An Islamic View of Gog and Magog in the Modern World

Hosein reads the Qur’anic account of Gog and Magog, Ya’juj and Ma’juj released from behind Dhu al-Qarnayn’s barrier, as describing forces already loose in the world rather than a distant future event. The book sets that reading beside the modern political order and argues that the signs of the end of history are to be looked for in events now recognisable, not in a time still to come. It is among the books he is best known for.