Tamim is laser focused on teaching those more familiar with a Eurocentric view of history a new way of understanding the world.

He makes no pretension at objectivity, because that is not is goal. This allows his own insights to come through more strongly. That he narrates it himself only augments the fact that this is very much his perspective on an incredibly dense and complicated topic. Tamim’s voice permeates every facet of this book. The author says so himself in the book’s opening.

That said, this book is by no means that only one you should read about Islamic geopolitics. It succeeds as a great, eyeopening introduction into a subject, and more importantly a Religion, that is all to often often mischaracterized in modern public discourse. And mile wide and an meter deep, as the saying goes. Tamim takes the long view of the deep entanglement of religion, politics, and socioeconomics across the history of muslim nations and their relation with the rest of the world Make no mistake: Destiny Disrupted is a popular history book, meaning it is relentlessly accessible and sweepingly broad, but lacking in specifics. He clarifies why these two great civilizations grew up oblivious to each other, what happened when they intersected, and how the Islamic world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe - a place it long perceived as primitive - had somehow hijacked destiny.'-BOOK JACKET.A much needed introduction to Muslim Historiographyĭestiny Disrupted is a refreshing, expansive counterpoint to western, orientalist historical narratives of Islam. He introduces the key people, events, ideas, legends, religious disputes, and turning points of world history from that other perspective, recounting not only what happened but how those events were interpreted and understood in that framework. With the evolution of the Muslim community at the center, his story moves from the lifetime of Mohammed through a succession of far-flung empires, to the struggles and ideological movements that have wracked the Muslim world in recent centuries, to the tangle of modern conflicts that culminated in the events of 9/11. 'In Destiny Disrupted, Ansary tells the rich story of world history as it looks from that other perspective. As a young history buff growing up in Muslim Afghanistan, Tamim Ansary absorbed this narrative but also knew that it sidelined an entire civilization, one that had seen itself at the center of the global narrative for over a thousand years.' 'We in the West share a common narrative of world history: It runs from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, through Greece and Rome, through the rise of Christianity and the Dark Ages, through the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment, to industrialism, the secular state, and the triumph of democracy. Destiny disrupted : a history of the world through Islamic eyes / Tamim Ansary Book Bib ID

Destiny disrupted by tamim ansary