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==Prominent figures==
Several key figures associated with the New Atheism movement include [[Richard Dawkins]], [[Sam Harris]], [[Christopher Hitchens]], [[Daniel Dennett]], and [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]].<ref name=":
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Hirsi Ali was later involved in the production of the film ''[[Submission (2004 film)|Submission]]'', for which her friend [[Theo van Gogh (film director)|Theo van Gogh]] was murdered with a death threat to Hirsi Ali pinned to his chest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Controversial film maker killed|date=November 2, 2004|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/controversial-filmmaker-shot-dead-531777.html | location=London | work=[[The Independent]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624091729/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/controversial-filmmaker-shot-dead-531777.html|archive-date=June 24, 2011}}</ref> This event resulted in Hirsi Ali's hiding and later emigrating to the United States, where she resides and remains a prolific critic of Islam.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hirsi Ali|first=Ayaan|title=Christians in the Muslim world|url=http://mag.newsweek.com/2012/02/05/ayaan-hirsi-ali-the-global-war-on-christians-in-the-muslim-world.html|date=6 February 2012|work=Newsweek|access-date=3 November 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212737/http://mag.newsweek.com/2012/02/05/ayaan-hirsi-ali-the-global-war-on-christians-in-the-muslim-world.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She regularly speaks out against the treatment of women in Islamic doctrine and society<ref>{{cite web |last=Hirsi Ali |first=Ayaan|title=Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Protecting Women From Militant Islam |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali-on-Protecting-Women-From-Militant-Islam.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625215745/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali-on-Protecting-Women-From-Militant-Islam.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 25, 2012|date=May 15, 2012 |work=Smithsonian.com}}</ref> and is a proponent of free speech and the freedom to offend.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hirsi Ali |first=Ayaan |title=The Right to Offend |date=May 12, 2009 |website=Project Reason |url=http://www.project-reason.org/archive/item/the_right_to_offend_a_speech_by_ayaan_hirsi_ali/ |archive-date=December 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206133048/http://www.project-reason.org/archive/item/the_right_to_offend_a_speech_by_ayaan_hirsi_ali/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hirsi Ali |first=Ayaan |title=Muslim Rage and the Last Gasp of Islamic Hate |magazine=Newsweek |date=17 September 2012 |url=http://mag.newsweek.com/2012/09/16/ayaan-hirsi-ali-on-the-islamists-final-stand.html |access-date=3 November 2013 |archive-date=23 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423014351/http://mag.newsweek.com/2012/09/16/ayaan-hirsi-ali-on-the-islamists-final-stand.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Writing in a column in November 2023, Ali announced her conversion to the Christian faith, saying the Judeo-Christian tradition is the only answer to the problems of the modern world.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Sarah |date=2023-11-29 |title=The Infidel Turned Christian |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/11/ayaan-hirsi-alis-political-conversion.html |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Intelligencer |language=en |archive-date=18 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118195953/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/11/ayaan-hirsi-alis-political-conversion.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ali |first=Ayaan Hirsi |date=11 November 2023 |title=Why I am now a Christian |work=UnHerd |url=https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/}}</ref>
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