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(original source Sarasota Magazine)
“Women’s rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali was the most recent guest in this year’s Ringling College Library Association Town Hall lecture series, giving two talks at the Van Wezel on Tuesday, both moderated by BBC World News America lead anchor Katty Kay.
Security at the hall was high for the talks because of the numerous death threats the Somalian-born Hirsi Ali has received for her outspoken criticism of the state of Islam. In 2004, the director of her film, Submission—about the oppression of Muslim women—was found murdered with a death threat for Hirsi Ali pinned to his chest. At a press conference Tuesday morning, members of the media had to check in with police and show ID before being allowed entrance to the briefing; during the lecture, numerous police offers stood watch throughout the hall.”
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