Sardar, Ziauddin
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Name (Hebrew)
סרדר, זיודין, 1951-
Name (Latin)
Sardar, Ziauddin
Name (Arabic)
سردار، ضياء الدين، 1914-1981
Other forms of name
Sardar, Diya' al-Din
Sardar, Zia
סרדר, זיודין
Date of birth
1951-10-31
Date of death
1981
Associate group
Muslim Institute (London, England)
Center for Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- LCN note: b. 1951; Arabic cat.
- Rosser-Owen, D. G. Social change in ... 1976(a.e.)t.p. (Ziauddin Sardar)
- Info. from Karachi Office(Ziauddin Sardar; b. 1951)
- Faces of Islam, 1989:t.p. (Ziauddin Sardar)
- Muslim Institute website, viewed July 12, 2016:profiles, trustees (Ziauddin Sardar, an internationally renowned writer, broadcaster and cultural critic, is Professor of Law and Society at Middlesex University. He is the author of over 50 books, including Reading the Qur'an, Desperately Seeking Paradise, and Balti Britain. His most recent book is Future: All That Matters. A former columnist on the New Statesman, he is the co-editor of Critical Muslim and Consulting Editor of Futures, the monthly journal of policy, planning and cultural studies. Professor Sardar is well known as a public intellectual and appears frequently on radio and television)
- Ziauddin Sardar website, viewed July 12, 2016:bibliography page (editor, Critical Muslim, 2012- ; includes citations to books and essays on Islam, Muslims in the contemporary world, the Qur'an, sicence, and history, including Introducing mathematics (1999) and Chaos for beginners (1998)) biography page (currently Chair of the Muslim Institute, Director of the Centre of Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies at East-West University, Chicago [2013 or 2014?]; edits East West Affairs; born in Pakistan and grew up in Hackney, East London)
- ספר: למה אנשים שונאים את אמריקה?, תשס"ו c2006.
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Wikipedia description:
Ziauddin Sardar (Urdu: ضیاء الدین سردار; born 31 October 1951) is a British-Pakistani scholar, award-winning writer, cultural critic and public intellectual who specialises in Muslim thought, the future of Islam, futurology Critique of modernity, postmodernism and since and cultural relations. He has written and edited more than 60 books Prospect magazine named him as one of Britain's top 100 public intellectuals and The Independent newspaper called him: 'Britain's own Muslim polymath'.
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