Armstrong has been called " a prominent and prolific religious historian " by '' The Washington Post '' and described as " arguably the most lucid , wide-ranging and consistently interesting religion writer today " . Juan Eduardo Campo , author of the '' Encyclopedia of Islam ( Encyclopedia of World Religions ) '' ( 2009 ) , included Armstrong among a group of scholars whom he considered as currently conveying a " more or less objective " ( as opposed to polemical ) view of Islam and its origins to a wide public in Europe and North America . After the September 11 attacks she was in great demand as a lecturer , pleading for inter-faith dialogue
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Karen Armstrong