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- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Q&A: Immigration and Terrorism

| Spring 2017

In response to the Trump administration’s rollout of aggressive policies on immigration and travel, Farah Pandith and Ayaan Hirsi Ali­—both senior fellows with the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project—have shared their contrasting views in media interviews.

Our Duty Is To Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive

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Analysis & Opinions - The Daily Beast

Our Duty Is To Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive

| January 8, 2015

"I’ve seen today the images of the sea of faces in European capitals holding placards saying “I am Charlie Hebdo.” That is beautiful and it’s the perfect thing to do. Tomorrow they should hold placards of the cartoons Charlie Hebdo had printed. Asserting our right to free speech is the only to ensure that 12 people did not die in vain." Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project, makes the case for a greater stand against Islamic fundamentalism and defends the right to free speech in her reflections on the recent Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris.

Analysis & Opinions - The Wall Street Journal

How To Answer The Paris Attack

| January 7, 2015

According to Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the West must "stand up for freedom - and acknowledge the link between Islamists' political ideology and their religious beliefs." In this article for the Wall Street Journal, Ayaan Hirsi Ali firmly maintains that the West must realize that recent reprisals are driven by political ideology and that appeasement is not the right way to respond to radical Islam.