Ziauddin Sardar
Ziauddin Sardar, writer and broadcaster, describes himself as a ‘critical polymath’. He is the author of over 40 books, including the highly acclaimed ‘Desperately Seeking Paradise’. He is Visiting Professor, School of Arts, the City University, London and editor of ‘Futures’, the monthly journal of planning, policy and futures studies.
Articles by Ziauddin Sardar
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Books
Written out of history. Many of civilisation's crowning glories originated in the east. Yet you'd be unlikely to learn this from reading western historians. Ziauddin Sardar on the books we ignore
- 08 November 2004
Great Ideas series Various authors Penguin, £3.99 each Human Accomplishment: the pursuit of excellence in the arts and sciences (800BC-1950) Charles Murray HarperCollins US, 688pp, £17.99 The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation John M Hobson Cambridge University Press, 376pp, £17.99 (paperback)
Books
Why do they hate us? The rise of anti-westernism concerns us all - yet most attempts to understand it display exactly the sort of chauvinism that explains why people despise the west. The real challenge is to try to understand other cultures on their own terms
- 04 October 2004
Occidentalism: a short history of anti-westernism Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit Atlantic Books, 165pp, £14.99 ISBN 1843542870
World Affairs
Can Islam change?
- 13 September 2004
- 4 comments
Beslan and 9/11 are leading millions of Muslims to search their souls. Even clerics now question the harshest traditional laws and look for a more humane interpretation of their faith
Books
Lost in translation. Most English-language editions of the Qur'an have contained numerous errors, omissions and distortions. Hardly surprising, writes Ziauddin Sardar, when one of their purposes was to denigrate not just the Holy Book, but the entire Islamic faith
- 09 August 2004
- 20 comments
The Qur'an Translated by M A S Abdel Haleem Oxford University Press, 464pp, £14.99 ISBN 0192805487
Ideas
NS Essay - Is Muslim civilisation set on a fixed course to decline?
- 14 June 2004
- 1 comment
Wahhabism, the Saudis' brand of Islam, negates the very idea of evolution in human thought and morality. Ziauddin Sardar recalls his own experiences of a faith that shuns unbelievers
World Affairs
How to take Islam back to reason
- 05 April 2004
- 3 comments
Far from being anti-science, as George Carey suggests, the Koran demands scientific study. Now Muslim leaders are planning its revival and hope to restore a golden age, reports Ziauddin Sardar
Books
The cosmic dilemma. Terrorists may seem psychologically disturbed people who hate us for no good reason. Yet the wretchedness that drives them to kill is a direct consequence of our own lifestyles. It is more important for us to change, because we do greater damage
- 01 March 2004
Terrorism for Humanity: inquiries in political philosophy Ted Honderich Pluto, 232pp, £15.99 ISBN 0745321348 The Roots of War and Terror Anthony Stevens Continuum, 264pp, £12.99 A War on Terror: Afghanistan and after Paul Rogers Pluto, 210pp, £12.99 No End to War: terrorism in the 21st century Walter Laqueur Continuum, 278pp, £16.99 Terrorism, Freedom and Security: a common-sense strategy for a democratic society Philip B Heymann MIT Press, 210pp, £16.95
World Affairs
"Traitor" will get a rich retirement
- 09 February 2004
Observations on Pakistan's nuclear scandal
