Quote:Is there any hope that Islam might be similarly domesticated by modernity, as Christianity has been?
Yes, but.
The "but" comes in this observation by Thomas Jefferson. In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.
We see virtual theocracies in much of the muslim world with both preachers and rulers conspiring to use religion to oppress the commons. What is needed is a French or Russian style revolution in which the priests are guillotined along with the autocrats.
Sadly, I see no signs of this. The poorer they are and the stupider they are the more closely they cling to their religion.....just like in the U.S.
