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Channel 4: News DISPATCHES: War on Terror Review: Balti Britain by Ziauddin Sardar
An ambitious overview of British Asian life fails to cover many of its most fascinating aspects says Sarfraz Manzoor…. The Equality and Human Rights Commission
The Language of Equality

Ziauddin Sardar:
Who are the British Asians?

Newstatesman, 25 September, 2008

Ziauddin Sardar:
The strange allure of our 'exes'

Newstatesman, 18 September, 2008

Ziauddin Sardar:
Modern marriage

Newstatesman, 04 September, 2008

Ziauddin Sardar:
Musharraf's departure will not bring peace

Newstatesman, 21 August, 2008

Ziauddin Sardar:
Weird science

Newstatesman, 21 August, 2008

Ziauddin Sardar:
Let Muslims choose their own committee

Newstatesman, 07 August, 2008

Ziauddin Sardar:
How I “arranged” my daughter’s marriage
Newstatesman, 08 May, 2008

Ziauddin Sardar:
Clerical errors in the name of God

Newstatesman, 24 April, 2008

Ziauddin Sardar:
Calm down, dear, it’s only chaos

Newstatesman, 10 April, 2008

Ziauddin Sardar:
A revenger’s tragedy;

Newstatesman, 03 January 2008

Ziauddin Sardar:
A common heritage for global peace;

A short biography

Born in Northern Pakistan in 1951; grew up in Hackney, London. Educated, not very well, at Brooke House Secondary School, East London; Read physics and then information science at the City University, London.
Career, wide and varied: Hajj Research Centre, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Nature; New Scientist; Reporter, London Weekend Television; Director, Centre for Policy and Futures Studies, East-West University, Chicago; Advisor to former Deputy Prime Minister, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Visiting Professor of Science Policy, Middlesex University.
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Latest Books

Balti Britain
By Ziauddin Sardar

Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Skeptical Muslim
By Ziauddin Sardar

How do you know?:
By Ziauddin Sardar (Author), Sohail Inayatullah (Editor)

What do Muslims Believe?: the Roots and Realities of Modern Islam
By Ziauddin Sardar,

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'There is a two-word answer to the charge that Muslims who remain serious about faith have failed to engage with the science, culture and politics of the contemporary world. The words are Ziauddin Sardar.
-The Independent

One of the finest intellectuals on the planet.
- The Herald

A remarkable author
- Nature

A formidable critic
-Muslim World Book Review

In Islamic context, but perhaps in any context, his achievement is startling in its range, boldness, skepticism and, above all, sheer quantity.
-New Statesman

Britains own Muslim polymath
-The Independent

A leading Muslim scholar and writer, Sardars body of work is testament to a lifetimes restless need for intellectual inquiry and critique Armed with a sharp wit and an intuitive grasp of when to move in for the intellectual kill, the skeptical Sardar takes on all-comers, no matter which side of the fence they stand. He thrives in the lions den
- Sydney Morning Herald

We must search for the answers to the questions he asks if we are to challenge and change the status quo.
- Socialist Future

It would be difficult to think of anyone else who combines the virtues of scholarship, journalism and activism in such equal measure.
- British Journal for the History of Science