Peshawar, Pakistan, 60, 69–70, 83
Peters, Rudolph, 499n279
Petraeus, David, 373
Philippines, 60
Philipse, Herman, xiii, 140, 194, 276–77, 278, 311, 313–14, 445, 468
Powell, Colin, 182
Pratt, Nicola, 372
Prospect, 390
Pryce-Jones, David, 409
Ptech, Inc., 184–85
Purpose-Driven Life, The (Warren), 382
Qadeer, Abdul, 403, 404, 431
Qadoos, Abdul, 244, 305, 328
Quarre, Osman Musse, xiii, 53, 339–42; divorce from Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 146–47; marriage to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 53–57, 73, 74–75, 81, 334, 349, 352
Quran: Aafia Siddiqui and, 5, 143, 120–21; beheadings and, 96; as literal word of God, xviii; on marriage roles, 134; verses on friendship with unbelievers, 45, 108; verses on seeking knowledge, 3, 25; verses on women’s submission, xviii
Qutb, Muhammad, 17, 94
Qutb, Sayyid, 17, 94, 96, 116, 162, 171
Rago, Joseph, 371, 476n49
Ramachandran, Vilayanur, 122
Ramadan, Tariq, 389, 390
Rashid, Ahmed, 128, 218
Reagan, Ronald, 359
Refugee Convention of 1951, 49–50, 51
Reid, Richard, 220, 306, 307
Remkes, Johan, 283
Republican Brotherhood, 174
Rice, Condoleezza, 323, 379, 384
Ridley, Yvonne, xii, 354–56, 393–96, 411, 412, 419
Ross, Gerald, 122
Rudd, Kevin, 414
Rumsfeld, Donald, 238
Rushdie, Salman, 32, 325, 372, 378, 380
Sahla, Soumaya, 318
Saint Vincent Hospital, 127
Salafists, 108, 143, 226
Salameh, Mohammed, 78
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 381–82
Satanic Verses, The (Rushdie), 32
Sattar, Abdus, 343–44
Saudi Arabia, 14, 16, 17, 36, 127, 191; Asha Artan and family in, 13–14, 17; Islamists in, 15–16, 20 (see also Wahhabism)
Sawm, Boqol, 32, 161
Sayyaf, Abdul Rasul, 68
Schagen, Karin, 190, 201, 211, 215–16
Scheffer, Paul, 146, 254
Scroggins, Deborah: Aafia Siddiqui’s competency hearing and, 443–44; Aafia Siddiqui’s sentencing and, 463–65; Aafia Siddiqui’s trial and, 450; in Amsterdam (2005), 312, 339; attempts to contact Abu Lubaba, 457; Ayaan Hirsi Ali, interview refused, 338–39; Ayaan Hirsi Ali press conference and, 351; Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s claims and, 371; Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s detention rumors, 367–68; interview with al-Baluchi clan, 430–32, 478n60; interview with Ijaz ul-Haq, 300–302; interview with Omar Osman Haji (cousin of Ayaan), 407–10; interviews with Faduma and Mahad Osman, 477n53; in Islamabad (2004), 297–307, 310; in Islamabad (2008), 426–30; in Karachi (2004), 297, 307–10; in Karachi (2008), 430–32; Khalid Khawaja meeting/party, 302–6; Khalid Khawaja’s death and, 461; Khan family interview, 308–9; lessons learned by, 466–68; Osman Quarre’s refusal to be interviewed, 477n53; Pakistani journalist with, 307–10, 320–21; Siddiqui family refusal to talk, 298, 301–2, 307, 309; tip on Aafia’s arrest (2005), 320–21; Yvonne Ridley and, 354–56
Sekuler, Robert, 123, 235, 244
Sercer, Angela, 412, 441, 451, 457
Shafi, Grand Mufti Muhammad, xii, 6, 19
Shafiq, Begum, 22
Shahzad, Faisal, 460
Shalabi, Mustafa, 67, 68
sharia (Islamic law), 5, 15, 31
Sharif, Nawaz, 60, 84
Sharon, Ariel, 323
Sharp, Elaine Whitfield, 258, 259, 260, 273, 298, 302, 309, 310, 320–21, 366, 413, 417–18, 450, 451
Shaukat, Imran, 248–49
al-Shehhi, Marwan, 220
al-Sheikh, Zahid, 83–84, 88, 108, 424
Shortcut to Enlightenment (Hirsi Ali), 313, 358, 414, 439–40
Shukrijumah, Adnan, 177–78, 185, 186, 188, 219, 247, 249, 273, 285, 320
Siad Barre, Mohamed, 11, 17, 28, 33, 40, 41, 43, 44
