Thursday, June 19, 2008

Infidel

I finished Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali this weekend. It was a very interesting book and definitely opened my eyes to different aspects of Islam. I feel like I learned a lot and can understand somethings about Muslims that I didn't understand before.

I thought the firs two-thirds of the book was better than the last third, because it focused on her childhood through her asylum in the Netherlands. The last third was about her political career and viewpoint and I found that more difficult to follow and it was obvious that she had more of an agenda in that portion of the book.

There were also some loose ends that she never tied up. It seems that as a refugee and someone who moved so much in her life, that she doesn't have many long-term friendships/relationships, but that may be a false assumption because she didn't tell us what happened to xx person.

I'm probably the only one who would notice that, so I think it's definitely worth reading.

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