Can Islam be Reformed?

A contributor to islam-watch.org forwarded the following comment he received from a reader: Can Islam be reformed?

I often wonder whether Islam can ever be reformed the same way as Christianity came out of dark ages. I firmly believe that the chance of this happening is Nil.

Because, the main necessity for any society to achieve reformation is the ability of the society for introspection. Now this is possible if the concerned society believes in Golden Rule and has conscience. These two are completely absent in case of Islam.

Koran tells Muslims that they are best people raised for mankind and their religion is perfect. With this inflated ego how is introspection possible and hence no reformation.

In 1400 years of existence Islam never produce men of stature of Lincoln or Gandhi. Only Bin Laden and Zarqawi can be found.

Only total annihilation of this Evil ideology is the solution.

RegardsRaj, (India)