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team_worm 's review for:
informative
reflective
slow-paced
A competent and well-written overview of Islamic history written for a western audience. Most of the argument is in the final chapter, while most of the history is in all the rest of the book. It’s tough to write about such a large area and such a long time period without glossing over a lot, so it makes sense that the early chapters about Muhammad’s life were more detailed, and then only a few countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iran) got much airtime. I would have liked a more detailed breakdown of the different thinkers and movements within Islam, but there were simply wasn’t space in the book, so highly influential individuals from Ali shariati to sayid qutb would get a few scant paragraphs and then never really be revisited.