Ayaan Hirshi Ali
 

Dutch (Somalian born) politician loses her dutch passport, because of the conservative governement. She will work for a ThinkTank aligned to George W. Bush.

I think dutch governement (mrs. R. Verdonk) makes a mistake by taking away Ali's passport.

Any opinions from outside Holland?

did she lose her passport? i thought she decided to expatriate...

Well not yet, Holland voted for her and she's still popular.
She had to leave the Netherlands because she lied about her home country, she said that it was war in Somalie and that she had to move her ass to my country: Holland. Now Netwerk ( dutch news program) did a little research and found out that Hirshi Ali didn't live in Somalie at time of the war but was save in another country. So the rules in Holland are that if you come from a place where there is danger for yr life then you are welcome, but she was not in danger at the time there was war in her home country.

Why do you think it is a mistake from Rita Verdonk to take away her passport?
Rita and Hirsche are from the party VVD and that party you can compare with republicans!!!

Hirshi Ali is a controversial person, but quite good for dutch politics. She works for the VVD, but before that she worked for PVDA. So she isn't quite a right wing conservative.

VVD members have used her, because of the media attention she draws. She is always talking about the liberation of islam women. She made the film "Submission" with director Theo van Gogh, who was murdered by an islam fanatic afterwards. Ali has been getting death threats for years now.

Now that she has decided to leave, the VVD (Verdonk) take away her passport, because of a false name and birthdate.

Its all a dirty political game. Hirshi Ali deserves more respect for the things that she has done, even if you don't agree with her.