Islam is a catch-all phrase for followers of Mohammed and the Koran. There is no hierarchy, there is no leadership deciding scriptural or Koranic matters, there is no training system for “Imams.” The Saudis, as the holders of the 2 holy cities Mecca and Medina have tried to claim some authority for themselves, but otherwise it is nearly “anything goes” - and in such systems, it is the loudest and most violent who get the most attention.
That is why it is complete bollocks to think you can “negotiate” with Islam, apologize to Islam, or call a charlatan like Abdul Faisal Rauf, who represents nothing, an “Imam”
“Sheik Abdul-Mohsen al-Obeikan ruled that if a woman needs to appear without her veil in front of an adult, unrelated male, she has the option of breast-feeding him, because it establishes a mother-son bond in Islamic tradition. That reasoning has been heard in a few fatwas by other sheiks, but is rejected by most scholars.”
So if I become a muslim, and want some boobie action, I simply need to engineer an “accidental” removal of her veil, and then demand boobie compensation. Sweet.