 Holland initially responded to his critics through the social website of Twitter, where he summed up the public response as "you win some, you lose some." Then publishing what he described as a "brief response" to his critics on the Channel 4 website, he stressed that the documentary was not created as a critique of Islam but as "a historical endeavour". Comparing his documentary with others that Channel 4 had produced on religious history, such as The Bible: A History, he noted that Islam: The Untold Story fell within the channel's remit of sparking "well-informed debate on a wide range of issues". Admitting that it was impossible to "articulate all the resonances and implications of every argument" in a 74-minute documentary, he directed those who wanted to learn more to read his recently published book.
