Islam Beyond the Violent Jihadis: An Optimistic Muslim Speaks (Provocations)

The meaning and message of Islam has been corrupted and perverted by a particularly virulent strain of Islam. Writer and critic Ziauddin Sardar tells the stories of different interpretations of Islam and argues for a critical version of a religion th... Read more

The meaning and message of Islam has been corrupted and perverted by a particularly virulent strain of Islam. Writer and critic Ziauddin Sardar tells the stories of different interpretations of Islam and argues for a critical version of a religion that has a long and distinguished history-but appears to have been swept aside by a fundamentalist interpretation.Ziauddin Sardaris the award-winning author of over fifty books, includingDesperately Seeking Paradiseand, more recently,Mecca: The Sacred City. Editor of the quarterlyCritical Muslim, he is an internationally renowned public intellectual. The meaning and message of Islam has been corrupted and perverted by a particularly virulent strain of Islam. Writer and critic Ziauddin Sardar tells the stories of different interpretations of Islam and argues for a critical version of a religion that has a long and distinguished history-but appears to have been swept aside by a fundamentalist interpretation.Ziauddin Sardaris the award-winning author of over fifty books, includingDesperately Seeking Paradiseand, more recently,Mecca: The Sacred City. Editor of the quarterlyCritical Muslim, he is an internationally renowned public intellectual. The meaning and message of Islam has been corrupted and perverted by a particularly virulent strain of Islam. Writer and critic Ziauddin Sardar tells the stories of different interpretations of Islam and argues for a critical version of a religion that has a long and distinguished history-but appears to have been swept aside by a fundamentalist interpretation.Ziauddin Sardaris the award-winning author of over fifty books, includingDesperately Seeking Paradiseand, more recently,Mecca: The Sacred City. Editor of the quarterlyCritical Muslim, he is an internationally renowned public intellectual. Less