[Theresawithanh]

Agreed! She sounds very intelligent. I liked her point about their religion needing a Martin Luther.

I didn't realize that girls also went to the islamic schools.

[ValenB4]

Martin Luther's complaint was that the Catholic Church was too liberal and too worldly. A Muslim Martin Luther would likely side with the fundamentalists. Islam's problem is that it is organized in a manner similar to some wings of Protestantism. Islam would be better off with the equivalent of a Pope or a Papacy, or some sort of official organized body that can establish and modify an official dogma, and excommunicate and condemn heretics. Furthermore, such a body would be something that can be negotiated with, and, if necessary, also threatened to keep its followers in line.