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Somali-born former Muslim Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former member of the Dutch parliament, has written a memoir titled "Infidel." (Photo by Gerard Cerles/AFP/Getty Images)

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How Ayaan Hirsi Ali became a Muslim apostate

Broadcast: Midday, 03/21/2007, 12:06 p.m.
Broadcast: Midday, 02/19/2008, 12:00 p.m.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali grew up a devout Muslim in Somalia and Saudi Arabia. She fled an arranged marriage, immigrated to the Netherlands and was elected to the Dutch parliament. Hirsi Ali had renounced her faith after terrorists attacked the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001, and religious extremists threatened to assassinate her.

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