You are missing the larger point of the article. Are the values and tenets of Islam compatible with Western Civilization and modernity? Islam is more than a religion. It carries its own political structure to govern. Can these views ever be assimilated in the West? Is this a clash of civilizations that can only be resolved thru conflict?
Can these views ever be assimilated in the West?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
No.
And many muslims are non orthodox and do not accept them either.