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{{short description|2004 book by Ayaan Hirsi Ali}}
{{Infobox book
| name             = The Caged Virgin
| title_orig       = De maagdenkooi
| translator       = 
| image            = De maagdenkooi (book by Ayaan Hirsi Ali).jpg
| caption          = Cover of the original Dutch edition
| author           = [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]]
| illustrator      = 
| cover_artist     = 
| country          = 
| language         = Dutch
| series           = 
| subject          = [[Women in Islam]]
| genre            = 
| publisher        = [[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]]
| pub_date         = August 2004<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bol.com/nl/p/de-maagdenkooi/1001004002056209/ |title=De Maagdenkooi |work=Bol.com |accessdate=14 May 2019}}</ref>
| english_pub_date = April 2006<ref name="EnBol">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bol.com/nl/p/the-caged-virgin/1001004002779677/ |title=The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women And Islam |work=Bol.com |accessdate=15 May 2019}}</ref>
| media_type       = Print
| pages            = 187
| isbn             = 978-0-7432-8833-0
| oclc             = 64390639
| dewey            = 297.082
| congress         = BP173.4 .H5813 2006
| preceded_by      = [[De zoontjesfabriek]]
| followed_by      = [[Infidel: My Life|Infidel]]
| notes            = {{LCCN|2006043345}}
}}

'''''The Caged Virgin: A Muslim Woman's Cry for Reason''''', also published as '''''The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam''''' ({{langx|nl|De maagdenkooi}}), is a 2004 book by the former Dutch parliamentarian [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]]. ''The Caged Virgin'' was first published in English in 2006.

== Publication history ==
The book was first published in Dutch as {{Lang|nl|De maagdenkooi}} ("The Virgin's Cage" or "The Cage of Virgins"<ref name="Caldwell"/>) in August 2004 as a collection of seven essays and one interview with [[Irshad Manji]], totalling 79 pages.<ref name="2004GB">{{Cite book |last=Hirsi Ali |first=Ayaan |date=August 2004 |title=De maagdenkooi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDEyAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT4 |location=Amsterdam |publisher=Uitgeverij Augustus |page=4 |isbn=9789045703565 |accessdate=14 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref> Like its predecessor ''[[De zoontjesfabriek]]'' (December 2002), a Dutch-language collection of seven essays and one interview for a total of 95 pages, it focused on criticism of the position and role of [[women in Islam]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.digibron.nl/search/detail/012dc6e76e1cb265fd4fd531/hirsi-ali-bekritiseert-seksuele-moraal-islam |title=Hirsi Ali bekritiseert seksuele moraal islam |author=Peter van Olst |work=[[Reformatorisch Dagblad]] |publisher=Digibron |date=22 September 2004 |accessdate=14 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref> Around September 2004, Finnish [[Otava (publisher)|publishing house Otava]] was one of the first to approach Hirsi Ali with plans to translate her writings.<ref name="Vloet"/>

Hirsi Ali had been under the constant protection of an armed [[security detail]] ever since September 2002 after receiving death threats for months for her earliest writings (that would later be bundled in ''{{Lang|nl|De zoontjesfabriek}}''), television appearances and [[apostasy in Islam|renouncing Islam]].<ref name="Caldwell">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/03/magazine/daughter-of-the-enlightenment.html |title=Daughter of the Enlightenment |author=Christopher Caldwell |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=3 April 2005 |accessdate=15 May 2019}}</ref> Shortly after she published ''{{Lang|nl|De maagdenkooi}}'', the 11-minute shortfilm ''[[Submission (2004 film)|Submission]]'', that she produced together with film director [[Theo van Gogh (film director)|Theo van Gogh]], was first screened on Dutch television on 29 August 2004. It presented four fictional episodes involving violence against women and [[Quran]]ic verses that could be used to justify it.<ref name="Caldwell"/> After Muslim extremist [[Mohammed Bouyeri]] shot and stabbed Van Gogh to death in [[Amsterdam]] on 4 November 2004, leaving a five-page note with a death threat to Hirsi Ali as well, she had to go in hiding for two months.<ref name="Caldwell"/> Meanwhile, the shock of the attack raised international interest in her writings. In March 2005, Hirsi Ali faced a lawsuit over a claim made by four Dutch Muslim men that the {{Lang|nl|De maagdenkooi}} contained "[[blasphemy|blasphemous]] and offensive" statements,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/uitspraken-hirsi-ali-voor-rechter-uitgevochten~b8b42913/ |title=Uitspraken Hirsi Ali voor rechter uitgevochten |author=Janny Groen  |work=de Volkskrant |date=2 March 2005 |accessdate=16 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref> but the suit was rejected.<ref name="Caldwell"/>

