I'd Like Muslims To Look At Their

We Who Don't Want Radical Islam To Spread Must Compete With The Agents Of Radical Islam. I Want To See What Would Happen If Christians, Feminists And Enlightenment Thinkers Were To Start Proselytizing In The Muslim Community.

It Was Friday, July 24, 1992, When I Stepped On The Train. Every Year I Think Of It. I See It As My Real Birthday: The Birth Of Me As A Person, Making Decisions About My Life On My Own. I Was Not Running Away From Islam, Or To Democracy. I Didn't Have Any Big Ideas Then. I Was Just A Young Girl And Wanted Some Way To Be Me; So I Bolted Into The Unknown.

No One In The American Enterprise Imposes Their Beliefs. We Clash, And I Think That's What The West Is All About.

Reality Is Not Easy, But All This Make-believe Doesn't Make It Easier.

I Grew Up In Somalia, In Saudi Arabia, In Ethiopia, And In Kenya. I Came To Europe In 1992, When I Was 22, And Became A Member Of Parliament In Holland.