Mike’s Reviews > Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes > Status Update

Very good insights into development of Hadith and Ulama. Readable for HS and gives clarity to ambiguities.

Ali cast in an unfortunate light, as inheritor of a corrupted Umma.

Prior page makes interesting point for why Christians would want Muslim conquest over Byzantines (lower taxes and less religious interference - don’t care about Christian sects).

Good, dispassionate analysis of the struggle over Muhammad’s successor after his death.

Introduction deals with the idea of “parallel history” between the West and Islamic world. Interesting conversations on periodization.