Restoring the West by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Restoring the West by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The World According to Ayaan

TWAA: The Gates of Western Civilization

Instead of letting history merely happen to us, defenders of liberty must take a proactive role in deciding what we will embrace and reject.

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Restoring the West by Ayaan
Apr 04, 2026
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The immense satisfaction derived from fulfilling your professional purpose is hard to describe. As Restoring the West approaches the end of its first full month of publication, I have been so encouraged to read the hundreds of uplifting comments from readers. “Thank you for this mission, for helping us put our thoughts into words,” wrote one subscriber. That clarity and direction is precisely why Restoring the West exists. With every article view and note left, our team unearths further certitude of the rightness of our positions in defending the values of the West. We are exactly where we are meant to be.

What I’m Thinking About

I love having deep conversations on topics that truly matter. In a world that is so often superficial and artificial, taking a deep dive on weighty issues affecting our world gives me hope for the future. That’s what AHA Foundation President Trey Dimsdale and I did recently when he interviewed me for “Ayaan Answers: Why Western Liberty Cannot Coexist with Islamic Law.” We discussed the current disastrous trend of Western societies assuming that all cultures are created equal—which, unless halted, can only result in the degradation of the very values that made Western society so great. Our conversation was no fatuous complaint session either, as we see what so many seem to be missing: the West is worth preserving.

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