A compilation of {{Lang|nl|De zoontjesfabriek}} and {{Lang|nl|De maagdenkooi}} was translated to German and published in May 2005 under the title {{Lang|de|Ich klage an. Plädoyer für die Befreiung der muslimischen Frauen}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-40383859.html |title=Raus aus dem Jungfrauenkäfig |author=Conny Neumann |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=14 May 2005 |accessdate=15 May 2019 |language=de}}</ref> ("[[J'Accuse…!|I accuse]]. Plea for the Liberation of Muslim Women"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Taberner |first=Stuart |date=2017 |title=Transnationalism and German-Language Literature in the Twenty-First Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1LM-DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA168 |location=Leeds |publisher=Springer |page=168 |isbn=9783319504841 |accessdate=15 May 2019}}</ref>), which became a bestseller in [[Germany]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2005/06/20/duitse-bestseller-van-hirsi-ali-10545595-a789410 |title=Duitse bestseller van Hirsi Ali |work=[[NRC Handelsblad]] |date=20 June 2005 |accessdate=13 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref><ref name="buitenlandNL"/> defeating new pope [[Joseph Ratzinger]]'s biography.<ref name="Leidsch"/> In [[Italy]], a similar compilation and the scenario of ''Submission'' were released by Einaudi on 10 April 2005<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.einaudi.it/catalogo-libri/problemi-contemporanei/non-sottomessa-ayaan-hirsi-ali-9788806176501/ |title=Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Non sottomessa |work=Einaudi |date=10 April 2005 |accessdate=15 May 2019 |language=it}}</ref> under the name {{Lang|it|Non sottomessa. Contro la segregazione nella società islamica}} ("Not Submissive. Against Segregation in Islamic Society"), which also became a bestseller.<ref name="Leidsch"/><ref name="buitenlandNL"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2005/05/04/essays-hirsi-ali-bestseller-in-italie-10494203-a169836 |title=Essays Hirsi Ali bestseller in Italië |work=NRC Handelsblad |date=4 May 2005 |accessdate=13 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref> By June 2015, it was also translated into French (''{{Lang|fr|Insoumise}}'', also became a bestseller in [[France]]<ref name="buitenlandNL">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2006/05/17/zo-schrijft-het-buitenland-nu-over-nederland-11130218-a743375 |title=Zo schrijft het buitenland nu over Nederland |work=NCR Handelsblad |date=17 May 2006 |accessdate=16 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref>), Turkish and Finnish.<ref name="Leidsch">{{Cite news |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/2005-06-21/edition/0/page/8 |title=Gesprek van de dag: menselijk |work=[[Leidsch Dagblad]] |date=21 June 2005 |accessdate=15 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref> The Finnish edition, titled ''{{Lang|fi|Neitsythäkki}}'', omitted Hirsi Ali's most controversial quote from a January 2003 ''[[Trouw]]'' interview, namely that "[[Muhammad]] was a perverse tyrant". [[Otava (publisher)|Publisher Otava]] claimed this was a "technical error", an explanation that made Hirsi Ali laugh; she said Otava should apologise, correct it and not engage in [[censorship]].<ref name="Vloet">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2005/09/24/finnen-snijden-in-boek-hirsi-ali-10630873-a830373 |title=Finnen snijden in boek Hirsi Ali |author=Corine Vloet |work=NRC Handelsblad |date=24 September 2015 |accessdate=16 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref> The August 2005 Swedish translation was titled {{Lang|sv|Kräv er rätt! Om kvinnor, islam och en bättre värld}} ("Demand your rights! On Women, Islam and a Better World"); Hirsi Ali visited [[Stockholm]] to promote it,<ref>{{Cite news |title="Islam kräver total lydnad" |url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/islam-kraver-total-lydnad/ |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=29 August 2005 |accessdate=15 May 2019 |language=sv}}</ref> and received the [[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]]'s Democracy Prize there.<ref name="buitenlandNL"/> By May 2006, the book had been translated into about 10 languages.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2006/05/26/liegen-over-je-identiteit-is-noodzaak-11135158-a546926 |title=Liegen over je identiteit is noodzaak |work=NRC Handelsblad |date=26 May 2006 |accessdate=15 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref>

