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Refugee Who Became Dutch MP Defies Islam with Film about Koran

(Telegraph-UK) Mrs. Hirsi Ali, who has risen from Somali asylum seeker to Dutch MP in 12 years, produced a film broadcast on Dutch television Sunday that highlights the continued oppression of Muslim women in Europe. Ali, 34, denounced the country's 30-year experiment with multiculturalism - including 700 Islamic clubs funded by the taxpayer - as a disastrous error born of "misplaced guilt." Ali has become immensely popular among the ordinary Dutch, who have been shocked by the sudden emergence of large Muslim enclaves in their cities - often with ties to militant anti-Western groups. A parliamentary report this year found that more than 70% of Dutch-born Muslims were bringing in spouses from their home countries, perpetuating a separatist subculture.
2004-08-31 00:00:00
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