Editor’s note: Joseph N. Kickasola, PhD, is professor of International policy at Regent University (VA), with a joint appointment in the schools of Law, Government, and Divinity. A version of this 38-page paper on the clash within Islam, especially its political and hermeneutical typologies on the Koran, was delivered in an April 5-6, 2006 conference sponsored by The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College titled, “Mr. Jefferson Goes to the Middle East: Democracy’s Prospects in the Arab World.”