Ibn Warraq is an important Koranic critic whose work, dedicated to warning the West about the rise of militant Islam, has not received the attention it deserves. Here is a sample of an extensive interview with him, on the topic of Islam’s potential for reform:

misguided liberal Muslims … often argue that the real Islam is compatible with Human Rights, that the real Islam is feminist, that the real Islam is egalitarian, that the real Islam tolerates other religions and beliefs, and so on. They then proceed to some truly creative re-interpretation of the embarrassing, intolerant, bellicose and misogynist verses of the Koran … (frontpagemag)