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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Society
Some smells are heaven scent
- 15 December 2003
Modern, branded perfumes are as ubiquitous as junk food - and just as bad for you. Ziauddin Sardar recommends more wholesome alternatives
North America
The new Mongols
- 17 November 2003
Bush in Babylon: the recolonisation of Iraq Tariq Ali Verso, 214pp, £13 ISBN 1859845835
World Affairs
The party of the martyrs
- 28 April 2003
The Shia branch of Islam was born in violent death and has suffered from centuries of persecution. The US needs to understand that, if it wants a better Iraq
Books
The forgotten inheritance. Why the mutual hatred between Islam and the west? Is it because neither can acknowledge that Islam gave Europe what it values most: liberal humanism? By Ziauddin Sardar
- 07 April 2003
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The Cross and the Crescent: Christianity and Islam from Muhammad to the Reformation Richard Fletcher Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 183pp, £14.99 ISBN 0713996862 Infidels: the conflict between Christendom and Islam (638-2002) Andrew Wheatcroft Viking, 443pp, £20
Books
The agony of a 21st-century Muslim. "Islam is a religion that devours all that is most humane and open-minded." How has this happened? Ziauddin Sardar on the delusion and intolerance of his fellow believers
- 17 February 2003
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Islam Explained Tahar Ben Jelloun, translated by Franklin Philip The New Press, 120pp, £9.95 ISBN 1565847814 The Prophet Muhammad: a biography Barnaby Rogerson Little, Brown, 240pp, £14.99 "Believing Women" in Islam: unreading patriarchal interpretations of the Koran Asma Barlas University of Texas Press, 272pp, £16.95 pbk
Television
A voice of reason. Ziauddin Sardar deconstructs perhaps the "most valuable institution in the Arab world"
- 09 September 2002
Al-Jazeera: how the free Arab news network scooped the world and changed the Middle East Mohammed El-Nawawy and Adel Iskandar Farag Westview Press, 240pp, $24
North America
The great Satan
- 26 August 2002
The Eagle's Shadow: why America fascinates and infuriates the world Mark Hertsgaard Bloomsbury, 219pp, £12.99 ISBN 0747560536
Society
The New Statesman Essay - Nothing left to belong to
- 25 February 2002
"Know thyself," said Socrates. In today's world, how can we?
Politics
Could the war games come true?
- 07 January 2002
US think-tanks have been simulating a new India-Pakistan conflict for years. In almost nine out of ten cases, the outcome is nuclear
