Ziauddin Sardar

Ziauddin Sardar is an award-winning, internationally renowned writer, futurist and cultural critic. A former columnist on the New Statesman, he has also served as a Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission. He is the author of many books, including Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Skeptical Muslim, Reading the Qur'an, and Mecca: The Sacred City. He is editor of the influential quarterly, Critical Muslim.