Author of books with scathing criticism of Islam such as The Virgin in the Cage: An Appeal to Reason, Infidel: The Story of the Woman Who Defied Islam and Heretic: Why Islam Needs Immediate Reform Ayaan Hirsi Ali published an article on Saturday 11th in which he stated that he had converted to Christianity.
Born and raised in the tribal customs of Somalia, she suffered sexual mutilation and brutal beatings as a child, was a devout Muslim who was indoctrinated by the Muslim Brotherhood until she found freedom while fleeing a forced marriage in the West.
From then on, she renounced her religion, became an atheist, fought for the rights of Muslim women, became a representative in the Netherlands, lived in the United States and taught at Harvard, and was named by Time Magazine as one of the hundreds He is one of the most influential people the world and is sworn to death by Islamic fundamentalism.
In the text entitled “Why I am a Christian Now,” Hirsi Ali connects her former atheism to the brutality of her religious upbringing in Islam and then explains the reason for her recent conversion:
“Part of the answer is global. Western civilization is threatened by three distinct but interrelated forces: the resurgence of authoritarianism and major power expansionism in the form of the Chinese Communist Party and Vladimir Putin’s Russia; the rise of global Islam, which threatens to mobilize a large population against the West; and the viral spread of woke ideology that undermines the morals of the next generation.”
In their opinion, military, economic, diplomatic and technological efforts are not enough in this fight. Then it would be necessary to be able to answer the question “What connects us?” What unites the West, says the exMuslim and exatheist, is “the legacy of the JudeoChristian tradition,” which “consists of a set of sophisticated ideas and institutions aimed at preserving the life, freedom and dignity of the to protect people.”
However, his adherence to Christianity is not based solely on “the understanding that atheism is too weak and divisive a doctrine to strengthen us against our menacing enemies.” “I also turned to Christianity because I ultimately found a life without spiritual comfort unbearable, almost selfdestructive,” writes Hirsi Ali. “Atheism,” says the author, “has failed to answer a simple question: What is the meaning and purpose of life?”
She recalls that British philosopher Bertrand Russell and other activist atheists “believed that by rejecting God we would enter an era of reason and intelligent humanism.”
“But the ‘God hole’ the void left by the church’s retreat has been filled by a jumble of irrational and quasireligious dogmas. The result is a world in which modern cults prey on the displaced masses and offer them false reasons for being and acting, especially by engaging in virtue theater on behalf of a victimized minority or our supposedly doomed planet.”
In view of these affirmations of a higher morality, based on a politically correct discourse, which characterize the woke ideology, Hirsi Ali evaluates a phrase attributed to GK Chesterton, a British writer of Anglican origins who, however, converted to Catholicism in 1922 , as a “prophecy”: “When men They choose not to believe in God, they believe in nothing, then they become able to believe in everything.”
“In this nihilistic vacuum,” she continues, “the challenge before us becomes civilizational.”
“We will not be able to resist China, Russia and Iran if we cannot explain to our people why it is important that we do this.” We cannot fight the woke ideology if we cannot fight the civilization it seeks to destroy. cannot defend. And we cannot fight Islam with purely secular means. To win the hearts and minds of Muslims here in the West, we need to offer them more than just videos on TikTok.
The lesson I learned from my years with the Muslim Brotherhood was the power of a unifying story, anchored in the foundational texts of Islam, to attract, engage and mobilize the Muslim masses. If we don’t offer something so significant, I fear the erosion of our civilization will continue. And fortunately, there’s no need to resort to a newage mix of medication and mindfulness. Christianity has everything.
For this reason, I no longer consider myself a Muslim apostate, but rather a fallen atheist. Of course, I still have a lot to learn about Christianity. Every Sunday I discover something more in church. But in my long journey through a desert of fear and doubt, I realized that there was a better way to overcome the challenges of existence than Islam or unbelief had to offer.”
The Brazilian left, if it were coherent, should listen to this African black woman who was a victim of abuse. But now more than ever you will prefer to forget it.