He says something interesting about Quranic analysis in the Arab world. Just shows that no matter how much work is done in the west, if it doesn't spread to the relevant places it makes no difference.
Yep. And it won't spread there as long as any critical scrutiny of Islam is met with takfiri calls for punishment for apostasy. The undoing of the apostasy taboo is tantamount to progress in Muslim majority countries. When you think of yourself as Exmuslim, know that it's not just about you, you are part of a movement that will change things for the better the more being an apostate is no longer seen as a taboo or a crime.