Knowing the authors of the novels

Salam

Before reading a non-fiction novel, it is advised to "get-to-know" the profile of the author. It will prepare you on how to perceive the ideas that are projected in the novels. Some readers might easily be influenced with the heretic rethoric style of writing. An example is "The Clash of Fundamentalisms" by Tariq Ali. One would think that he is a muslim but actually he is a self-declared atheist. Though not all of his thoughts are against Islam, but his liberal revision of Islamic and world history might some of it be misintrepretated. Nevertheless, let us keep our mind open. Never limit the kind of books that we should read. Even the worst cruelest thing in this world has something that can teach us.