Islam Without Illusions: Its Past, Its Present, and Its Challenge for the Future
October 17th, 2003 by sfuqua
Press release regarding Ed Hotaling’s new book, Islam Without Illusions: Its Past, Its Present, and Its Challenge for the Future.
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DAN RATHER, CBS
“Timely, welcome, and eminently readable. Hotaling’s expert study does not shy away from opinion and this, paradoxically, may be just why it succeeds so well in presenting a fair and balanced picture of Islam.”
HELEN THOMAS, Hearst Newspapers
“Ed Hotaling’s book is profound and deeply enlightening about a religion-culture that is so important to millions of people around the world. It is a book all Americans should read — highlighting the good and the bad — with no illusions.”
ISLAM WITHOUT ILLUSIONS is the first book by an American reporter versed in Islamic religion, culture, and politics, one who has seen the course of war and upheaval, peace and prosperity. In a new and accessible introduction to the story of Islam, Ed Hotaling — former Middle East bureau chief for CBS News — combines personal experience with an overview of war, terrorism, kidnapping, and hostage-taking, which have marked the recent history of Islam.
Unmasking the tie between Islam and modern terrorism, Hotaling explores both the radical challenge posed by terrorists to the venerable religion they claim to follow and their threat to the world at large. He traces the path of Islam to modern times and the spread of Islamic Revivalism spurred by the Iranian Revolution and reveals its connection to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. With compelling precision, he uncovers alternatives to an impending cataclysmic clash of civilizations.
ED HOTALING has reported extensively on war and peace throughout the Middle East and from many other datelines. He is a leading expert on Iran, having reported on developments there from the days of the Shah through the Iranian Revolution and its long aftermath, leading to its current renewed face-off with the United States. In Washington, he has reported for NBC Radio and for NBC-4 television. The winner of six Washington Emmy Awards and a former Journalist-in-Residence at The American University, he has contributed to the New York Times and many other publications.
