TAMIM ANSARY
, Praise for
DESTINY DISRUPTED
"If you want to put today's headlines about jihadist suicide
bombings into the much larger context of history, you'd be well
advised to settle in with Destiny Disrupted. It's the story of a
civilization that suddenly found itself upended by strangers and
now wants to put itself right. And if author Ansary stops short of
calling the result a clash of civilizations, he feels free to call it two
one-sided views of world history. His book is a valuable tool for
opening up a view of the other side."
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"This is a marvelous book. Ansary has written an indispensable
historical account of the last 1,500 years from a perspective that
is all too often ignored in the West. Destiny Disrupted will be
read for generations to come."
-REZA AsLAN, author of No god but God
and How to Win a Cosmic ~r
"A must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history
of the Islamic world. But the book is more than just a litany of past
events. It is also an indispensable guide to understanding the politi-
cal debates and conflicts of today, from 9/11 to the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, from the Somali pirates to the Palestinian/Israeli
conflict. As Ansary writes in his conclusion, 'The conflict wracking
the modern world is not, I think, best understood as a clash of
civilizations ... It's better understood as the friction generated by
two mismatched world histories intersecting."'
-San Francisco Chronicle
,"Ansary has written an informative and thoroughly engaging look
at the past, present, and future of Islam. With his seamless and
charming prose, he challenges conventional wisdom and appeals
for a fuller understanding of how Islam and the world at large
have shaped each other. And that makes this book, in this uneasy,
contentious post 9/11 world, a must-read."
-KHALED HossEINI, author of The Kite Runner
and A Thousand Splendid Suns
"A lively, thorough, and accessible survey of the history of Islam
(both the religion and its political dimension) that explores many
of the disconnects between Islam and the West."
-ShelfAwareness
"There's not a page where you won't learn something startling in
Destiny Disrupted. Beautifully clear and endlessly engaging, it's
a romp through science, poetry, politics, and religion, in the
company of a wise and charming mind, the perfect antidote to
the Islamophobia that clouds Europe and North America."
-RAJ PATEL, author of Stuffand Starved and visiting scholar,
Center for African Studies, University of California at Berkeley
"Never apologist in tone, meticulously researched and balanced,
often amusing but never glib, Destiny Disrupted is ultimately a
gripping drama that pulls the reader into great, seminal events of
world history, a book which offers a wealth of knowledge and in-
sight to any reader who wants to understand the movements and
events behind the modern-day hostilities wracking Western and
Islamic societies." -Portland Oregonian
, DESTINY DISRUPTED
, Praise for
DESTINY DISRUPTED
"If you want to put today's headlines about jihadist suicide
bombings into the much larger context of history, you'd be well
advised to settle in with Destiny Disrupted. It's the story of a
civilization that suddenly found itself upended by strangers and
now wants to put itself right. And if author Ansary stops short of
calling the result a clash of civilizations, he feels free to call it two
one-sided views of world history. His book is a valuable tool for
opening up a view of the other side."
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"This is a marvelous book. Ansary has written an indispensable
historical account of the last 1,500 years from a perspective that
is all too often ignored in the West. Destiny Disrupted will be
read for generations to come."
-REZA AsLAN, author of No god but God
and How to Win a Cosmic ~r
"A must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history
of the Islamic world. But the book is more than just a litany of past
events. It is also an indispensable guide to understanding the politi-
cal debates and conflicts of today, from 9/11 to the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, from the Somali pirates to the Palestinian/Israeli
conflict. As Ansary writes in his conclusion, 'The conflict wracking
the modern world is not, I think, best understood as a clash of
civilizations ... It's better understood as the friction generated by
two mismatched world histories intersecting."'
-San Francisco Chronicle
,"Ansary has written an informative and thoroughly engaging look
at the past, present, and future of Islam. With his seamless and
charming prose, he challenges conventional wisdom and appeals
for a fuller understanding of how Islam and the world at large
have shaped each other. And that makes this book, in this uneasy,
contentious post 9/11 world, a must-read."
-KHALED HossEINI, author of The Kite Runner
and A Thousand Splendid Suns
"A lively, thorough, and accessible survey of the history of Islam
(both the religion and its political dimension) that explores many
of the disconnects between Islam and the West."
-ShelfAwareness
"There's not a page where you won't learn something startling in
Destiny Disrupted. Beautifully clear and endlessly engaging, it's
a romp through science, poetry, politics, and religion, in the
company of a wise and charming mind, the perfect antidote to
the Islamophobia that clouds Europe and North America."
-RAJ PATEL, author of Stuffand Starved and visiting scholar,
Center for African Studies, University of California at Berkeley
"Never apologist in tone, meticulously researched and balanced,
often amusing but never glib, Destiny Disrupted is ultimately a
gripping drama that pulls the reader into great, seminal events of
world history, a book which offers a wealth of knowledge and in-
sight to any reader who wants to understand the movements and
events behind the modern-day hostilities wracking Western and
Islamic societies." -Portland Oregonian
, DESTINY DISRUPTED
