{"id":12662,"date":"2015-04-10T09:08:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T13:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=12662"},"modified":"2015-04-10T09:12:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T13:12:03","slug":"former-muslim-wants-to-see-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2015\/04\/former-muslim-wants-to-see-change","title":{"rendered":"Former Muslim Wants to See Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks at the National Press Club\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/348P3ooQUPk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Author and former Muslim Ayaan Hirsi Ali spoke at the National Press Club on April 7th and said there needs to be five amendments to Islam.\u00a0She said \u201cindividuals\u201d within Islam today are coming forth and admitting that Muhammad provides \u2018too much inspiration to too many bad people.\u2019 \u00a0Listen to her\u00a0recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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