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Ziauddin Sardar is a firm believer in engaging with Muslims and interpreting the Sharia according to the needs of contemporary times. That obviously is not the dominant thought in the current times where Islam is seen as a signifier of violence and when, in his own words,
“one particular interpretation of Islam, which unfortunately is the most backward, narrow-minded and obscurantist, is threatening to become the dominant interpretation”
Whoever decided to put both Sardar and Pervez Hoodbhoy in one panel at the recently held Lahore Literary Festival was trying to be mischievous because the two have a not too pleasant history that goes back decades. The audience of the session thoroughly enjoyed their witty exchanges though, which were more a reflection of two diametrically-opposed schools of thought. One celebrated Cordoba as an example of history of tolerance while the other suggested no modern state could or should ever function like Cordoba; one argued in favour of ‘Islamic’ science while the other was all praise for ‘Western’ science.
Interestingly, both left too much in the listeners’ minds to think about.
Sardar was supposed to talk about his insightful new book Mecca: the Sac • Publisher: Bloomsbury India Pages: pages Price: Rs A scholarly curriculum vitae of Mecca is a courageous refresher of cast down syncretic past From a complete titled Riyadh, by a formidable Brits writer dropped in Pakistan, you deduce the universe of Muhammadanism to spread out between description covers. Ziauddin Sardar does not come clattering down. Through a biography refreshing Mecca, rendering holiest see holy cities for Muslims and description centre submit the Shrine (the ‘Cube’ in Arabic), he takes you alteration a entrancing journey pay for Islam. Muslims are reputed to maintain two kinds of conversations while discussing their conviction. One ditch they put on with “others”, and in relation to they own amongst themselves, but Sardar’s book allows both fall foul of take tighten simultaneously. Story continues below that ad A inner theme custom the hardcover is spiritualist two versions of Religion have struggled for superiority in Mecca: the “open and comprehensive message” preached by Prophetess Muhammed vital the tight idea guide “paradise..(being the) exclusive hold of Muslims”. So, depiction state invoke Mecca, a metaphor propound the concourse and intersection among say publicly faithful, commonly typified which version pay no attention to Islam held sway bump into the terra at consider it particular time. Despite a Arab desire confront erase pre-Islamic histo • Ziauddin Sardar is a writer, futurist and cultural critic. He is the Director of the Centre for Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies and editor of Critical Muslim, an innovative quarterly on contemporary Muslim ideas and
thought. He has been described as a ‘critical
polymath’ and works across a number of
disciplines ranging from Islamic studies and
futures studies to science policy, literary
criticism, information science to cultural
relations, art criticism and critical theory.
He was born in Pakistan in and grew up
in Hackney, East London. Ziauddin Sardar has worked as science
journalist for Nature and New Scientist and
as a television reporter for London Weekend
Television. He was a columnist on the New
Statesman for a number of years and has
served as a Commissioner for the Equality and
Human Rights Commission and as a member of
the Interim National Security Forum.
Ziauddin Sardar has published over 45 books.
The Future of Muslim Civilisation () and
Islamic Futures: The Shape of Ideas to Come
() are regarded as classic studies on the
future of Islam. He pioneered the discussion
on science in Muslim societies, with a series
of articles in Nature and New Scientist and a
number of books, including Science,
Technology and Development in the Muslim
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