Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Whether Islam is a 'Religion of Peace'

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, ardent defender of Western civilization against Islamic supremacism, New York Times bestselling author, former Dutch MP and recipient of The New Criterion’s fourth annual Edmund Burke Award for Service to Culture & Society explains that the notion of Islam as a ‘religion of peace’ is belied by the religion’s history, and argues that Islamic law based in emulation of Muhammad at Medina represents ‘the bad idea of our time,’ during an in-depth interview for The New Criterion by Ben Weingarten, commentator and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media. For more from The New Criterion’s April 2016 ‘Edmund Burke Award’ gala and other compelling content, check out The New Criterion’s YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheNewCri....