima
Mill, John Stuart
Milli Görüs organization
Miss World beauty pageant
Mongols
Moors
Morocco
Muhammad, Prophet
Multiculturalism
Muslim Broadcasting Network (Netherlands)
9/11, 2001
Nasreen, Taslima
New York Times,
Newsweek,
Ni Putes Ni Soumises (“Neither whores nor submissives”)
Nigeria
Obstetric fistulas
“Off with the Veil!” (Djavann)
Okin, Susan Moller
“On the Subjection of Women” (Mill)
Oxford University
Pakistan
Palestine
Philipse, Herman
Popper, Karl
Potter, David
Prearranged marriage
Pregnancy, undesired
Premarital sex.
See
Sexual morality
Progressive Muslims
Prostitution
Protestant Reformation
Pryce-Jones, David
Punishments
Qutb, Sayyid
Ramadan, Tariq
Rape
Refugees
Regional Institute for Mental Welfare
Romein, Jan
Rushdie, Salman
Russell, Bertrand
Rwanda
Satanic Verses, The
(Rushdie)
Saudi Arabia
Self-reflection, need for
September 11, 2001
Sex education
Sex industry
Sexual abuse.
See also
Domestic violence
Sexual morality
Sexually transmitted diseases
Shari’a
(Islamic law)
Sharon, Ariel
Siad Barre, Mohamed
Sierra Leone
Sini, Mohamed
Sivan, Emmanuel
Socialist Party (Netherlands)
Somalia
Soyasian, Dogan
Spain