Perhaps, but though persecuted Luther spearheaded the reformation. Isn't that the path the moderates (muslims) are taking?
Are they? Sunnism is the tradition, as was Catholism in Luther's time. For the analogy to hold up the "moderates" would have to re-nounce Sunni. But, they don't. Where is the We Protest this war cult, like Luther's protest of
Catholics ? Not to be seen. And, yet, this Ibn ʿAsākir, dude, is still the darling of jihad.
As we see here, Jihad is nothing new.
http://www.brill.com/intensification-and-reorientation-sunni-jihad-ideology-crusader-period
The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period examines the important role of Ibn ʿAsākir, including his
Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad, in the promotion of a renewed jihad ideology
in twelfth-century Damascus as part of sultan Nūr al-Dīn’s agenda to revivify Sunnism and fight, under the banner of jihad, Crusader and Muslim opponents. This jihad vision was exclusively centered on selected quranic verses and prophetic hadiths. Ibn ʿAsākir and other Sunni scholars in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Syria departed from the earlier scholarly focus on legal nuances and aversion to invoke jihad in intra-Muslim conflicts. They championed this intensification and reorientation of jihad ideology in mainstream Sunni scholarship, and gave it a lasting legacy.