In April 2006, an English translation was published by [[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]] under the title ''The Caged Virgin'', which was a compilation of three essays from ''{{Lang|nl|De zoontjesfabriek}}'', five essays plus the Manji interview from ''{{Lang|nl|De maagdenkooi}}'', the script of ''Submission'', as well as several new essays, jointly encompassing 187 pages.<ref name="EnBol"/> The 2008 American edition omitted two of the 2006 version's essays and added two more for 188 pages.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hirsi Ali |first=Ayaan |date=September 2008 |title=The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yr8vBgAAQBAJ&pg=PR7 |location=New York |publisher=[[Atria Publishing Group|Atria]], [[Simon & Schuster]] |page=vii–viii |isbn=9780743288347 |accessdate=14 May 2019}} (2008 American edition)</ref>

== Contents ==
{{Column
|1 =
;''De maagdenkooi''<ref name="2004GB"/> (original Dutch edition, August 2004):
# <span style="background-color:Salmon;">De maagdenkooi</span>
# <span style="background-color:#FFCC00;">Vier casestory's uit de Somalisch-islamitische praktijk</span>
# Hoezo uiting van trots?
# <span style="background-color:#FFEE00;">Pak huiselijk geweld effectiever aan</span>
# <span style="background-color:PaleGreen;">Genitale verminking mag niet worden gedoogd</span>
# <span style="background-color:PaleTurquoise;">De nachtmerrie van Bin Laden – Interview met Irshad Manji</span>
# Op zoek naar wat ons bindt
# <span style="background-color:Thistle;">10 tips voor moslima's die weg willen</span><br />
<br />
::''Note: the equivalent chapters that feature in both editions,<br />have been marked by colours.''
|2 =
;''The Caged Virgin''<ref name="EnBol"/> (first English edition, April 2006):
:* Preface: Breaking Through the Islamic Curtain
# Stand Up for Your Rights! Women in Islam (adapted from ''De zoontjesfabriek'')
# Why Can't We Take a Critical Look at Ourselves? (adapted from ''De zoontjesfabriek'')
# <span style="background-color:Salmon;">The Virgins' Cage</span>
# Let Us Have a Voltaire (adapted from ''De zoontjesfabriek'')
# What Went Wrong? A Modern Clash of Cultures
# A Brief Personal History of My Emancipation
# Being a Politician Is Not My Ideal
# <span style="background-color:PaleTurquoise;">Bin Laden's Nightmare – Interview with Irshad Manji</span>
# Freedom Requires Constant Vigilance
# <span style="background-color:#FFCC00;">Four Women's Lives</span>
# <span style="background-color:#FFEE00;">How to Deal with Domestic Violence More Effectively</span>
# <span style="background-color:PaleGreen;">Genital Mutilation Must Not Be Tolerated</span>
# <span style="background-color:Thistle;">Ten Tips for Muslim Women Who Want to Leave</span>
# ''Submission: Part I''
# The Need For Self-Reflection Within Islam
# Portrait of a Heroine as a Young Woman
# A Call for Clear Thinking
}}

According to [[Christopher Hitchens]], the English edition has three themes: "first, her own gradual emancipation from tribalism and superstition; second, her work as a parliamentarian to call attention to the crimes being committed every day by Islamist thugs in mainland Europe; and third, the dismal silence, or worse, from many feminists and multiculturalists about this state of affairs."<ref name="Hitchens"/>

In the book Hirsi Ali discusses her own struggle with [[Islam]], intended as a model how other Muslim women may achieve their own emancipation. In advising women how to address the divide between [[Western world|Western]] and Islamic thought, she draws on her firsthand knowledge of the Islamic world and the philosophical tradition originating in the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Chadwick |first=Alex |author-link=Alex Chadwick |title='The Caged Virgin': A Call for Change in Islam |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=4 May 2006 |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5382547 |accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref>

Hirsi Ali contends that in Islamic regions Muslim women who seek solace and escape from Islam are typically threatened with death, and those Muslim women who do escape the "virgins' cage" are branded whores. The author discusses Islamic views on the role of women, the rights of individuals, the roots of Islamic fanaticism, and proposes Western policies toward Muslim-majority countries and immigrant communities. Hirsi Ali emphasises how Muslim women have no basic rights in their lives. She describes how Muslim women are trapped not just in one, but two cages; a physical one where their movements are monitored, and a metaphysical one, which restricts their religious and cultural beliefs.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Islam in the West|journal=Dissent|volume=54|pages=123–129|doi=10.1353/dss.2007.0010|year=2007|s2cid=144275974 }}</ref> In the chapter "Ten Tips for Muslim Women Who Want to Leave", she describes the steps Muslim girls and young women can take in order to escape their conservative Islamic parental homes and live a life of their own choice.<ref name="Bleich"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.trouw.nl/home/gratis-seks~a90c44b0/ |title=Gratis seks |author=Hanan Nhass |work=[[Trouw]] |date=26 August 2004 |accessdate=15 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref>

