How does one "reform" a religion where the central text is believed to have been dictated verbatim by an Angel as Allahs word, and which states the psychotic prophet of same is the last prophet and his works can never be changed? How does reform work in that situation?
I'm not one of the dark "Islam is irreformable" types the author decries, and I still hope we can get away without fighting the whole ummah, but I'm not hopeful--less so with al Sistani retiring from politics in Iraq.