Muslims

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Here's the problem with islam, the way I see it - it has actual totalitarian control over large populations, which differentiates it from most other religions. And religious zealots in charge of theocracies - as much, as we may perceive them as savages - have learned some history.

They know what happened to christianity, when western churches gave up most of their political powers and allowed for secularization of western society. They will do anything to hold on to power and from their perspective, that means not allowing for any kind of reformation.

Moderate muslims don't seem to have much say in their own countries and I doubt that will change any time soon, or perhaps ever, since executing political opponents in a totalitarian theocracy is easier than taking a sh*t.

That's par for the course.  Assorted religions have always paid a major role in the Middle East and the priest class usually held the whip.  It's been that way for thousands of years.  Islam is just the latest religion to follow that model.  The main problem is that such behavior is a mental illness and it's passed on from generation to generation throughout the ages.  If Islam and Judaism vanished today the people would just cook up new BS religions to take their place.  They simply can't help it.  In the Old Testament the Israelites couldn't go five minutes without worshipping something.