Siddiqui, Aafia: academic excellence, 24, 37–38, 58, 106, 122, 218; anti-Americanism, 33, 134–35; anti-Semitism, 183, 441, 442, 450; appearance, xvii, 59, 89, 182, 209; character and personality, 23, 89–90, 133–34, 148–49, 328; children, xvii, 115, 119, 134, 135, 148, 182, 188–89, 198, 208, 222, 411, 420, 421, 429, 458; death of father, 199; divorce from Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, 253; divorce from Amjad Khan, 198–99, 208–10, 218; dress of (veil and coat), 47, 119, 123, 164; irrationality, mental instability, 165, 168, 176, 421–22, 435, 441, 450; marriage counseling, 196–97; marriage prospects, 105–6; marriage to Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, 246, 253, 270, 328–29, 361, 424, 431; marriage to Amjad Khan, xvii, 88–90, 106, 109–10, 114–15, 134–36, 163–70, 176, 182–83, 196–99; mother’s influence on, 23–25, 45–46, 119, 142, 218; piety, zealotry, 34, 45, 47–48, 59, 96, 102, 110, 114–15, 120–21, 123, 133, 148, 167, 170, 196, 328; similarities with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, xviii–xix; as symbol, 466–68; theft of money from family account, 197–98; views on women, 58–59
early years and U.S. education: birth of, 4; in Boston, xvii, 96–97; at Brandeis University, xvii, 119–24, 142, 143, 235, 244; childhood in Pakistan, 20–25; at MIT, xvii, 38, 44–48, 58, 93–94, 106–7; mother’s background, 3–4, 6–8; in Pakistan, 23–24, 58–59; Persian Gulf War, reaction to, 36; religious instruction, 5, 7; University of Houston and, 25, 33–38; volunteer work, 45–46
Islamist activity and terrorism, 391; Abdullah Azzam and, 285; Abu Lubaba and, 218–19; Al-Kifah and, 61, 67, 68–70, 77, 78–79, 96, 101; al-Qaeda and, xvii, 177, 248, 249, 260, 272, 328, 337; al-Rashid Trust, Taliban, and, 128–29; Amir Aziz and, 328; Baltimore plot and Majid Khan, xi, xii, 220–24, 231–35, 247–48, 259, 299, 437; al-Baluchi family and, 60–61, 177, 219, 245–46, 249, 253; Benevolence International Foundation and, 101, 115, 187, 259; bioterrorism and chemical warfare, 218–19, 344–45, 418–19; black bag of, 387, 399, 402–3, 412, 418, 443, 453; Bosnia and fund-raising for jihad, 77, 84–85, 88–89, 115, 133; Care International and, 83, 84, 101, 135, 141, 176; commitment to jihad, 101–2, 105, 106, 110, 114–15, 143, 148–49, 163–70, 176–78, 185–86, 196–99; Dawah Resource Center and, 95–96; “dirty bomb plot” and Jose Padilla, 186, 394; e-mail to Pakistani Listserv, 108; Global Relief Foundation and, 101, 115, 187, 259; Internet sites and, 143, 182, 285; Iraq war and, 183; ISI and, 321, 329, 330, 345, 386–87, 423; Islamism and, 400, 427; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and, xvi, 246, 273, 299, 421, 424, 467; Lal Mosque and, 376; Marlene Earle and, 70; Mercy International and, 300; military manuals, military training, and survivalist skills, 96, 183, 185–86, 189, 259, 401, 419, 453; in MSA, 34, 46–47, 70, 97, 188; 9/11 attacks and, 155–56, 164, 176; Osama bin Laden and, 129–30; Qadoos family and, 328; return to Boston area (Jan. 5, 2002), 178; return to Pakistan (Sept. 19, 2001), 163–70; terrorists known by, 177–78, 188; visit to Pakistan (1992) and, 59–61; women sheltering jihadis and, 219
