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You can imagine that in these times of stress, the question-and a fortiori, offer an answer- link between Islam and Islamism, is perilous.

Zanaz clearly chooses his position: Islamism is not the drift of a misinterpreted Islam, but the irretrievable continuation consubstantial moderate Islam said.
As we see, this statement can scream in that it goes against the grain of conventional theories.

The arguments developed Zanaz are (not being a specialist in these matters, I simplify and may wish to excuse me, but I do not think betraying the spirit):
- Islamism would not develop as much if he was not sitting on MEMS basis as Islam.
- It is the sword of a conquering Islam that developed this religion;
- Cohesion of the Muslim world is largely based on fear and coercion;
- That same violence encourages non-Muslims to always compromise.

In its development, Zanaz explicit positions:

- Fundamentalist is actually one which scrupulously respects the texts on which there is faith. Fundamentalism would be the norm, unlike moderate Islam. This would be forced confrontation with the modern world that would make this extremist Islam, where he was content in the past to be perceived as moderate. Zanaz refuses to consider modernity as a yardstick indicating that the Islamic faith "arriérise". On the contrary, some think it is necessary to "Islamize" modernity and not vice versa. According Zanaz the servitude report of the Muslim to his God, his faith and his community, is contrary to any individual will and therefore, contrary to any modern or democratic spirit that places the individual at the center of the society.

- Zanaz goes even further when he considers fundamentalism engine serves to Islam by suggesting that there may be a moderate Islam, tolerant and independent. But limpératif of world conquest remains, even among the "moderates" who also dream of establishing sharia, but by the ways of demography or fresh invasion. And that's because the texts are violent, that so few moderate dare condemn publicly, the violence is intrinsic to the Koran.

- On the question of the veil Hamid Zanaz note that moderate Muslims are struggling to denounce this practice that spring Koranic texts. Oppose it, is to go against the commandments.

In conclusion, Hamid Zanaz advocates a reform imposed by modern secular in particular evoking Tunisia Bourguiba with measures contrary to Islam.

This is also as far as I can judge, the weak pound.
Zanaz examines the coexistence of possibilities. But it does not go all the way he conducted reflections and consequences of the examples he cited. For if one is convinced by his words, then this is not towards cohabitation that should go, but to reform the Koran, so a rewrite that permanently cut any bond of filiation between Islam and Islamism!

Needless to say, the scope and the difficulties of the yard.

For me, not having the required knowledge and do not want to start a particular exegesis of the Koran, I just relay this view and leave the analysis to the experts.
In any case and the state, this is an interesting book to pay debate.