Lots of new info about Ayaan Hirsi Ali at Liberty and Justice, including the news that if Netherlands Integration Minister Rita Verdonk succeeds in revoking Hirsi Ali’s Dutch citizenship, she may have serious difficulties in getting a visa for the United States.

Peaktalk had an insightful post on Monday: Hirsi Ali’s Fall:

The other aspect that should be underlined here is the deep resentment that success and ambition usually generate in The Netherlands. Dynamic careers, success, outspokenness, standing out in the crowd are things that have always been frowned upon, although that has changed a bit in recent years I guess. Still, the Dutch coined the phrase “act normal, that is strange enough” and a very ambitious black Muslim woman who built up a spectacular political career with international allure by holding a mirror in front of the complacent and politically lethargic Dutch was of course not something that would be rewarded with eternal gratitude. Intelligent as she is, Hirsi Ali must have been keenly aware that she was bound to get into real trouble and by that I do not mean a jihadist ready to kill her. No, her once receptive hosts and former friends will now have the honor of wielding the knife.