Book Description:
The Britannica Guide provides an unbiased and clear-sighted guide to the faith, history and politics of Islam, with an introduction by Ziauddin Sardar.
About the Author:
Ziauddin Sardar was born in Northern Pakistan in 1951 and grew up in Hackney, London. His career has been wide and varied and includes the: Hajj Research Centre, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah; 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. Currently he is the Editor of Futures, the monthly journal of policy, planning and futures studies; co-editor, Third Text, the critical journal of visual arts and culture; Visiting Professor, School of Arts, the City University, London. Commissioner for the Commission for Equality and Human Rights and a columnist on the New Statesman.
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