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Kantesh
May 07, 2014 rated it really liked it
Undoubtedly it takes extraordinary courage and eloquence to write a book like this one. Details of genital mutilation were gruesome to say the least, but I wonder if it is as common in the Islamic world as the author would have us believe. I mostly agree with the feudal mindset argument or the free speech argument but sweeping generalizations about the West's many qualities and Western values also abounded in the book.

Call her what you will -- free thinker, apostate, atheist, rebel, unbeliever ...more
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