== Reception ==
=== Dutch edition ===
Reviewing {{Lang|nl|De maagdenkooi}} for ''[[de Volkskrant]]'', Anet Bleich opined that the Ten Tips for Muslim girls who want to escape the metaphorical virgin's cage at the book's end were "well-reasoned and wise advice; this open letter is Hirsi Ali at her finest". However, Bleich dubbed her an "uncompromising idealist: that is both her strength and weakness. It's great that she constantly succeeds in making her point about the oppression of Muslim women. But it's a shame that she doesn't have the patience to look for allies in her own Enlightened Muslim circle."<ref name="Bleich">{{Cite news |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/compromisloze-idealiste-gerectificeerd~bbb3edb9/ |title=Compromisloze idealiste (Gerectificeerd) |author=Anet Bleich |work=de Volkskrant |date=2 September 2004 |accessdate=15 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref>

In early September 2004, ''[[Trouw]]'' called it a "hard-hitting" book, especially the stories from the four Somali women that Hirsi Ali acquainted during her job as an [[Language interpretation|interpreter]]. {{Lang|nl|De maagdenkooi}} was readily compatible with the film ''Submission'' that premiered on the ''[[Zomergasten]]'' programme soon after.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.trouw.nl/home/nieuwe-boeken-non-fictie~a0d4485f/ |title=Nieuwe boeken non-fictie |work=Trouw |date=4 September 2004 |accessdate=15 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref> A December 2004 ''Trouw'' review by Paul-Kleis Jager wondered whether it was necessary to criticise the religion itself in order to liberate Muslim girls and women, pointing to the recently emerged French feminist movement [[Ni Putes Ni Soumises]] that was led by secular Muslim woman [[Fadela Amara]]. Yet, he found it difficult to deny how intimately the [[virginity]] cult in Islam was tied to the core teachings of the Quran and the [[Hadith|Traditions of Muhammad]], causing few Muslim girls and women to have a choice in determining "whether, and if so, whom they married to; and whether, and if so, how many children they wanted to get". Such attitudes, Jager agreed with Hirsi Ali, resulted in "illiterate unhealthy mothers sitting at home, unable to guide their children into the world of education and labour," which was "complicit in the economic lag of Muslims".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.trouw.nl/cultuur/geen-sletten-geen-slavinnen~a0db1b8f/ |title=Geen sletten, geen slavinnen |author=Paul-Kleis Jager |work=Trouw |date=18 December 2004 |accessdate=16 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref>
[[File:Ayaan Hirsi Ali book signing.jpg|thumb|Ayaan Hirsi Ali signing books, 2008]]

''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'' critic Beatrijs Ritsema labelled it a "somewhat disorderly booklet, a kind of anti-Islam almanac", but praised its style: "What an enthusiasm, and so often Hirsi Ali is spot on." Ritsema agreed with Hirsi Ali that domestic violence prevention agencies should work better together, and the abuser rather than the victim should be moved out of the house. She did not agree, however, that all Muslim men sexually oppress Muslim women, though admitted many of them did. Ritsema was more optimistic about the degree to which third-generation Muslim immigrants integrated in Western society and adapted to progressive cultural norms regarding sexual autonomy and gender equality. She emphasised there were major differences amongst Muslims just as there were amongst the native Dutch, though the former still had a lot of catching up to do.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2004/09/10/de-sharia-voorbij-7701303-a1264843 |title=De sharia voorbij |author=Beatrijs Ritsema |work=NRC Handelsblad |date=10 September 2004 |accessdate=16 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref>

