The Spirit of Islamic Reform

From The Wash Times:

It is wonderful to be able to report on an event involving Arabs and Islam that may ignite a tiny spark of hope and reason in the midst of the gloom that often accompanies stories on these subjects. [...]

The core idea of the [Secular Islam Summit, which took place recently in St. Petersburg, Florida] was to seek to break the harsh link between Islam and state power in all of the Muslim countries where it exists. If the seemingly impossible dream of secularism could be accomplished, Islam would be preserved as a private religion for hordes of people who would be accepting the religion voluntarily without being forced by government, or by the threat and the reality of death if they decided to leave. Death also is often the penalty for those who openly raise questions about basic tenets of the religion.

Related: Wafa Sultan on Muslims, Jews, the MidEast war