Beliefs
Ziauddin Sardar’s insight into society and faith with a particular focus on Islam
Articles in beliefs
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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


