Reflections on Islam from Harvard

I've held William A. Graham in high regard ever since reading his Beyond the Written Word: Oral Aspects of Scripture in the History of Religion, in which he refutes contemporary skeptics who downplay the veracity of the oral tradition of scripture not only in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but in other religious traditions as well. The following is a transcript of a lecture that Dr. Graham gave last year at Harvard Divinity School:

Reflections on Islam in a Time of Global Uncertainty
by William A. Graham

His thoughts are well worth reading, since he not only takes on the "Clash of Civilizations" thesis of Samuel Huntington, but addresses general Islamophobia as well. In this age of ignorance about and bigotry towards Islam, we could use a lot more erudite, balanced and fair-minded scholars like William A. Graham.