Islam-a civilization in crisis, transition or both? Zach Latif comments on the opinions of and excoriates some bloggers on the subject of Islam. I don't have much to add-aside from the note that I'm not as optimistic as he is. As he notes, and I've mentioned in other venues-what the West achieved in 500 years (roughly the fall of Constantinople to the post-World War II consensus), Islam is being asked to do in a few generations. A good analogy I think is that it is like cramming for your final.