[NYTr] CAUTION about Harris/Rushdie Claims re anti-Islamic Poltiician in the Netherlands:

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

CAUTION about Harris/Rushdie Claims 
re anti-Islamic Poltician in the Netherlands:

[One of our readers says the Sam Harris-Salman Rushdie Op-Ed
about Ayaan Hirsi Ali is entirely misleading.  (See below). 

Most people in the US remember her only from the publicity she 
got after the murder of the artist Van Gogh in the Netherlands. Since
then, we've been fed a steady diet of news and commentary in the US
about how Muslim minorities, many immigrants, are causing nothing but
trouble in Western Europe and how France, the Netherlands, etc. are
dealing with the culture clashes. 

We've asked for some  citations in regard to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, or Ms.
Magan (as Schmit calls her). He says practically her entire history is
fake, and that she's a shill for the American Enterprise Institute. 

In the meantime, treat the Op-Ed with caution. -NY Transfer]

Sent by Leo Schmit: 10/12/07

Correction needed!
   
  Ms Magan (real name) never fled from Somalia to the Netherlands. She
lived for 8 years in a suburban neighbourhood in Nairobi. The forced
marriage story is a hoax. Ms Magan is a political entrepreneur who
sails on the winds of Islam bashing. 

  Ms Magan works for the American Enterprise Institute, infamous for
its advocacy of the Iraq war, the Lebanon war and next the Iran war. 

  All the best,   
  Leo Schmit

Regarding: "Netherlands: Ayaan Hirsi Ali: abandoned to fanatics"
http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20071008/070059.html

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sent by Tim Murphy - activ-l

Los Angeles Times - Oct 9, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-harris9oct09,0,3734484.story?coll=
la-opinion-center 

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: abandoned to fanatics

by Sam Harris and Salman Rushdie  [...]