=== German edition ===
''[[Der Spiegel]]'' noted that Hirsi Ali's book, of which the German edition {{Lang|de|Ich klage an}} had already sold 80,000 copies between May and August 2005, fitted in a new emerging genre of books about Muslim women who escaped [[forced marriage]] arranged by their families and managed to establish a free life in Europe. Ayaan's work was compared to ''Ich wollte nur frei sein'' ("I Just Wanted to be Free") by Hülya Kalkan, ''Mich hat keiner gefragt'' ("Nobody Asked Me") by Ayşe, ''Erstickt an euren Lügen'' ("Choke on your Lies") by Inci Y., ''Fundamentalismus gegen Frauen'' ("Fundamentalism Against Women") by [[Nawal El Saadawi]] and ''Verschleppt in Jemen'' ("Kidnapped in Yemen") by Zana Muhsen.<ref>{{Cite news |author= |date=19 August 2005 |others=Translated by Christopher Sultan |title=Europe's Muslim Women: Best Selling Books Tell the Horrors of Forced Marriage |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe-s-muslim-women-best-selling-books-tell-the-horrors-of-forced-marriage-a-370415.html |accessdate=15 May 2019 |work=Der Spiegel}}</ref>

=== English edition ===
[[Natasha Walter]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that "''The Caged Virgin'' is a shocking read. Ayaan Hirsi Ali rages at crimes that are done to women by men: from forced marriage to female genital mutilation; from denial of education to sexual abuse within the family. Her fury about these crimes makes her essays vibrant and inspiring." However, "Hirsi Ali not only paints the whole of the Islamic world with one black brush, she also paints the whole of the western world with rosy tints in order to set it as perfect day to the bleak night of the Muslim world."<ref name="Walters">{{cite web |last=Walter |first=Natasha |author-link=Natasha Walter |title=Religion and righteousness |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 December 2006 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/dec/02/society.politics |accessdate=16 May 2019}}</ref> 

The book was also lauded by the author and journalist [[Christopher Hitchens]] in ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'': "I would urge you all to go out and buy her new book, ''The Caged Virgin'', which is subtitled ''An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam.'' (...) Considering that this book is written by a woman who was circumcised against her will at a young age and then very nearly handed over as a bargain with a stranger, it is written with quite astonishing humor and restraint." Voicing his frustration and anger over the "shameful" way Hirsi Ali had been treated in the Netherlands, Hitchens expressed the hope "that it will shame us all into making ''The Caged Virgin'' a best seller."<ref name="Hitchens">{{cite web |last=Hitchens |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Hitchens |title=The Caged Virgin: Holland's shameful treatment of Ayaan Hirsi Ali. |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2006/05/the_caged_virgin.html |date=8 May 2006 |accessdate=16 May 2019}}</ref>

[[Uma Narayan]] said the book was fragmented with bits of autobiography and a motivational letter. Hirsi Ali’s outrage at the discrimination of Muslim women was one dimensional, and struggled to bind feminism, racism and internationalism in the same book.<ref name="Snitow">{{Cite journal|last=Snitow|first=Ann|author-link=Ann Barr Snitow|date=2011-10-05|title=A Life in Violent Motion|journal=Dissent|volume=53|issue=4|pages=104–109|doi=10.1353/dss.2006.0068|s2cid=144249382 |issn=1946-0910}}</ref> For Narayan, Islam, like any other culture is permeable, it is dynamic and the boundaries constantly shift. She criticized Ali for having a generalized portrayal of the Muslim society, and assigning all Muslim cultures as violent and discriminatory. She missed the aspects of cross-cultural similarities, as well as possible internal cultural divisions.<ref name="Snitow" />

According to other authors, Islam, like every religious belief, has been hard wired into the society and it is very difficult to change these beliefs over a short span of time. However, Ali states that these cultural beliefs and ideas are not subject to any change or reform.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Davis|first=Kathy|date=2006|title=Review: You're Next: The Caged Virgin by Ayaan Hirsi Ali; Jane Brown|journal=The Women's Review of Books|volume=23|issue=6|pages=6–7|jstor=4024649}}</ref> Other reviewers like Leti Volp criticized Ali for highlighting culture only in some cases throughout the book but not all, which was considered as a political attempt to gain popularity, given her political interest and position at that time.<ref name="Snitow" />

[[Saba Mahmood]] wrote that the title of the work is "highly reminiscent of the nineteenth-century literary genre centered on [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] fantasies of the [[harem]]" and the book itself "full of absurd statements" such as "[Muslim] children learn from their mothers that it pays to lie.  Mistrust is everywhere and lies rule".<ref name="Mahmood">{{cite book|last1=Mahmood|first1=Saba|editor1-last=Alcoff|editor1-first=Linda|editor2-last=Caputo|editor2-first=John D.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-TEz92pSm10C&pg=PA83 |title=Feminism, Sexuality, and the Return of Religion|date=2011|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=New York|isbn=9780253223043|page=83|chapter=Religion, Feminism, and Empire: The New Ambassadors of Islamophobia}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Criticism of Islam]]
*[[Women in Islam]]

==References==
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