as wanted woman, 272–73, 285, 286, 298, 327–30, 361, 413; arrest in Ghazni, Afghanistan (July 17, 2008), 399–406, 411, 413, 416, 511n399; arrest of (2003), story of, 386, 416, 428, 451; arrest tip about (2005), 320–21; bail hearing, 421; beating by police, 403, 421, 451; boy captured with, 399–400, 419, 420, 421, 429, 452; charges against, 413, 416, 422, 437, 449; competency to stand trial, 442–44; conviction of, 453; court appearance (Aug. 5, 2008), 416; on FBI airline watch list, 223, 243; FBI and, 59, 107, 109, 114, 149, 176, 185, 186–89, 199, 218–19, 244, 245, 249, 298, 343, 412–13; on FBI’s Most Wanted list, 3, 220, 298; at Federal Medical Center, Carswell, 435–36, 441, 444, 465; flight to Pakistan (June 26, 2002), 187–89, 196–99; flight to Pakistan (Sept. 19, 2001), 156; imprisonment in U.S., 413; lawyers for, 417, 419, 421, 435, 441, 442, 449–52, 463–65 (see also Fink, Elizabeth; Sharp, Elaine Whitfield); letter to warden, 441–42; at Metropolitan Detention Center, 417, 441; in Pakistan, post–2002, 218–19; Pakistani Senate allocates funds for defense of, 436, 450; as “Prisoner 650,” xii, 393–96; refusal to attend court appearances, 435
; sentencing of, 463–65; trial of, 449–53; vanishing of, xvii, 245–53, 258–63, 270–73, 298, 301–2, 308–10, 320–21, 330, 343–45, 355–56, 367, 395–96; vanishing of, Faruqi’s story, 385–88; whereabouts, missing years, 343–45, 377, 416–17, 435, 436, 444, 451, 464, 503n343; wounding of, 405–6, 416, 417, 450–51
Siddiqui, Fowzia, xii, 4, 109, 119, 148, 149, 210, 223, 245, 258, 270, 271–72, 300, 301–2, 320–21, 411, 412, 420, 423, 459; Aafia’s daughter and, 458; custody of Ahmad, 429–30, 437; protesting Aafia’s conviction, 457–58
Siddiqui, Ismat Jehan, xii, 3–4, 6–8, 142; Aafia’s children and, 411, 422, 430, 458; Aafia’s disappearance and, 249, 250–51, 253, 258–63, 270–73, 299, 320–21, 387; Aafia’s marriage to Ali and, 366; Aafia’s marriage to Amjad Khan and, 89; activism in Pakistan, 21–25, 244; activism in Zambia, 7–8, 21; Boston grand jury subpoena for, 259, 260; estrangement from S. H. Faruqi, 272; expectations for Aafia, 89; FBI and, 258–59; Grand Mufti Shafi and, xii, 6; Jamaat-e-Islami, al-Qaeda, and, 177; lawyer for, 258, 260, 298, 299, 309, 320–21, 366 (see also Sharp, Elaine Whitfield); UIO and, 7–8, 21, 88, 119, 309–10; in U.S., 122; women sheltering jihadis and, 219
Siddiqui, Muhammad Ali (Ali), 4, 25, 33, 186–87, 189, 450, 453; FBI and, 245, 246, 259
Siddiqui, Muhammad Sualeh (Sualeh), xii, 4, 119, 176, 199, 208; in Lusaka, Zambia, 7, 244; Mufti Taqi and, 21
Siegel, Lee, 390
Sign and Sight Web site, 389, 390
Simons, Marlise, 212, 214, 322
Sinnema, Pauline, 204, 207
“Slaughter of Allah’s Enemies” (film), 242
Snyder, Robert, 402, 404, 405, 418, 449, 451
Somalia, 30, 43; aggression as cultural in, 27, 111; al-Ittihad al-Islami, 32; allure of the West, 42; atrocities in, 82; Ayaan Hirsi Ali in, 33, 39–44; Ayaan Hirsi Ali departure from, 49–51, 476n49; beautiful women of, 10; crisis in, 64; Darood, 10, 40, 43, 44, 52, 91; emigration from, 41–42, 44, 56; female circumcision and, xviii, 12–13, 215, 264–66; kinship and clans, 9–10; mental illness as possession, 117; mukhali (agents) for obtaining Western asylum, 50–51; Muslim Brotherhood in, 40; national character, 10; oral tradition, 27; refugees and mental illness, 100; Siad Barre dictatorship, 11, 17, 28, 40, 41, 43; SSDF and civil war, 13, 40, 41, 43, 52, 425; traditional culture, 9; traditional wedding, 55–56; United Nations in, 41, 74, 82; U.S. intervention in, 74, 82, 91–92, 409–10; U.S. policy and, 33, 410; women in, 12, 31, 39–40
Somali National University, 39–40
Sommers, Christina Hoff, 384
Son Factory, The (Hirsi Ali), 215
