
Ziauddin Sardar, one of the foremost Muslim intellectuals in Britain, learned the Koran at his mother`s knee in Pakistan. As a young student in London he set out to grasp the meaning of his religion, &, hopefully, to find `paradise`, his quest leading him throughout the Muslim world, from Iran to China to Turkey. Along the way he accepts that he may never reach paradise
- but it`s the journey that`s important. At a time when the view of Islam in the West is so often distorted & simplistic, Desperately Seeking Paradise
- self-mocking, frank & passionate
- is essential reading.