By declaring our Prophet infallible and not permitting ourselves to question him, we Muslims had set up a static tyranny. The Prophet Muhammad attempted to legislate every aspect of life. By adhering to his rules of what is permitted and what is forbidden, we Muslims supressed the freedom to think for ourselves and to act as we chose. We froze the moral outlook of billions of people into the mind-set of the Arab desert in the seventh century. We were not just servants of Allah, we were slaves.

On that day Ayaan Hirsi Ali gave a press conference in which Ayaan Hirsi Ali restated that although Ayaan Hirsi Ali felt it was wrong to be granted asylum under false pretences the facts had been publicly known since 2002 when they had been reported in the media and in one of her publications. The ensuing political upheaval on 29 June ultimately led to the fall of the Second Balkenende cabinet.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Dutch pronunciation: [ɑˈjaːn ˈɦirsi ˈaːli] ([Image] listen); full name: Ayaan Hirsi Magan Isse Guleid Ali Wai’ays Muhammad Ali Umar Osman Mahamud; Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; Arabic: أيان حرسي علي‎ / ALA-LC: Ayān Ḥirsī ‘Alī) (born 13 November 1969) is a Somali-Dutch feminist and atheist activist writer and politician who is known for her views critical of Islam. In 2005 Ayaan Hirsi Ali was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2003 Ayaan Hirsi Ali was elected a member of the House of Representatives (the lower house of the Dutch parliament) representing the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).