About the authors: quoting from the book's dust jacket, "Sam Harris is the author of the 'New York Times' best sellers "The End of Faith,' 'Letter to a Christian Nation,' 'The Moral Landscape,' 'Free Will,' and 'Waking Up,' among other writings. Maajid Nawaz is the author of 'Radical' and a cofounder and the chair of Quilliam--a globally active think tank focusing on religious freedom, extremism, and citizenship." About the book: quoting from the book's dust jacket, "Remarkable for the breadth and depth of its analysis, this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former radical is all the more startling for its decorum. Harris and Nawaz have produced something genuinely new: they engage one of the most polarizing issues of our time--fearlessly and fully--and actually make progress.
"'Islam and the Future of Tolerance' has been the published with the explicit goal of inspiring a wider public discussion by way of example. In a world riven by misunderstanding and violence, Harris and Nawaz demonstrate how two people with very different views can find common ground." This work contains a list for further reading and is well indexed.