God or Not? Hirsi Ali’s Flip-Flopping Explained

The Other Millennial
6 min readJun 7, 2024

To understand her (latest) conversion, you have to understand the person.

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When Ayaan Hirsi Ali renounced Islam for atheism, her conversion made her a global star.

But stars appeal to specific audiences. Which audience considered her a star?

Her star power came from two sets of audiences: atheists, of course, and a much larger audience of Islam-haters.

She proudly called herself an infidel and even wrote several bestselling books on atheism and Islam bashing! She went to town with her story and milked it for all it was worth.

There is something visceral about watching Michael Cohen turn on Trump. Ali was the Cohen for Islam, and the audience lapped it up.

Over the years, the atheism cow had been milked dry. And now she has found a new cow to milk — a holy cow!

Let’s understand Ms. Ali’s background a bit.

Meet Ayaan Hirsi Ali — the opportunistic storyteller.

She swapped her citizenship of her birth country (Somalia), the capital of the third world, and got herself Dutch citizenship. It happens all the time, and there is nothing wrong with that — except that she fabricated…

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The Other Millennial

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