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Islam beyond the violent jihadis, an optimistic Muslim speaks, Ziauddin Sardar

Islam beyond the violent jihadis

Ziauddin Sardar

Provocations

an optimistic Muslim speaks

ISLAM. The meaning and message of Islam has been corrupted and perverted by a particularly virulent strain of Islam. But behind the stories of atrocities, strife and turmoil, there is a number of different versions and visions of Islam struggling to survive and make sense of a rapidly changing world. Writer and critic Ziauddin Sardar tells the stories of different interpretations of Islam and argues for a critical version of a religion that has a long and distinguished history - but which appears to have been swept aside by a fundamentalist interpretation. Along the way, he answers a host of questions uppermost on the minds of most people