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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Religion
Close encounters of the fourth kind
- 30 August 2007
- 23 comments
In the age of the internet and instant communications, aliens have become irrelevant
Global Issues
Why I should start saying sorry
- 16 August 2007
- 8 comments
No amount of anti-racism, inclusion or social justice will ever eradicate the inescapable reality of being descended from a human cattle auction
Society
Message to the military
- 26 July 2007
- 3 comments
The election results in Turkey are good news for that country, for Europe, even Nato, and particularly for devout, liberal Muslims everywhere, reports Ziauddin Sardar
Religion
Democracy has never been an idyll
- 19 July 2007
Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, had never actually read any of the works of Plato he so airily cited
Unite and conquer
- 12 July 2007
- 1 comment
The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In Hugh Kennedy Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 464pp, £25
UK Politics
Fingers crossed, we'll get past this
- 05 July 2007
- 1 comment
The terrorists actions were directed at the new administration in a blatant attempt to derail the promise of change in policy
Society
Let my son and me teach you how to smoke
- 21 June 2007
- 1 comment
Anti-smoking legislation is about to snuff out Britain's emerging shisha culture
Global Issues
Lies, damned lies and terrorists
- 21 May 2007
- 2 comments
Most low-intensity attacks against businesses and governments are carried out by terrorists who have nothing to do with Islam
