This Is Not My Allah - Press Conference

[mralstoner]

But then, I don't see how it's possible to reform this barbaric religion at all.

OT -> NT

Yeah, good luck with that. The language of the Koran is repeatedly to "fight the unbelievers wherever you find them" i.e. carte blanche, timeless marching orders. The language of the Old Testament (so I've heard) is directed as specific people i.e. Hittite, Girgashite, Amorite, Canaanite, Perizzite, Hivite, or Jebusite. So, that made it possible for a Jesus to come along with "love thy neighbour" and instantly relegate the OT into time-specific irrelevancy (generally speaking).

Actually, come to think of it, Robert Spencer said Jews have also generally not taken that OT violence as timeless marching orders.

No such luck with Islam. Mohammed is supposed to be the last prophet. That's it. Ain't no Jesus coming to reform Islam. Apples and oranges. That's why reform of Islam is seemingly impossible.

Mohammed is held up in the Koran to be the perfect role model "a beautiful pattern of conduct". When you look at the life of Mohammed, it's the same as ISIS, head-chop here, rape there, etc. Mohammed is the "perfect" and final prophet. If you speak a bad word about Mohammed, it's off with your head. So, there's no scope for a post-Mohammed pacifier to come along. None.