We who don't want radical Islam to spread must compete with the agents of radical Islam. I want to see what would happen if Christians, feminists and Enlightenment thinkers were to start proselytizing in the Muslim community.

Most unmarried Somali girls who got pregnant committed suicide. I knew of one girl in Mogadishu who poured a can of gasoline over herself in the living room, with everyone there, and burned herself alive. Of course, if she hadn't done this, her father and brothers would probably have killed her anyway.

I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.

I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

What we are now doing with the victory, and I agree with you if you condemn that and I condemn whole-heartedly the trivial bullshit it is to go after a man who makes a scientific breakthrough and all that we as women — organized women — do is to fret about his shirt?

The idea that if people are just friendly and demonstrate they want peace, that will be answered with good will - that is really naive.