Hirsi Ali’s critique allowed no middle ground between Islam and liberalism

Evidence

In Hirsi Ali’s eyes, someone is either Muslim or liberal—there is nothing in between. As a consequence, she has very little understanding of attempts to find reconciliation between Islam and the liberal state. The headscarf, in her eyes, is always suppression, even if women who wear it argue that they do so to express their identity. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 1671