Which does Islam need? Ted Olsen rounds up the opinions.

Better to see a Muslim Council of Nicea, said Paul Krugman in The New York Times. "I’m all for a respectful dialogue between Islam and the West, but first there needs to be a respectful, free dialogue between Muslims and Muslims. What matters is not what Muslims tell us they stand for. What matters is what they tell themselves, in their own languages, and how they treat their own."

July’s (sic – I assume he means September) anger and violence didn’t illuminate the problem with Islam’s lack of authority, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Al Mohler wrote. It illuminated the problem with the existence of a Catholic authority. "The pope’s comments? whether for good or for ill?are given a prominence that is unbiblical and dangerous."