“ATTRACTION” OF “THE ISLAMIC STATE” IS A RESULT OF FEAR, FURY AND UNCERTAINTY CAUSED BY INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY IN THE WORLD

Interview with Ziauddin Sardar

Abstract

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Ziauddin Sardar (1951) is a Muslim scholar and a writer of Pakistani origin. His fields of interests include Muslim thought, studies about the future, philosophy of knowledge and science and other cultural studies in the widest sense. He is the author of numerous books, essays, articles, discussions as well as columns and television programmes. So far he has published or edited, on his own and with other co-authors over 35 books of great significance. The following are the most prominent of these: The Future of Muslim Civilisation (1979), Islamic Futures: The Shape of Ideas to Come (1985), Postmodernism and the Other (1998), Orientalism (1999), Why Do People Hate America? (2002). The British magazine “Prospect” listed him amongst the 100 most influential public figures of the Great Brittan. He recently stayed in Sarajevo responding to the invitation by The Centre for Advance Studies where he held a workshop titled: Navigating Postnormal Balkans: A Hands On Futures Workshop and Polylogue. Dr. Harun Karčić, a representative of The Centre for Advance Studies discussed with him a number of issues including the identity of Muslims in Europe, radicalism, the attitude of Islam regarding natural sciences and postmodernity.