“Fascinating . . . a must read.”
“The University of California Press is to be praised for adding to the book color plates of 22 lurid covers of these recent novels. These alone are worth the price of admission.”
“This is an outstanding study of Islamic ideas about the end of the world. . . . An important work for students not just of Islam but also of religion, politics, and popular culture in general.”
“’With the approach of the end of the world, all manner of cleverness in rewriting the past is permitted.’ Filiu warns. How then to reason with either side when rationality is seen as the work of the devil? This is probably what makes Filiu’s fascinating survey of Islamic eschatology through the ages a must read.”
“A fascinating and accessible text. . . . You’ll be much better informed after reading Apocalypse in Islam.”
“As well as a fascinating and accessible text, the book contains 60 pages of detailed annotations, a contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic bibliography and centre plates comprising the lurid covers of 22 such books, which give the reader vivid insight into the genre.”
"This brilliantly argued book turns conventional wisdom on its head. The source of Muslim anti-Semitism is more Western hate literature than Islamic scriptural or theological precedents. In stunning detail, etched in lapidary prose, Filiu gauges the scale and scope of resort to Islamic apocalypse, revealing it as a form of anti-globalism, disguised as anti-Semitism, which Muslims, no less than non-Muslims, ignore at their own peril. Apocalypse in Islam is a challenge to all who want to advance a new alliance of civilizations rather than an endless combat of fundamentalisms."—Bruce Lawrence, editor of Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama bin Laden
"An absolutely fascinating book by an author whose expertise joins the fields of scholarship, diplomacy and culture. Filiu's combination of classical textual analysis with that of contemporary social movements and Arabic-language apocalyptic literature shows both the complexity of Islamist apocalyptic movements and the striking similarities they bear to Christian apocalyptic movements. Certain to be the standard text on this crucial but still poorly understood subject for years to come."—Mark LeVine, author of Heavy Metal Islam
"In this deeply researched and very well translated account of apocalyptic movements in Islam, Filiu, a leading scholar of the Islamic world, delivers a major contribution to scholarship that is both erudite and accessible."—Peter Bergen, author of Holy War, Inc.
