ayaan hirsi ali has championed the u.s. as the best country in the world to live as a woman and as a black person .
` is it perfect ? no . are we confronted with threats ? yes . but it 's the perfect place to fight -lsb- them -rsb- off , ' she said .
a liberal , she has accused fellow liberals of failing to have a proper sense of perspective about life in the u.s. and for not being more critical of islam .
hirsi ali was raised in a strict muslim family , but after genital mutilation , beatings and an arranged marriage , she renounced the faith in her 30s .