Ayaan Hirsi Ali spent years as one of the best-known allies of the New Atheists and a fierce critic of the Islam she had left. In late 2023 she announced she had become a Christian. Her first essay framed it partly as the civilization-shaping foundation the West needs — which drew sharp criticism — but she has since described something more personal: a faith born of despair, guided by the mathematician John Lennox. A living, still-unfolding story.
Her essay 'Why I Am Now a Christian' (UnHerd, 2023) — in copyright; linked, not reproduced.
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