Alex,
a) I love the term „snack thinker“. She may well be, but her narrative lends a credibility most people do not have. She’s paying a high price being who she is and as such is probably entitles to being over-the-top at times. And, of course, there’s the Dutch history of pillarisation, which radicalises this debate [...]

Ayan Hirsi Ali: Snack thinker of the year.
Seriously, what is all this fuckbuggerage about an Islamic Reformation from non-Islamic people and Islamic people who have clearly forgotten, or never knew, just how terrible the Reformation was for any poor sod who had to live through it?

a reference I read a while ago and found very interesting with respect to Islamic reform movements.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17054
Also, just two weeks ago, there was a highly praised symposium in Bonn with, among other speakers, Tariq Ramadan, about this very topic (some add. info, for those who read German) –
http://www.qantara.de/uploads/463/Schimmel_Symp.pdf
http://islam.de/4661.php
http://www.faz.net/s/Rub5C2BFD49230B472BA96E0B2CF9FAB88C/Doc~E51FA69281734495BB6E9C87271C8049C~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html
Interestingly I just found out that, Christoph Luxenberg [...]