Bernard-Henri Levy argues that Europe can't let Ayaan Hirsi Ali leave

A demonstration of support for Ayaan Hirsi Ali took place in Paris on February 10th. French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy used the opportunity to call on France to naturalise the former Dutch parliamentarian, and to give her European-sponsored security. "Isn't it the soul of Europe, its profound identity, its heritage that is in the balance when she pleads ... for a society where the theological-political link that modern Europe was built against is finally broken ? It's hard to find anyone more European today than Ayaan Hirsi Ali. And it is difficult, even more difficult, to do this with the idea of a great European disowned definitively by her spiritual homeland. Look at this European who intends to pursue the fight for the fundamental values of Europe, forced to leave the continent and permanently exile herself in the United States. This will be more than paradoxical, it will be absurd - and more than absurd, a bad omen."

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