Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys Of A Sceptical Muslim

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys Of A Sceptical Muslim
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ziauddin Sardar
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:356
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreBiographies and autobiography
Islam
ISBN/Barcode 9781862077553
ClassificationsDewey:297.092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Granta Books
Imprint Granta Books
Publication Date 6 June 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Ziauddin Sardar, one of the foremost Muslim intellectuals in Britain, learned the Koran at his mother's knee in Pakistan. As a young student in London he set out to grasp the meaning of his religion, and, hopefully, to find paradise, his quest leading him throughout the Muslim world, from Iran to China to Turkey. Along the way he accepts that he may never reach paradise but it's the journey that's important. At a time when the view of Islam in the West is so often distorted and simplistic, Desperately Seeking Paradise self-mocking, frank and passionate is essential reading.

Author Biography

Ziauddin Sardar was born in Pakistan in 1951 and grew up in Hackney, East London. He has worked all over the world as Muslim and Middle East correspondent for Nature, New Scientist and the Independent as well as making programmes for Channel 4, LWT and the BBC. He has published over 40 books, and contributes to the Observer, New Statesman, Independent, Evening Standard and the Daily Mail. He is Visiting Professor of Postcolonial Studies at City University, London.