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“Mustafa Akyol Is an Incorrigible Optimist”: Review of The Islamic Moses in The Tablet

Mustafa Akyol

The British Catholic magazine The Tablet just ran an eloquent review of my new book, The Islamic Moses: How the Prophet Inspired Jews and Muslims to Flourish Together and Change the World. Penned by Bruce Clark, the longtime religion reporter for The Economist, and titled “Two Peoples, One Prophet,” the review highlights some key themes of the book and points to additional dimensions. Clark’s description of what I do—and what I hope to do!—is wisely accurate: 

“Mustafa Akyol is an incorrigible optimist. As a practising Muslim and a well-regarded member of the commentariat in Washington DC, the Turkish writer and thinker has been indefatigable in making the case for the compatibility of things many have called incompatible.

A senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Washington DC, and a visiting lecturer at the Jesuit-run Boston College, Akyol has argued for a benign symbiosis between secular governance and open-ended rational enquiry on one hand and revealed religion on the other. He also advocates the possibility not just of tolerance but of fruitful co-existence between the monotheistic faiths.”

Read the entire review here

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