• "Precise... acutely perceptive... a revelation, an opening up of knowledge too long buried."
    The Sunday Independent
  • "Wise and passionate... An incisive, scholarly primer in Muslim history and an engaging personal exploration."
    The New York Times Book Review
  • "A stimulating history of Islamic history and thought."
    New York Review of Books
  • "An eloquent, erudite paean to Islam in all of its complicated glory."
    Los Angeles Times Book Review
  • "Grippingly narrated and thoughtfully examined... a literate, accessible introduction to Islam."
    The New York Times
  • Short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award
  • Best Book of the Year (Politics and Religion)
    The Financial Times
  • Best Book of the Year (Non-Fiction)
    Los Angeles Times



Random House releases a revised and updated edition of Reza Aslan's international bestseller No god but God.

In 2005, when No god but God was first published, Reza Aslan predicted that al-Qaeda would be a fast diminishing movement, that the massive youth bulge in the Arab world would transform the region, and that a democratic revolution would soon sweep across the Middle East. Ten years after 9/11, the revised and updated version of Aslan's internationally acclaimed bestseller addresses the events of the past decade, analyzing how they have influenced Islam's position in modern culture. Aslan explores what the popular demonstrations pushing for democracy in the Middle East mean for the future of Islam in the region, how the Internet and social media have affected Islam;s evolution, and how the war on terror has altered the geopolitical balance of power in the Middle East. Timely and persuasive, NO GOD BUT GOD is an elegantly written account that explains this magnificent yet misunderstood faith.