I caught this very forthright discussion on Lateline. The interviewees perhaps give a workable template for Islamic relations without the need for tiptoeing around the hard questions.

These guys are impressive.  I really recommend watching this one!  


A war of ideas: An atheist and a Muslim on the future of Islam and reforming religion
ABC Lateline


Quote:

Muslims around the world have been called on to rise to the challenge of religious reform in a debate between a prominent atheist and a Muslim activist. Sam Harris, an atheist, author and neuroscientist, and Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist member of Hizb-ut-Tahrir who went on to found anti-extremist think-tank The Quilliam Foundation, have come together to write a book, Islam and the Future of Tolerance: a Dialogue. In a discussion on Lateline, they confronted what they said was Islam's failure to modernise and they challenged liberal left thinkers who they accused of defending extremism in the name of cultural tolerance. The ideas discussed included the theory of paradise after death and whether it should be abolished, and whether or not the Prophet Mohammed should be the exemplar of the faith. This is how their discussion unfolded...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-28/sam-harris,-maajid-nawaz-discuss-the-future-of-islam/6892166



A full transcript of the interview can be found here ...
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2015/s4341076.htm



Just found an even longer discussion about their latest book, 'Islam and the Future of Tolerance' that took part at Harvard University's Institute of Politics. (It runs at a little over 1hr)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTd4-WXw2SM