I agree, supporting a reformation in Islam is a good idea. I think the worst abusers of humans rights like Saudi Arabia are already feeling the scorn and foreign disapproval from around the world from their exportation of jihadism, and from free societies for their horrific human rights abuses. We need to keep it up. It's about basic human decency, not bigotry. No need to bomb them, just keep letting them know all the time what we think of some of their specific cultural practices.
Liberals and seculars in the muslim world are in a difficult situation. The fact that their very lives are at risk if they speak their minds says volumes. Those who make false equivalence between conservative muslims and conservative christians gloss these kinds of things over with historical references. Yes in the Middle Ages christians were the bigger problem, but we don't live in the middle ages. The problems we have in our time are what we need to address.
You've heard of The Book of Mormon play on Broadway I'm sure. Do you think there would a problem if someone tried to do a play like that on The Book of Islam?
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