This is the story of one American Muslim family—the story of how, through their lives, their schools, their friends, and their neighbors, they end up living the challenges, myths, fears, hopes, and dreams of all Americans.
This book explores the roots of Islam, how it has developed over the centuries, and its long and complex relationship with Christianity. It helps put Islam in perspective as a major cultural and geopolitical force.
Karen Armstrong’s short history demonstrates that the world’s fastest-growing faith is a much more complex phenomenon than its modern fundamentalist strain might suggest.