“Ayaan Hirsi Ali is Islam’s best known—her critics would say most incendiary—dissident in the West.” In this article, she discusses her increasingly nuanced views on Islam, women’s rights, and her new book Heretic.

During the interview, Ayaan states, “Thankfully, because of education, because of the Internet, because of globalization, women are taking things into their own hands, not waiting to get permission from men to change.”

Ayaan Hirsi Ali in Conversation: “A Fiery Dissenter Rethinks Her Views”