@ Open/Honest:

Regrettably, the gates of ijtihad slammed shut a millennium ago: the Koran and the ahadith are the absolute received word of the Islamic god and its prophet; Mohammed is viewed by the ummah as <i>al-insam, al-kamil</i> (the most perfect and best human being). The canonical texts of Islam cannot be reformed- they are immutable and immune from exegesis as has occurred in Christianity and Judaism, as examples. I wish it were otherwise...

/yes, AHA is an international treasure, to be protected at all costs.