I have said many times that phrases like “moderate Muslim” must be normed to the distribution of attitudes amongst Muslims. To be in the moderate/median central region of the distribution of Islamic beliefs is not the same as being in the moderate/median central region of the distribution of Christian beliefs. I have made it pretty obvious that over the years I have come to the conclusion that selection, so to speak, will probably eventually shift the Muslim median religio-phenotype closer to the Christian one. That being said, Ali Eteraz pointed me to an interesting site, Apostasy and Islam – 100+ Notable Islamic Voices affirming the Freedom of Faith. On the one hand, it is a good thing that there notable Muslims who agree that it is not acceptable that those who disavow the Islamic religion are subject to the death penalty, at least de jure, in much of world. But, the fact that 100 scholars need to be firm and vocal on this issue tells you about the “state of Islam”.
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