Official Muslim spokespeople face a losing position whether they object or stay silent

Evidence

Besides seeking actively to prevent the film from being shown, the Saudi regime was put in the position of denying something — the incident itself — it really could not deny and at the same time being unable to offer anything as a counter-version of Islam. The reductive double bind I spoke about earlier rendered any such objections to the film ineffective. — Edward W. Said, Covering Islam, 215

Categorization

• XREF: The double-bind logic parallels the ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ position of women’s voice in the immodesty-panic article.