New York Times bestselling author Ayaan Hirsi Ali describes the massive cultural changes waves of Islamic immigration have made to Europe's sexual politics.

Why are so few people talking about the eruption of sexual violence and harassment in Europe's cities? Because almost no one in a position of power wants to admit that the problem is linked to the arrival of several million migrants--most of them young men--from Muslim-majority countries. In Prey , the best-selling author of Infidel , Ayaan Hirsi Ali, presents startling statistics, criminal cases and personal testimony. She shows that, after a period when sexual violence in western Europe barely increased, after 2014 it surged. In Germany "offences against sexual self-determination" in 2018 were 36% above their 2014 level. Nearly two-fifths of the suspects were non-German. Asylum seekers were suspects in 11% of all reported rapes and sexual harassment cases in Austria in 2017, despite making up less than 1% of the total population. This violence isn't a figment of alt-right propaganda, Hirsi Ali insists, even if neo-Nazis exaggerate it. It's a real problem that Europe--and the world--cannot continue to ignore. Hirsi Ali explains why so many young Muslim men who arrive in Europe engage in sexual harassment and violence. She traces the roots of sexual violence in the Muslim world, from institutionalized polygamy to the lack of legal and religious protections for women. A refugee herself, Hirsi Ali is not against immigration. As a child in Somalia, she suffered female genital mutilation. As a young girl in Saudi Arabia, she was made to feel acutely aware of her own vulnerability. Immigration, she argues, requires integration and assimilation. She wants Europeans to reform their broken system--and for Americans to learn from European mistakes. If this doesn't happen, the calls to exclude new Muslim migrants from Western countries will only grow louder. Deeply researched and featuring fresh and often shocking revelations, Prey uncovers a sexual assault and harassment crisis in Europe which is turning the clock on women's rights much further back than #MeToo has advanced it. ...

“In this groundbreaking work of research, Ayaan Hirsi Ali documents a disturbing wave of sexual violence in Europe. A vital and essential work, Prey shows what the next step for #MeToo must be.”

Autorentext

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born women’s rights activist, free speech advocate, and the New York Times bestselling author of Infidel, The Caged Virgin, Nomad, Heretic, and The Challenge of Dawa. Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, she grew up in Africa and the Middle East, before seeking asylum in the Netherlands, where she went on to become a member of parliament. Today she lives in the United States with her husband and two sons.

Zusammenfassung

Why are
so few people talking about the eruption of sexual violence and harassment in
Europe’s cities? No one in a position of power wants to admit
that the problem is linked to the arrival of several million migrants—most of
them young men—from Muslim-majority countries.

In Prey, the
best-selling author of Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, presents startling
statistics, criminal cases and personal testimony.  Among these facts: In 2014, sexual
violence in Western Europe surged following a period
of stability. In 2018 Germany, “offences against sexual
self-determination” rose 36 percent from their 2014 rate;
nearly two-fifths of the suspects were non-German. In
Austria in 2017, asylum-seekers were suspects in 11 percent
of all reported rapes and sexual harassment cases, despite
making up less than 1 percent of the total population. 
This violence isn’t a figment of alt-right propaganda,
Hirsi Ali insists, even if neo-Nazis exaggerate it. It’s a real
problem that Europe—and the world—cannot continue to
ignore. She explains why so many young Muslim men who
arrive in Europe engage in sexual harassment and violence,
tracing the roots of sexual violence in the Muslim world
from institutionalized polygamy to the lack of legal and religious protections for women. 
A refugee herself, Hirsi Ali is not against immigration.
As a child in Somalia, she suffered female genital mutilation; as a young girl in Saudi Arabia, she was made to feel
acutely aware of her own vulnerability. Immigration, she
argues, requires integration and assimilation. She wants Europeans to reform their broken system—and for Americans
to learn from European mistakes. If this doesn’t happen,
the calls to exclude new Muslim migrants from Western
countries will only grow louder. 
Deeply researched and featuring fresh and often shocking revelations, Prey uncovers a sexual assault and harassment crisis in Europe that is turning the clock on women’s
rights much further back than the #MeToo movement is
advancing it.