Mecca - Paperback English by Ziauddin Sardar - 25/09/2014

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ISBN 13: 9781408856727
ISBN 10: 1408856727
Book Subtitle: The Sacred City
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Editorial Review: The story of Mecca has seldom been told with such insight and passion . A beautifully rendered account of the Muslim version of events, as told by a rational, likable, intelligent and mildly sceptical follower of the prophet. A major achievement and a hugely enjoyable and important study of the world's great cities William Dalrymple, Observer Authoritative . Sardar should be praised for his scholarly and well researched history ... Will prove to be an essential text for anyone interested in the birthplace of Islam Independent A prolific writer on Islam, and knows how to tell a story.
About the Author: Currently, Ziauddin Sardar is Chair of the Muslim Institute, a learned, fellowship society that promotes knowledge and debate, and editor of Critical Muslim, an innovative quarterly on contemporary Muslim ideas and thought. He is also the Director of the Centre of Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies, East West Chicago, and the editor of its journal East West Affairs. He has been described as a ‘critical  polymath’ and works across a number of  disciplines ranging from Islamic studies and  futures studies to science policy, literary  criticism, information science to cultural relations, art criticism and critical theory.  He was born in Pakistan in 1951 and grew up  in Hackney, East London. Ziauddin Sardar has worked as science  journalist for Nature and New Scientist and  as a television reporter for London Weekend  Television. He was a columnist on the New  Statesman for a number of years and has  served as a Commissioner for the Equality and  Human Rights Commission and as a member of  the Interim National Security Forum.  Ziauddin Sardar has published over 45 books.  The Future of Muslim Civilisation (1979) and  Islamic Futures: The Shape of Ideas to Come  (1985) are regarded as classic studies on the  future of Islam. He pioneered the discussion  on science in Muslim societies, with a series  of articles in Nature and New Scientist and a  number of books, including Science,  Technology and Development in the Muslim  World (1977), The Touch of Midas: Science, Values and the Environment in Islam and the  West (1982), which is seen as a seminal  work, The Revenge of Athena: Science,  Exploitation and the Third World (1988)  and Explorations in Islamic Science (1989). Postmodernism and the Other (1998) has  acquired a cultish following and Why Do  People Hate America? (2002) became an international bestseller. Ziauddin Sardar’s two volumes of biography  and travel, Desperately Seeking Paradise:  Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim (2004) and  Balti Britain: A Provocative Journey Through  Asian Britain (2008) have received wide  acclaim. Reading the Qur’an (2011), which  began as a Guardian blog, has been described as a ‘mini masterpiece’. And Future: All That  Matters is probably the only accessible  introduction to futures studies. He has also  authored a number of study guides in the  Introducing series, including the  international bestsellers Introducing Islam  and Introducing Chaos. Two collections of his  writings are available as Islam,  Postmodernism and Other Futures: A Ziauddin  Sardar Reader (2003) and How Do You Know?:  Reading Ziauddin Sardar on Islam, Science and  Cultural Relations (2006). Ziauddin Sardar has written and presented  numerous television programmes – most  recently ‘Battle for Islam’, a 90-minute documentary for BBC2 and ‘Dispatches’ on  Pakistan for Channel 4. His earlier  programmes include ‘Encounters with Islam’ (1985), a series of four shows for BBC and  ‘Islamic Conversations’ (1994), a series of  six programmes for Channel 4. He was a regular Friday Panel Member on ‘World News  Tonight’ on Sky News (2005-2007). Formerly Editor of Futures (1999-2012), the  monthly journal of policy, planning and  futures studies, he is now consulting editor  of Futures. He was a long-standing columnist on the New Statements and has contributed to  the Guardian, the Times, the Independent and  numerous other newspapers and magazines. Currently, Ziauddin Sardar is Chair of the  Muslim Institute, a learned, fellowship  society that promotes knowledge and debate,  and editor of Critical Muslim, an innovative  quarterly on contemporary Muslim ideas and thought. He also edits East West Affairs, ‘a quarterly journal of North-South relations in  postnormal times’. Widely known for his radio and television  appearances, he writes an occasional ‘Credo’  column for the Times. His history of Mecca:  The Sacred City will be published by  Bloomsbury in the autumn of 2014.
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Author: Ziauddin Sardar
Edition Number: Export/Airside Edition
Publication Date: 25/09/2014
Number of Pages: 448