On the recordNovember 28, 2007
If you define peace as flogging a victim of rape with 200 stripes because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time, then maybe it's peace.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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transcripts.cnn.comAyaan Hirsi Ali: “If you define peace as flogging a victim of rape with 200 stripes because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time…”
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali critiques the definition of peace in the context of severe punishments in Saudi Arabia.
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