Because she dared to speak out without taking the precautions imposed by the “culture of excuses”; to explain her rejection of this new version of fascism that we call radical Islamism. And because she had taken positions on “Islam as a doctrine” and its incompatibility with democracy, freedom, and equality: She believes that Islam must undergo a reformation if it is to become congruent with modernity. Her arguments of course provoked controversy, debate and criticism, but the fanatics interpreted them as the double blasphemy of incitement to apostasy—the supreme crime. http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=af6c666b-93c4-4280-b11b-2150b6bcab8d