No Reformation for Islam, Please [new The Good Life column]

The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe:

“Many smart people — including Thomas Friedman in The New York TimesNaser Khader in NewsweekJohn Lloyd in The Jerusalem PostAyann Hirsi Ali in The Wall Street Journal — are hoping that the Reformation will come to Islam. Some are calling for an Islamic Martin Luther.

“Sorry, but no. Islam needs reforming but definitely not a Reformation.

“The history matters here, so consider first what the Reformation activists were fighting against …” [Read more here.]

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Previous column in The Good Life series: Corruption: Is It Worse in Free or Government-Regulated Markets?

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