[1] The book talks about the timely study that encompasses the history of a worldwide religion, starting with its Arabian prophet Muhammad and going on to describe Islam as it is today.
[3] The book also describes the policies and acts of Western nations that have contributed to antagonism and strategies being developed by the United States and its allies toward the Islamic world in general and terrorism in particular.
[4] The book also talks about Islam Sufis have left behind endowed body of devotional literature that is enough to evoke the envy of all those who have dedicated themselves to the worship of God.
[4] In pages 242-249 of the book, it talks about the political dislocations resulting from the Crusades and the split of the Abbasid empire at the hands of the Mongols, the rises of multiple dynasties and the disappearance of the caliphate.
The deterioration of commerce and other sources of wealth, the stepped up incursions of Turkic and Tartar invaders which contributed to the widespread spirit of uncertainty.