11.30.07
Debate: Ayaan Hirsi Ali vs Ed Husain
Debate: Ayaan Hirsi Ali vs Ed Husain
Centre for Social Cohesion
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Debate: Ayaan Hirsi Ali vs Ed Husain
‘The West and the future of Islam’
On 20th November, the Centre for Social Cohesion hosted an evening debate in Westminster between Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the former Dutch MP and self-declared Muslim apostate, and Ed Husain, the author of the best-selling book The Islamist.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues that Islam ‘as a body of ideas’ is opposed to ‘Enlightenment’ values. Ed Husain advocates an Islamic ‘renaissance’ arguing that Islam can be re-interpreted to meet the challenges of the modern world.
From Dawkins site