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
Ziauddin Sardar rumbles a scam artist
- 06 March 2006
It is one of the most successful cons in recent Muslim history, and many reputable believers have been had
World Affairs
Freedom of speech is Islamic, too
- 13 February 2006
- 1 comment
The easy assumption is that the Muslim world is hypersensitive because it does not believe in freedom of expression. Nothing could be further from the truth
Society
Ziauddin Sardar confronts the commentators
- 06 February 2006
- 1 comment
If journalists described Jews or gay people as they do Muslims, they would be hounded out of what is left of Fleet Street
Society
Haunted by the politics of hate
- 30 January 2006
Religion - Behind the prosperous facade lurks an ugly strain of Hindu fundamentalism, argues Ziauddin Sardar
Society
Ziauddin Sardar wants to remember the Holocaust
- 23 January 2006
When Muslims take part in Holocaust Memorial Day events, they are following the example of the Prophet
Society
Ziauddin Sardar captures Bin Laden
- 09 January 2006
Muslims urgently need a better class of heroes. Why has the Islamic world not produced a Gandhi or a Mandela?
Books
The ethics of responsibility. For life to have meaning, we need to stop pursuing our own interests and learn to share. Giving is what makes us human. This is a message common to all religions, writes Ziauddin Sardar
- 09 January 2006
- 1 comment
To Heal a Fractured World Jonathan Sacks Continuum, 288pp, £16.99 ISBN 0826486223
Society
Ziauddin Sardar justifies his radical haircut
- 19 December 2005
"These awful dreadlocks are a sure give-away," the girl said. That was it. The next morning I went to the barber
Politics
The next holocaust
- 05 December 2005
- 3 comments
Islamophobia is not a uniquely British disease: across Europe, liberals openly express prejudice against Muslims. Do new pogroms beckon? Ziauddin Sardar reports from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Society
Ziauddin Sardar - on the culture of martyrdom
- 28 November 2005
If suicide killing was a viable weapon of just war, then the Prophet Muhammad would have used it
