The question is this: are Muslims ready to accept that Khomeini’s dictum that “Islam is politics or it is nothing” is wrong, that Islam is a religion and not a form of government, and that, as in the Christian world, there is a sphere for Caesar and a sphere for God? Those in the Muslim world who want to embrace reform must be driven by the conviction that theocracy has never served as a vehicle for human progress.
伊斯兰社会目前的危机也许并不是先天性的，但是伊斯兰社会确实面临着巨大的困境。问题是：穆斯林准备好接受霍梅尼关于“伊斯兰就是政治，非此莫属”的格言是错误的，伊斯兰是一种宗教而不是政府的形式，就像在基督教社会，凯撒和上帝能够共存一样。那些在穆斯林社会想要进行变革的人必须认识到神权统治从来都不是人类前进的载体。