Hirsi Rhetorical Analysis

When Hirsi told Neelie she was running for a position in Holland’s Parliament, she was met with discourse and discouragement. Neelie described her dreams as a “sinkhole,” leading to no actual progression in Muslim society. Despite the low hopes her friend had for her, Hirsi had a mission to speed the process of emancipation for Muslim women. The goals were laid out as such: for Holland to bear witness to the oppression of Muslim women and to punish those who oppress them, for Muslim women to realize how much they are oppressed and how unacceptable the position they are in, and to spark a discussion of the Muslim culture and religion so the members can question their own beliefs rather than blindly follow.
Hirsi’s election in the Liberal party in parliament got the ball rolling, and with such, she started quickly on her first goal: Holland realizing the oppression of Muslim women. She began by speaking with other members of the party about her want to give independent resident papers to women who came to Holland to marry
She was aware that freeing Muslim women from their “mental cage” would take time, due to their inherent response to do nothing but submit to the Islamic tradition. Most messages she received, however were from Muslims who would call her a traitor to her people.
Hirsi’s last goal came at her stronger than she could have imagined, she wanted Muslims to be presented with questions into their beliefs for them to form their own opinions. The opinions that seemed to surface first were extreme signs of hate towards her for being a blasphemer to her own religion. It all started with a Moroccan man being arrested for posting Hirsi’s location on the internet accompanied by two photos: one of Theo and one of her, along with the message that both of them must die, and that Allah would