This work traces the origins of apocalyptic prophecy in Christianity and Islam through in-depth examinations of several texts found within the Bible, the Quran, and the Hadith.

Hassan challenges the ideas that sprang from the sociopolitical forces in the formative years of Islam but which some Islamists would force upon citizens of the 21st century.

In her testimony as a Muslim woman opposed to radicalism and misogyny within her faith community, Hassan challenges the ideas that breed such pathologies among some of Islam's adherents.