This isn’t the 7th century, when only clerics could read, and many couldn’t. Muslims aren’t illiterate - they don’t need an imam to interpret the Koran for them. Word for word, the Koran is the word of Allah. Any imam who deviates from the literal meaning of the Koran is asking for trouble. The guy is lucky he lives in the West.
Christian martyrs are killed for their faith, Muslims kill to become martyrs. The biggest lie ever uttered by a president? “Islam is a religion of peace,” George Bush.