Snippets:
"Part of the problem is that we can't read the Koran like any other book"
"The Arabic has a hypnotic quality that begs to be heard rather than read"
Lesley Hazleton blogs at The Accidental Theologist.
I plan on reading her book “After the Prophet: the Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam”, as well as her upcoming book about the Biography of the Prophet (peace be upon him).