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4.0

I don't know enough about Islam to critique Aslan's presentation of history, but it strikes me as very similar to the tone he takes in Zealot. It is a softer approach than history might approve, though I have no reason to believe that he is bending any facts here. He is presenting history in a certain context to demonstrate that "fundamentalism" in many ways strays from the spirit and origin of Islam. It is very similar to what he does in Zealot: it is a well presented overview of a broad span of religious history, designed in part to irritate fundamentalists.