Fall of the "Muslim atheist": Hirsi Ali's journey from Dutch politician to failed asylum seeker reveals much about Europe's retreat from multiculturalism.(Ayaan Hirsi Ali) From: Colorlines Magazine | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Sheth, Falguni A. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ON MAY 16, 2006, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Dutch-Somali politician and one of Netherlands' most outspoken critics of Islam, nearly had her citizenship revoked by Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk. Fourteen years earlier, Ali had provided a false name on her asylum application. She also claimed that she traveled to Holland directly from her home country of Somalia. In fact, Ali's father, a prominent member of a Somali liberation party, had resettled his family in Kenya in 1976. It is uncle...

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