I read a book called “Why I left Jihad” The auther once a muslim argues the complete opposite to this Professor. One arguement he presents is that in christianity the reformation brought people back to the bible and moved christians away from the Crusades. He says you cannot have that in Islam because the Koran actually directs the moderate to be more violent… not less violent. To convince muslims to be more moderate means to move them away from the teachings of the Koran. How do you plan on guiding radical islamists to be more moderate without being able to appeal to their set of holy writtings? The radicals are in fact telling the moderates to come back to the central teachings of the Koran. The author points out that while you do find some moderate teachings, the radical portions heavily out number them.
