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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: “But when human rights are being violated, as in being flogged, jailed, killed, we don't see anybody. Why is the Muslim…”

On the recordNovember 28, 2007
But when human rights are being violated, as in being flogged, jailed, killed, we don't see anybody. Why is the Muslim world silent today?
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali questions the lack of response from the Muslim community regarding human rights violations.

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