In a time of global conflict and confusion, what is the right thing to do? How do we learn to interact with our international neighbours? How can we begin to understand what motivates people to take extreme, explosive measures to make a point? Damian Malek goes back to the beginning, exploring the rise of Islam alongside Judaism and Christianity and exploring some of the types and stereotypes which surface. With wit and appeal, he asks the questions many others fear to voice in the current political climate, coming to some surprising conclusions. Drawing from his personal experience as an operative for the CIA and his contacts with some of the wealthiest Arab leaders, the author meticulously demonstrates the fallacies that make up the stable image of reality that many people live under. Treading on forbidden ground, this book gives a lucid, vivid account of how the confrontation between Islam and the West has come about, and what is likely to be the outcome.