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156. Ayaan Hirsi Ali — Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights

156. Ayaan Hirsi Ali — Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights

FromThe Michael Shermer Show


156. Ayaan Hirsi Ali — Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights

FromThe Michael Shermer Show

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Length:
97 minutes
Released:
Feb 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Why are so few people talking about the eruption of sexual violence and harassment in Europe’s cities? No one in a position of power wants to admit that the problem is linked to the arrival of several million migrants — most of them young men — from Muslim-majority countries. In episode 155, Dr. Shermer speaks with Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist, scholar, and former politician, Ayaan Hirsi Ali about her new book Prey. She explains why so many young Muslim men who arrive in Europe engage in sexual harassment and violence, tracing the roots of sexual violence in the Muslim world from institutionalized polygamy to the lack of legal and religious protections for women. Trigger warning: upon listening to this conversation, you should be triggered.
Released:
Feb 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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In the tradition of the Enlightenment salons that helped drive the Age of Reason, Science Salon is a series of conversations between Dr. Michael Shermer and leading scientists, scholars, and thinkers, about the most important issues of our time.