Beliefs

How I “arranged” my daughter’s marriage

• Ziauddin Sardar
• 08 May 2008

Clerical errors in the name of God

• Ziauddin Sardar
• 24 April 2008
• 5 comments

A death fatwa issued by an ageing cleric against Saudi intellectuals has caused outrage in the Arab world

Calm down, dear, it's only chaos

• Ziauddin Sardar
• 10 April 2008
• 1 comment

The rules of chaos theory state that individuals can make or break society

Forced marriages disgrace Islam

• Ziauddin Sardar
• 27 March 2008
• 14 comments

The first step to dealing with honour killings in the UK is to criminalise forced marriage.

What is going on at the British Council?

• Ziauddin Sardar
• 13 March 2008
• 1 comment

The idea that culture is best promoted by organising effete tours of writers and artists has passed

The real lesson of Easter Island

• Ziauddin Sardar
• 28 February 2008
• 3 comments

Ancient cultures provide societies responsible for devastating climate change with a contemporary means of guilt replacement

The archbishop, sharia and gay rights

• Ziauddin Sardar
• 14 February 2008
• 13 comments

On the issue of equality it is not just the sharia that needs reform, but all monotheistic faiths

Will you marry me - temporarily?

• Ziauddin Sardar
• 07 February 2008
• 9 comments

This year, the Iranian interior ministry has launched a huge campaign to encourage the country's frustrated youth to seek sexual fulfilment in muta marriages

Don't put your girl in TV, Mrs Worthington

• Ziauddin Sardar
• 24 January 2008
• 1 comment

Behind the sparkle and allure of broadcasting, a new kind of slave trade is developing

A common heritage for global peace

• Ziauddin Sardar
• 06 December 2007
• 6 comments

It is just not good enough to say that love of God will conquer all differences and usher in peace and harmony all around