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The Veil Deliberately Marks Women As Private And Restricted Property, Nonpersons. The Veil Sets Women Apart From Men And Apart From The World; It Restrains Them, Confines Them, Grooms Them For Docility. A Mind Can Be Cramped Just As A Body May Be, And A Muslim Veil Blinkers Both Your Vision And Your Destiny. It Is The Mark Of A Kind Of Apartheid, Not The Domination Of A Race But Of A Sex.

I Cannot Emphasize Enough How Wrongheaded This Is. Withholding Criticism And Ignoring Differences Are Racism In Its Purest Form. Yet These Cultural Experts Fail To Notice That, Through Their Anxious Avoidance Of Criticizing Non-western Countries, They Trap The People Who Represent These Cultures In A State Of Backwardness. The Experts May Have The Best Of Intentions, But As We All Know, The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions.

Every Time You Take A Train, Step Into Your Car, Walk Into The Shopping Mall, Go To The Airport - Every Single Time, Something Could Happen. That's How Terrorism Works.

In April 2006, A Dutch Court Ordered That I Leave My Safe-home That I Was Renting From The State. The Judge Concluded That My Neighbors Had A Right To Argue That They Felt Unsafe Because Of My Presence In The Building.

Many People In Europe And The U.s. Dispute The Thesis That We Are Living Through A Clash Of Civilisations Between Islam And The West. But A Radical Minority Of Muslims Firmly Believes That Islam Is Under Siege, And Is Committed To Winning The Holy War It Has Declared Against The West.