A Skeptic Interviews Shadi Hamid about “Islamic Exceptionalism”

Shadi Hamid discusses his new book “Islamic Exceptionalism,” responding to a few skeptical questions from someone who remains profoundly unconvinced by his argument.

Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World (St. Martin’s Press, 2016)

by Nick Danforth

The titular assertion of Shadi Hamid’s newly released book, Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World, is either intuitive or counter-intuitive depending on your point of view. Hamid argues that Christiani…