Soviet Union, 20, 24, 42
Spain, 278, 317
Spencer, Robert, 369
Spinoza, Benedict, 179
Sterk, Mirjam, 275
Stewart, Lynne, 417
“Submission” (film), xiv, 276, 277–78, 282–83, 287, 313, 316, 322, 462; Nova reaction program, 287–88; sequel, 311, 348, 439
Sudan, 174
Sullivan, Gregory, 418
Swift, Charles D., 450
Switzerland, 51
Taha, Mahmoud Mohamed, 174
Tahir, Naema, 200–201
takfir (accusation of heresy), 173–74
Taliban, 127–28, 129, 164, 167, 218, 271, 354, 356, 374, 399, 424; Aafia Siddiqui and, 385, 387; assassination of Benazir Bhutto and, 377, 413; suicide bombers and, 424, 426, 459. See also Pakistani Taliban
terrorism: 1993 bombing of World Trade Center, 59, 61, 69, 77–79, 129, 177, 252; 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, 109; 1998 Nairobi and Dar es Salaam embassy bombings, 285; 2000 attack on USS Cole, 251; 2001, 9/11 attacks, xii, xvi, 155–56, 177, 185, 219–20; 2001 hijackers, 220; arrests of terrorists, 242–43, 247, 248, 251, 253, 284–86; Baltimore plot, xi, xii, 220–24, 231–35, 253, 261, 299, 336–37; al-Baluchi, Ammar (Ali Abdul Aziz Ali) and, 219–22; al-Baluchi family and, 60, 186, 431; bioterrorism and chemical warfare, 244–45, 260, 328, 344–45; Boston companies with ties to, 185; CIA deck of cards of terrorists, 327; “Deadly Seven,” 272, 299; “dirty bomb plot” and Jose Padilla, 186, 394; Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and, 360, 450; Heathrow Airport plot, 285; Hofstad group, 279–81, 318; Islamic charities implicated in, 59, 70, 83, 88, 101–2, 105, 115, 129, 141, 156, 185, 187; Jemaah Islamiah and, 221–22; Jose Padilla and, 177–78, 185, 186, 219; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and, 185, 186, 219–20, 222, 233; “Landmarks Case,” 96; London Underground bombing, 324; Madrid train bombings, 278, 317; mubtakkar attack proposed on New York subways, 327; Norwegian mass murder, 462; NSA wiretapping of Pakistanis, 329–30; poison-destruction of reservoirs plot, 233; Ramzi Yousef and, 252; Times Square attempted bombing, 460; trial of Uzair Paracha, 336–37; U.S. lack of coordinated intelligence, 177; U.S. pursuit of Aafia Siddiqui, 272–73, 285, 286, 298, 327–30 (see also Siddiqui, Aafia, as wanted woman)
Thatcher, Margaret, 357
Threadcraft, John-Caleb, 401, 402, 404
Tibi, Bassam, 390
Tikka, Juha-Pekka, 43
Time, 323, 445, 446
Trappenburg, Margo, 181
Tromp, Bart, 181
Trouw newspaper, 172, 179, 194, 225, 264; Visser interview with Ayaan (“Muhammad Is a Perverse Tyrant”), 225–27, 237
Tufts New England Medical Center, 149–50, 166, 182, 189
Turkey, 333, 372
Umar, Ebru, 275, 317–18
United Islamic Organisation (UIO), 7–8, 21, 88, 119, 309–10
United Nations, 74; Ayaan Hirsi Ali working for, 41; High Commissioner for Refugees, 26, 49, 56; objections to treatment of Afghan women, 128; U.S. war in Iraq, 236
United States: Afghanistan war, xvii, 164, 177, 182; Bosnia and, 74; Hirsi Magan Isse in, 10–11; Iraq war, 177, 183, 236–38, 270; Islamism in, 35, 67–68, 85, 89, 93, 94, 106, 115, 129, 178 (see also specific groups); Muslim community, Houston, 33; Pakistan policy and General Zia, 20; Pakistan terrorist arrests and, 242–43, 261, 270; Persian Gulf War, 36; Somalia intervention (Operation Restore Hope), 74, 82, 91–92, 409–10; Somalis studying in, 10–11; terrorists in, 222; torturing of prisoners, 236–37. See also Hirsi Ali, Ayaan; Siddiqui, Aafia Siddiqui; specific agencies
universal human rights, xvi, 390, 487n162
