If there are more and more Muslim men and women who stand up and who say, 'We don't want this happening in the name of our religion,' that I will have a chance of leading a life with no bodyguards and with no threats.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali discusses the need for Muslims to speak out against violence done in the name of their religion.
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