It is a clearly and thought provokingly written book by a former Professor from Cambridge university in England.He presents very clear arguments which he endeavours the reader to follow, the conclusion is mind blowing and is difficult to counter.He presents most of the important jigsaw pieces to give an accurate picture.The way he starts with the ancient greek culture and learning, is enlightening in his commentary.If you want to know why the monotheistic religions with a lot of common ground fail to see eye to eye then look no further than this.There is an extensive citation index as well.

I felt ahmed had some good points about some issues but I feel he used speculation and conjecture to manipulate his evidence. The arguement that Saddam Hussein had support of his fellow arabs was plain and simply erroneous. I feel examples such as this are irresponsible and unethical for use in a text of this nature. Also, I realize the book was meant to be a little antagonistic but I think he went to far in pushing his opinions and spent too much time criticizing a few western indiviuals.