C L O S E R – Hirsi Ali and the Netherlands

C L O S E R

Last week the television program Zembla aired a documentary about Hirsi Ali. In it the makers claimed that Hirsi Ali lied about the reasons she has to fled to the Netherlands and about the way she did it. Nothing new, actually. She already admitted that in several programs, speeches and books. It just shows that people will always adjust their story in order to be granted asylum in a safe country. Who wouldn’t?

In my view there are two problems regarding this issue and Hirsi Ali. First of all her authority is partly based upon her past. The fact that she lied about it (even though she admits it) does not lend much credibility to her position as someone who has experienced it all herself. Second problem is that the Hoge Raad (Supreme Council) last year stated that the Dutch authorities were right in evoking the Dutch nationality of an Iraqi family who had lied about their past. If that can happen to them…

So now the rumour is that she will go to the US. Some American blogs are already very happy about that. I doubt very much that this incident is the cause for that. Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad reports that she would begin her new job next year, but because she has to leave her house, she asked if she could go to the US earlier to work for the AEI. This incident of course is nice timing for her to announce that.

Read the reactions at Expatica.com

This issue again proves that we still have difficulties in acting nuanced and sophisticated when it comes to Hirsi Ali. For some left wing people she is the devil who is one of the main causes for the polarization in this country.

Probably without realizing, the makers (of Submission I, Van Gogh and Hirsi Ali -Mdk) the used the same grammar Joseph Goebbels used in 1940 in his notorious movie ‘Der Ewige Jude’

For some others she is the saint who has lived all the atrocities she is talking about it and defends this country against the barbarians.

During World War II, eighty percent of Dutch Jews were deported to the camps and killed. They were often delivered to the Nazi’s by the Dutch themselves. They wanted to protect themselves and hoped that collaboration would make them safe.

The Dutch now desperately want to hang Ayaan in the hope to restore the multicultural dream. VARA created an atmosphere in which so-called ‘revelations’ mystify and falsify Ayaan’s past and present.

We are now witnessing in Holland the public execution of Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

And no I do not think that it is correct what Little Green Football reports (or should I say in this case: lying?) that the Dutch elites want Hirsi Ali to be deported (note the link to WWII they are making with the word deporting). Some critics argue that she should hand in her Dutch nationality, but I don’t think anyone would want her to go back to Somalia and that is certainly not what the critics are saying. Referring to them as the elite is ridiculous, also because it neglects Hirsi Ali’s supporters who also belong to the elite.

Tomorrow more about this and you can follow the recent news on this here.