Westerners need to listen to Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Instead, she's demonized by the likes of Southern Poverty Law Center, leftists, feminists, and their ilk because she dares to shine a glaring light on the darker side of Islam, specifically Sharia Law, and "dawa" (which she's written about but we Westerners don't know much about). Even though she herself was a victim of this religion (female genital mutilation), she's condemned for criticizing it.
She says something interesting near the end of this interview. She says the left is actually inadvertently taking sides with radical Islam in its defense of "multi-culturalism." It's ironic that leftists, who have the largest, loudest megaphone in society and who think they're doing good, are, in fact, doing so much harm, not only to those they are opposed to ideologically but to themselves, as well. Because it's women, it's gays, it's even Muslims themselves, who suffer under Sharia. She mentions a female lawmaker or maybe it was a journalist who said we shouldn't call Female Genital Mutilation "mutilation" but rather a "cut."
Right. Mustn't offend.
We must stop being brainwashed into believing everything we hear from the dominant media ("The Southern Poverty Law Center says she's an Islamophobe; therefore, it must be true") and have the courage to take a stand. And if we don't have the courage to speak these truths (which I don't), then at least have the courage to stand with those who do.
Even this man, Dave Rubin, who is (or was) on the left (he's probably more of a Libertarian) and who is gay, is now being demonized by the left because he has the gall to call out what he sees as the "regressive left" and to speak honestly about issues like free speech, Sharia Law, and so on. He speaks of this in a Prager U video called, "Why I Left the Left," which I'll link below.
In church this week, our pastor said (quoting W.C. Fields), "A dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream." This is something I've been thinking about lately, particularly when it comes to the church. It's hard to swim against the current. And not just hard, sometimes risky. People who stand on principle when it comes to moral or political issues risk their livelihoods, their reputations, their careers, in some cases, their very lives. It's so much easier to stop swimming and succumb to the current. I see this happening in society at large, in the church, among my own friends, in my own thinking.
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Rubin Report: Episode 79: Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Podcast 5/10/2017)
Description: Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Human Rights Activist) joins Dave Rubin to discuss the preaching of Islam, the left’s alliance with Islamists, the dangers of political Islam, Sharia law, "Islamophobia", her serious fight against the practice of female genital mutilation as well as, her political and idealogical awakening, her foundation and activism, and much more.
"An Anti-Hate Group the Jumped the Shark," by Harry Zieve Cohen (March 6, 2017 Hudson Institute)
Conclusion: "It’s time for the MSM to stop trusting the SPLC as an authority, to stop boosting the organization’s profile, and to start investigating whether the organization follows best scholarly practices. There is, at this point, plenty of evidence to suggest it doesn’t. With numerous credible sources finding evidence of growing hatred and bigotry in the United States and around the world, it is especially urgent that journalists and concerned citizens stop uncritically repeating the SPLC’s claims. When an organization like the SPLC and the media outlets who trust it abuse their prestige by exaggerating and spinning, discourse in America suffers."
"Why I Left the Left," by Dave Rubin (2/6/2017 Prager University)
Description: Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report used to be a big progressive. He even had a show with The Young Turks! But now he's not a progressive. He has left the left. Why? Dave Rubin shares his story.
