TheWesternnarrativeofworldhistorylargelyomitsawholecivilization.DestinyDisruptedtellsthehistoryoftheworldfromtheIslamicpointofview,andrestoresthecentralityoftheMuslimperspective,ignoredforathousandyears.InDestinyDisrupted,TamimAnsarytellstherichstoryofworldhistoryasitlooksfromanewperspective:withtheevolutionoftheMuslimcommunityatthecenter.HisstorymovesfromthelifetimeofMohammedthroughasuccessionoffar-flungempires,tothetangleofmodernconflictsthatculminatedintheeventsof9/11.Heintroducesthekeypeople,events,ideas,legends,religiousdisputes,andturningpointsofworldhistory,impartingnotonlywhathappenedbuthowitisunderstoodfromtheMuslimperspective.Heclarifieswhytwogreatcivilizations-WesternandMuslim-grewupoblivioustoeachother,whathappenedwhentheyintersected,andhowtheIslamicworldwasaffectedbyitsslowrecognitionthatEurope-aplaceitlongperceivedasprimitive-hadsomehowhijackeddestiny.Withstorytellingbrio,humor,andevenhandedsympathytoallsidesofthestory,AnsaryilluminatesafascinatingparalleltotheworldnarrativeusuallyheardintheWest.DestinyDisruptedoffersavitalperspectiveonworldconflictsmanynowfindsopuzzling.
