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Things Worth Remembering: Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the ‘Strange Death’ of Europe

JL;DR SUMMARY Douglas Murray reflects on the impact of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's 2006 departure from the Netherlands, contextualized by significant events in Dutch history involving tensions with Islam. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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NetherlandsImmigrationEuropeIslamIntegrationAyaan Hirsi AliRadicalismTheo Van GoghPim Fortuyn

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Ayaan Hirsi Ali, photographed in Canada."
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"On November 2, 2004, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the city center,"
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