Timothy Stanley : Brandeis withdrew honorary degree offer to Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali . He says move runs counter to academic freedom , Brandeis should n't have withdrawn it . Had university vetted her , it would have seen her views on Islam are narrow , he says . Comment: Thereafter she emerged as a forceful , politically engaged critic of Islam -- her memoir , `` Infidel , '' is an extraordinary testament to the horrors that fundamentalism can wrought on an individual . Hirsi Ali 's views are deemed politically incorrect for good reason .
Timothy Stanley : Brandeis withdrew honorary degree offer to Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali . He says move runs counter to academic freedom , Brandeis should n't have withdrawn it . Had university vetted her , it would have seen her views on Islam are narrow , he says . Comment: Hirsi Ali 's views are deemed politically incorrect for good reason .