It's surprising how much is actually obvious in this, yet it comes across as a revelation...

The book is well written in that it comes across as academic and yet is accessible. It is clearly partisan and often an anger comes through in the writing.. but it clearly sets out to counter relatively recent ideas about Islam propagated by non-muslim politicians. There are odd statements that don't appear to be unpacked - such as on page 21, the writer suggests that the Islamification of the world is a deliberate policy of the political elite, without much specific evidence of that. But, it is a surprising book and one which, despite the intention, might actually appeal to many interested in reading the Koran in chronological order.