Does calling out Salafists and Islamists on their misgogyny and speaking on behalf of Egyptian as well as Muslim women in the “we” form count as reform of Islam from within, or is it rather its deconstruction from within?

QUESTION: The highlight poses a genuine question about whether internal critique constitutes reformation or deconstruction — worth exploring how the author resolves this tension. Builds on: "Islamophobic discourse's validators include self-identified and former Muslims."

Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ Th…, loc. 564