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An engrossing look at women and Islam finds parallels between a bestselling author and a convicted terrorist

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui   

Deborah Scroggins� engrossing new book, �Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui,� is the story of a martyr and a she-devil. Or the story of a she-devil and a martyr, depending on your perspective. However, the author (a prizewinning international journalist) subscribes to neither view. By juxtaposing the lives of two (in)famous women involved with the so-called War on Terror � a celebrated critic of Islam and the only woman included on the FBI�s most-wanted list of al Qaida-linked international terrorists � Scroggins aims to show how �women like Ayaan and Aafia became symbols in battles that were really about other things.�

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Edited by abuayisha - 17 March 2012 at 7:21am

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	An engrossing look at women and Islam finds parallels between a bestselling author and a convicted terrorist Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui Deborah Scroggins� engrossing new book, �Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui,� is the story of a martyr and a she-devil. Or the story of a she-devil and a martyr, depending on your perspective. However, the author (a prizewinning international journalist) subscribes to neither view. By juxtaposing the lives of two (in)famous women involved with the so-called War on Terror � a celebrated critic of Islam and the only woman included on the FBI�s most-wanted list of al Qaida-linked international terrorists � Scroggins aims to show how �women like Ayaan and Aafia became symbols in battles that were really about other things.� Continue Reading Edited by abuayisha - 17 March 2012 at 7:21am