Spiegel Online interviews German-Turkish writer Seyran Ates about sexuality in Islam:
I believe that the Islamic world must grapple with the consequences of rigid sexual morals, not unlike the way, as [Wilhelm Reich] describes, the Soviet Union dealt with its own circumstances. It must pursue the path of change, just as any totalitarian system must do when it wants to become a democratic society. Part of the process is that sexuality has to be recognized as something that every individual determines for himself or herself. Institutions like moral and religious police must be abolished.
[…]There is a strong cultural connection among the world’s Muslims: religion. I find that it’s a wonderful religion, but the cultural interpretation of this religion has led to sexual repression. It wasn’t terribly different in the West not very long ago. But I don’t want to make a blanket judgment and treat all Germans and Muslims the same.
Read the full interview here.