Islam Beyond the Violent Jihadis: An Optimistic Muslim Speaks (Provocations)
by Ziauddin Sardar
2021-01-05 23:07:02
Islam Beyond the Violent Jihadis: An Optimistic Muslim Speaks (Provocations)
by Ziauddin Sardar
2021-01-05 23:07:02
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...
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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.
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