Darwish believes Islam is an authoritarian ideology that is attempting to impose on the world the norms of seventh-century culture of the Arabian Peninsula. She writes that Islam is a sinister force that must be resisted and contained. She remarks that it is hard to comprehend that an entire religion and its culture believes God orders the killing of unbelievers. She claims that Islam and Sharia form a retrograde ideology that adds greatly to the world's stock of misery.