A Needed Islamic Reformation: Accepting Modernity

Ayaan Hirsi argues that Islam needs a reformation, and even goes as far as saying there is no Islamophobia on the basis that the religion she was born into is inherently violent. Indeed, she claims that Muslims and Western liberals need to stop defending and apologizing for it. According to her, Western liberals play a role in that – she is mad at them because they give Islam a pass they would not give to other doctrines on the principles of liberalism and that is her frustration. After 9/11, she does not think there was a backlash against Muslims or hatred, she thinks there was a sense of…