I Grew Up In Somalia, In Saudi

Liberal Capitalism Is Not Perfect, But Compared To The Other 'isms,' It's Far Superior.

Most Unmarried Somali Girls Who Got Pregnant Committed Suicide. I Knew Of One Girl In Mogadishu Who Poured A Can Of Gasoline Over Herself In The Living Room, With Everyone There, And Burned Herself Alive. Of Course, If She Hadn't Done This, Her Father And Brothers Would Probably Have Killed Her Anyway.

Islam Was Like A Mental Cage. At First, When You Open The Door, The Caged Bird Stays Inside: It Is Frightened. It Has Internalized Its Imprisonment. It Takes Time For Bird To Escape, Even After Someone Has Opened The Doors To Its Cage.

My Friend, The Dutch Filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, Was Murdered In 2004 For Having Been Insufficiently Reverent Toward Islam.

You Have To Let Individuals Make Their Own Choices And Respect That, Even If It's Your Own Child. And That's What Was Taken Away From Me. My Father Passed Away Thinking I Still Had To Go Back To His Way Of Believing.