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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: “The use of words, the use of speech, the use of images can never ever justify, never ever justify a retaliation of…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2015
The use of words, the use of speech, the use of images can never ever justify, never ever justify a retaliation of violence.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Ayaan emphasizes that freedom of expression should not be met with violence.

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