title: The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam
author:  Ayaan Hirsi Ali 
description: <b>Ayaan Hirsi Ali</b> was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, was raised Muslim, and spent her childhood and young adulthood in Africa and Saudi Arabia. In 1992, Hirsi Ali came to the Netherlands as a refugee. She earned her college degree in political science and worked for the Dutch Labor party. She denounced Islam after the September 11 terrorist attacks and now serves as a Dutch parliamentarian, fighting for the rights of Muslim women in Europe, the enlightenment of Islam, and security in the West.
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  ###### Also by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
  
  _The Caged Virgin:_  
   _An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam_
  
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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  
  Hirsi Ali, Ayaan.  
  Infidel / Ayaan Hirsi Ali.  
  p. cm.  
  1\. Politicians -- Netherlands -- Biography. 2. Muslims -- Netherlands --
  Biography.  
  3\. Refugees -- Netherlands -- Biography. I. Title.
  
  DJ292.H57 A3 2007  
  949.207'3092 B 22    2006049762
  
  ISBN: 1-4165-3859-3
  
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