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No way, not possible. The whole premise of Islam is that Muhammad was the last prophet and messenger of god (Allah), there'd be no more prophets after him. Whatever he said, whatever he believed in, whatever he proclaimed is pretty much in stone, there cannot be anyone after him to reinterpret or modernize his views... Of course he lived in the 7th century, he made his speeches, statements, proclamations and actions in accordance with the views of his time. That's all you need to know to understand why Islam is backward looking and will never reform and modernize.
You are right about one thing though, there's been a few attempts throughout the centuries to modernize Islam. Those who tried did not die as martyrs, they were slaughtered like pigs by their fellow muslims... The governor of Punjab assassinated in Islamabad was the last such example.