I suppose this was just waiting to happen, a nicely tabular way of judging who is a radical or a reformer! I have been writing about reform in Islam for some time now (see my main site), but this is a curious little gem from this page. But typically, you cannot simply reduce such a complex phenomena such as Islamic reform down by these factors.
Based upon my research, this is a very simplistic way of looking at reform and will miss out on the wood from the trees. More importantly, using something like this will actively impede reform rather than improve and lubricate reform because life is simply not a matter of putting people in boxes. For example, you can well be against a caliphate but also be anti democratic because what you want is to be ruled by a shura council. And that's reform as well, considering some of the earthworms who inhabit some of the OIC's parliaments.
Anyway, read and wonder
| Issue | Radical | Moderate |
| Anti-Semitism | Yes | No |
| Caliphate | Pro | Against |
| Criticism of Islam | No | Yes |
| Deceiving non-Muslims | Yes | No |
| Democracy | Against | Pro |
| Dhimmitude for non-Muslims | Pro | Against |
| Every deed (and word) of Prophet Muhammad (according to Ahadith) was noble and is worthy of emulation | Yes | No to |
| Freedom of (from) Religion | Against | Pro |
| Gender equality | Against | Pro |
| Jihad | Pro | Against |
| Government | Religious | Secular |
| Islamic reformation | Against | Pro |
| Islamic supremacy | Pro | Against |
| Israel | Against | Pro / Neutral |
| Koran over Constitution | Yes | No |
| Reaction to criticism of Islam or Prophet Muhammad | Anger/Violence | Reason / No reaction |
| Religious equality | Against | Pro |
| Sharia | Pro | Against |
| Terrorism | Pro / Neutral | Against |
| Theocracy | Pro | Against |
| Universal Human Rights | Against | Pro |
| Use of terms such as "Islamic terrorism" or "Islamofascism" | Object | Accept |
| Whitewashing terrorism | Yes | No |
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