Satanic Verses
First, I have to apoligize, this is quite a long video, and I found it so intriguing that I sat down and watched the full thing, and I'm sure I wont be the only one. Although if you have a short attention span you can watch a few minutes and realise it's quite similar to "Infedel".
This documentary is about a man, Salman Rushdie, who wrote an extremely controversial book, "The Satanic Verses", which is written to be fiction but has many similarities and references to the Muslim religion. As soon as the book was out there was a price for his death, quite similar to after Ayaan had released "Infedel".
In fact, in "Infidel" Ayaan mentions that she attended one of these book burnings from the video. She went with her teacher and husband. She goes on to say that her teacher, Sister Aziza, was "sheering and chanting" where as Ayaan herself, mentioned that "(She) felt estranged, somehow very uncomfortable." (118) This is before she is questioning her faith much, but you can see it is starting. Although, later she states that "It didnt even occur to (her) to question that Salman Rushdie should be killed: if Rushdie had insulted the Prophet, then he deserved to die." (118).
In such a well-developed country, like Canada, I think most of us really can't imagine this kind of government. The idea that someone could be killed for a book that just expresses one's opinions, or in Ayaan's case, life story and thoughts, is something that I think most of us have a hard time grasping. I'm reading this book and I sit, in my living room, or my school library, and I can't even imagine any of this, it seems surreal, and it just amazes me that this is happening.