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Title: Mecca( The Sacred City) <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: ZiauddinSardar <>Publisher: BloomsburyPublishingPLC
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Ziauddin Sardar was born in Pakistan and grew up in Hackney. A writer, broadcaster and cultural critic, he is one of the world's foremost Muslim intellectuals and author of more than forty-five books on Islam, science and contemporary culture. He has been listed by Prospect magazine as one of Britain's top 100 intellectuals. Currently he is Visiting Professor of Postcolonial Studies at City University, editor of Futures, a monthly journal on policy, planning and futures studies, a columnist for the New Statesman and a Commissioner for the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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The story of Mecca has seldom been told with such insight and passion ... A beautifully rendered account of the Muslim version of events, as told by a rational, likable, intelligent and mildly sceptical follower of the prophet ... A major achievement and a hugely enjoyable and important study of the world's great cities * William Dalrymple, Observer * Authoritative ... Sardar should be praised for his scholarly and well researched history ... Will prove to be an essential text for anyone interested in the birthplace of Islam * Independent * A prolific writer on Islam, and knows how to tell a story. He enlivens, longueurs in the history with wit, robust judgement and a sprinkling of sexual escapades * The Times * Sardar lays bare the Sacred City and chronicles the Muslim tradition of travel ... Affecting at the start, with its report of an elderly pilgrim who has struggled to reach Mecca and breathes his last there; amusing about his own travels; and increasingly angry towards the end * Daily Telegraph * Entertaining and richly informative ... Few well-informed readers, whether Muslim or infidel, will quarrel with Sardar's conclusion * Literary Review * Charts the bloody, complex history and changing politics of one of the world's biggest travel hubs * Wanderlust * A project of love and disenchantment - which tells Mecca's story from pre-Islamic times until today * Economist * Shows how much the Saudis have destroyed and suppressed in their Disneyfication of the most sacred city of Islam * William Dalrymple, Observer Books of the Year * Powerful and instructive ... few books celebrate life, with joy and sadness, quite like this one does * New Statesman *
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- PublisherBloomsburyPublishingPLC
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1408809206
- ISBN 13 9781408809204
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages448
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MECCA: The Sacred City
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in red cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Mecca is, for many, the heart of Islam. It is the birthplace of Muhammad, the direction to which Muslims turn when they pray, and the site of pilgrimage that annually draws some three million Muslims from all corners of the world. Yet the significance of Mecca is more than purely religious. What happens in Mecca and how Muslims think about the political and cultural history of Mecca has had and continues to have a profound influence on world events to this day. In this insightful book, Ziauddin Sardar unravels the meaning and significance of Mecca. Tracing its history, from its origins as a "barren valley" in the desert to its evolution as a trading town and sudden emergence as the religious center of a world empire, Sardar examines the religious struggles and rebellions in Mecca that have significantly shaped Muslim culture. An illuminative, lyrical, and witty blend of history, reportage, and memoir, Mecca reflects all that is profound and enlightening, curious and amusing about Mecca and takes us behind the closed doors to one of the most important places in the world today. Ref YYY 5. Seller Inventory # 032163
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