dr. qanta ahmed joins me now. author of in the land of invisible woman. what a great title, doctor. good to see you tonight. in the land of invisible women is right. that s one issue we have yet to fully explore and that is something that drove ayaan to have the views that she has and that is something you share with her, the treatment of women and how abhorrent it is in some factions of islam. yes, megyn. thanks for tracking me down in jerusalem where actually i m participating in talks to combat anti-semitism which is a central belief in political islamism. i have all the privileges that you just mentioned, international travel education, freedom of movement ability to hold wealth because of the islam my parents gave me. and yet all of those privileges are contracted under islamism. much of what ayaan speaks about is absolutely rings true when it comes to political islamism. and she s careful to point out this is not the sum of islam.
basically diluting our resources. who says every muslim is a suspect? ayaan does. she regularly conflates muslims with extremists calls for war on islam. she called in an interview in 2007 a war with islam. she said radicalism said it on this show just now, radicalism let me let her respond. she s sitting right here. go ahead, ayaan. i invite this man to read my latest book. i distinguish between three sets of muslims. a narrative about jihad, about sharia law, life after death instead of life before death. and they re targeting muslim families puzmuslim individuals and muslim communities here and elsewhere. i also say the vast majority of muslims are peace loving. i put them under the umbrella and their children they are being targeted in many different many ways by these radicals. and then there is this group of reforming muslims.
incredible freedom of people of all faith to enjoy this. that is not the case in other cases. the attempt to sully the privileges of the united states is a victory for anyone who is a patron or client or purveyor of islamism. how do you draw the distinction between the muslims who would like to fight it and don t like what it s doing to the perception of muslims at large to some extent and those, for example, our last guest who came out and wanted to equate radical islam with right wing extremism, you know that s a much bigger problem here in the united states. when it s like i don t know. i mean there are some examples of it but we re not seeing beheadings you know that often by right-wing extremists near the united states. none come to mind. well i think the distinction is the bottom line is do
welcome back to our kelly file special defying the sword. may 3rd a group in garland, texas, held a contest to draw pictures of muhammad, act considered an insult to the faith. event organizers were trying to make point about free speech in america and spent thousands on extra security to protect themselves. both the fbi and local police were on alert. sure enough two young muslim jihadis showed up with weapons and body armor but were killed by police before they could get inside. immediately the accusations began. organizers had deliberately provoked this attack inviting their own attempted murder. we wanted to put that to our panel. back now, author and lecturer dr. ayaan hirsi ali. dr. zuhdi jasser. author and physician, dr. qanta
serving 11 years and leaving service as a lieutenant commander. in 1999 zudi moved to arizona to take over his father s medical practice and then 9/11 happened. the murder of thousands at the hands of radical islamic terrorists compelled dr. jasser to act. he helped found and today he s the president of the american islamic forum for democracy. or aifd. an organization dedicated to fighting the dangerous ideology now known as radical islam. the aifd has become one of the most prominent american-muslim groups in the united states and has made him a target for critics. for dr. jasser to come here and act like muslims is the problem i think is erroneous. i think people who want to engage in nothing less than muslim hating really love you a lot. despite the backlash he has continued sharing his warnings from college lecture halls to the floor of the u.s. congress. if anything is growing with the growth of islamist