University of Houston, 25, 33–38
Usman, Muhammad, 400, 401
Usmani, Muhammad Rafi, xii, 19, 21, 22, 24, 33, 106, 262, 376; marriage counseling for Aafia Siddiqui, 196–97
Usmani, Muhammad Taqi, xii, 19, 21, 58, 164
van Aartsen, Jozias, 318
van Bakel, Rogier, 372–73
van den Bergh, Harry, 206
van Dijk, Eveline, 180, 202, 215–16, 217, 229, 492n215
van Dongen. Jos, xiii, 331–35, 338–42
van Gogh, Theo, xiv, 229; Allah Knows Best book, 281; Ayaan Hirsi Ali and, xviii, 228–30, 276; criticism of Islam and, 276; murder of, xiii, xiv, xv, xviii, 9, 288–93, 461, 462, 467, 499n279 (see also Bouyeri, Mohammed); “Submission” and, xiv, xviii, 276, 277, 282, 288; surveillance of, 281–82; threats against life and, 281, 283
van Houcke, Stan, 213
van Kerkhoven, Marco, xiv, 112–13, 117, 137–40, 144, 146, 151, 152, 194, 201, 203–4, 215–17, 391, 414, 447
Veerman, Muddah, 62–63, 74
Verdonk, Rita, xiv, 274, 331–32, 333, 342, 350, 351
Verhey, Elma, 205, 215, 338
Viewpoint Web site, 458
Vink, Jaffe, 172, 194
Visser, Arjan, 225
Vogue magazine, xvi, 297, 298, 303, 320
Volendam, Holland, 62–63
von der Fuhr. Gijs, 257
Vrij Nederland, 205, 338
al-Wahhab, Muhammad Ibn abd, 16
Wahhabism, 16
Walsh, Declan, 386, 388
Walter, Natasha, 363
Walters, Jason, 279, 281, 292
Walters, Jermaine, 292
War of the World, The (Ferguson), 446
Warren, Rick, 382
Warsame, Maryan Farah, xiv, 11–12, 39, 41, 52, 55, 104, 190; Ayaan Hirsi Ali and, 39–40, 409; children of, 11, 12, 39�
�40; marriage to Hirsi Magan, 11–12, 52–53, 75
Waziristan, 270, 303, 304, 376, 377, 412–13, 426, 459–60
We Are the Women of Lashkar-e-Taiba (Hammad), 127
Weekly Standard, 322
Weisser, Rebecca, 414
Wersengeli, Ali, 42, 53–54
What Kind of Liberation? (Al-Ali and Pratt), 372
Wiardi Beckman Institute, 152, 153, 157, 171, 191, 193, 201, 202, 206
Wiegel, Hans, 319
WikiLeaks, 417
Wilders, Geert, 238–39, 292, 311, 316, 333, 380, 381, 389, 504n353
Will, George, 358
Withuis, Jolande, 191
women: Aafia Siddiqui’s views on, 58–59; in Afghanistan, 128; Al-Kifah and violence against, 68; Deobandism and, 127–28; exploitation of, Western, 180; female circumcision (genital mutilation), xviii, 12–13, 104, 264–66, 268; Grand Mufti Muhammad Shafi and, 6; groups working on Muslim women’s issues, 383; Hudood laws, 19, 21–22, 58; in Iraq, 372; as Islamic activists, 7, 105, 127; in the Netherlands, 145; polygamy and, 11, 40, 68; Saudi laws for, 14, 16; in Somalia, 12, 39–40; under Islam, xv, xvi, xviii, 3–4, 6, 7, 15, 19, 58, 95, 105, 127–28, 134, 139, 180, 275, 333, 364–65; U.S. war in Afghanistan and, xvii; Western equality of, 7
Women Living Under Muslim Laws (group), 384
Women Warriors for Allah (Groen and Kranenberg), 242
Woodworth, Gary, 453
Worchester, MA, 127
World Trade Center: 1993 bombing, 59, 61, 69, 77–79, 129, 177, 252; 2001, 9/11 attacks, 155–56, 177, 219–20; choice of, as target, 77–78, 154–55; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 9/11 attacks, 185; Muslim celebration at destruction of, 157
Wright, Mark, 394–95
Yahya, Mahmoud, 12
Yahya, Morabit (Al Layth Abou Al Layth), 79
Yaqoob, Rabia, 221
Yousef, Ramzi, 60, 61, 69, 77–78, 83, 84, 88, 107, 109, 129, 177, 185, 219, 252, 284, 300, 416, 424, 431, 462; capture of, 107
Yusef, Guled Ahmed, 125
Yusuf, Irfan, 364
zakat (almsgiving), 22
Zalm, Gerrit, 193, 204, 213, 215, 226, 283, 313
Zambia: Siddiqui family in, 7, 18, 244; UIO formed in, 7–8
Zardari, Asif Ali, 424
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