A Modern Islam

yes, professors can be sexy

Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss Muslim and probably the most important scholar of Islam in the West. He argues for a modernist version of Islam (despite this fact the U.S. last year rescinded his visa thus keeping him from entering the country to deliver a keynote address at the American Academy of Religion and take a position as distinguished visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame).

This interview is a good summary of his views.