The purveyors of “moderate Islam” increasingly come off as salesmen: after describing their “customer’s” problem with great accuracy, they present their “product” as the solution—without much by way of explanation. Take a recent article titled, “How to Make the Islamic World Less Radical,” by Yahya Cholil Staquf, published by the Wall Street Journal on January 14, 2021. … Continue reading The ‘How-to-Reform-Islam’ Sales Pitch