Martin Whittingham and Jenny Taylor writing in The Guardian: comment is free, May 28, www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/may/28/rethinking-islamic-reform-ramadan-yusuf
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Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and Tariq Ramadan’s presence promised much, but these scholars never got down to the nitty-gritty.
Can Islam be reformed? What role, if any, should government play in bringing about reform? Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, a charismatic white California-based American who converted to Islam in 1977, and the equally charistmatic Egyptian/Swiss scholar Tariq Ramadan, tip-toed elegantly around the subject on Wednesday night without setting off any of the fire alarms.