Ziauddin Sardar is a renowned writer, broadcaster and cultural critic. A former columnist on the New Statesman, he has also served as a Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission. He is professor of Law and society at Middlesex University, and the author of numerous books, the most recent being Reading the Qur'an (Hurst); Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim (Granta); What Do Muslims Believe? (Granta); and Balti Britain: A Provocative Journey Through Asian Britain (Granta). Robin Yassin-Kassab is the author of the acclaimed novel, The Road From Damascus (Penguin). Born in west London, he has lived and worked in France, Pakistan, Turkey, Syria, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Oman. He is a regular contributor to the literary pages of The Guardian and The Independent.

• The Violence of Sectarianism - Yasmin Saikia The Sunnis - Ebrahim Moosa The Shia - Imranali Panjwani The Salafis - Francesco Cavatorta (based in Saudi Arabia and the ideology behind the Jihadis, the Taliban and al-Qaida) The Ismailis - Faisal Daviji Tablighi Jamaat -- Zacharias Pieri (a global evangelical sect that has its origins in India) The Alawis - Robin Yassin-Kassab (the sect of President Asad of Syria) The Deobandis - Faizur Rahman (a puritan sect from India, an off-shoot of the Wahhabis) The Ahmadiyya - Hassan Mohamedallie (a persecuted minority sect in Pakistan) Converts and Their Discontent - Jamie Gilham

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Ziauddin Sardar is a renowned writer, broadcaster and cultural critic. A former columnist on the New Statesman, he has also served as a Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission. He is professor of Law and society at Middlesex University, and the author of numerous books, the most recent being Reading the Qur'an (Hurst); Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim (Granta); What Do Muslims Believe? (Granta); and Balti Britain: A Provocative Journey Through Asian Britain (Granta). Robin Yassin-Kassab is the author of the acclaimed novel, The Road From Damascus (Penguin). Born in west London, he has lived and worked in France, Pakistan, Turkey, Syria, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Oman. He is a regular contributor to the literary pages of The Guardian and The Independent.

• The Violence of Sectarianism - Yasmin Saikia The Sunnis - Ebrahim Moosa The Shia - Imranali Panjwani The Salafis - Francesco Cavatorta (based in Saudi Arabia and the ideology behind the Jihadis, the Taliban and al-Qaida) The Ismailis - Faisal Daviji Tablighi Jamaat -- Zacharias Pieri (a global evangelical sect that has its origins in India) The Alawis - Robin Yassin-Kassab (the sect of President Asad of Syria) The Deobandis - Faizur Rahman (a puritan sect from India, an off-shoot of the Wahhabis) The Ahmadiyya - Hassan Mohamedallie (a persecuted minority sect in Pakistan) Converts and Their Discontent - Jamie Gilham

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Ziauddin Sardar is a renowned writer, broadcaster and cultural critic. A former columnist on the New Statesman, he has also served as a Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission. He is professor of Law and society at Middlesex University, and the author of numerous books, the most recent being Reading the Qur'an (Hurst); Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim (Granta); What Do Muslims Believe? (Granta); and Balti Britain: A Provocative Journey Through Asian Britain (Granta). Robin Yassin-Kassab is the author of the acclaimed novel, The Road From Damascus (Penguin). Born in west London, he has lived and worked in France, Pakistan, Turkey, Syria, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Oman. He is a regular contributor to the literary pages of The Guardian and The Independent.

• The Violence of Sectarianism - Yasmin Saikia The Sunnis - Ebrahim Moosa The Shia - Imranali Panjwani The Salafis - Francesco Cavatorta (based in Saudi Arabia and the ideology behind the Jihadis, the Taliban and al-Qaida) The Ismailis - Faisal Daviji Tablighi Jamaat -- Zacharias Pieri (a global evangelical sect that has its origins in India) The Alawis - Robin Yassin-Kassab (the sect of President Asad of Syria) The Deobandis - Faizur Rahman (a puritan sect from India, an off-shoot of the Wahhabis) The Ahmadiyya - Hassan Mohamedallie (a persecuted minority sect in Pakistan) Converts and Their Discontent - Jamie Gilham

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