Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim

Raised in Pakistan, Ziauddin Sardar learned the Koran at his mothers knee. As a young student in London, he embarked on a quest to grasp the meaning and contemporary relevance of his religion and, hopefully, to find paradise. After experimenting with the mystical branch of Islam, Sufism, and with classical Islam, he set off on extensive travels through the Muslim world. Along the way, he came to accept that he might never reach paradise, realizing that its the journey thats important. At a time when the Western view of Islam is so often distorted and over-simplified, Desperately Seeking Paradise is essential reading.