Posted AT 2:37 PM EDT on 20/08/05
Margaret Wente
When you meet her on a pleasant Friday evening in Toronto, it's hard to believe that certain people want Ayaan Hirsi Ali dead. She is a delicately built woman with an unfailingly courteous manner. But even here, on a visit to one of the world's safest cities, she's surrounded by a phalanx of bodyguards in body armour. To certain Muslims, this beautiful, fearless black woman is the Salman Rushdie of our times.
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