Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss) was a Jewish-born Austro-Hungarian bornjournalist, traveler, writer, linguist, thinker, political theorist, diplomat and Islamic scholar... In Palestine, Weiss engaged in arguments with Zionist leaders like Chaim Weizmann, voicing his criticism of the Zionist Movement. After traveling across the Arab World as a journalist, he converted to Islam and chose for himself the Muslim name Muhammad Asad—Asad being the Arabic rendition of his root name Leo (Lion)... He also carried out a secret mission for Ibn Saud to trace the sources of funding for Ikhwan Revolt. Due to these activities, he was dubbed in a Haaretz articles as Leopold of Arabia—hinting similarity of his activities to those ofLawrence of Arabia. On his visit to India, Asad became friends with Muslim poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal who persuaded him to abandon his eastward travels and help elucidate the intellectual premises of the future Islamic state. He also spent five years in internment by the British Government at the outbreak of World War II... An ardent proponent of Ijtihad and rationality in interpreting religious texts, he dedicates his works: لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ to People who Think. Islam should be presented without any fanaticism. Without any stress on our having the only possible way and the others are lost. Moderation in all forms is a basic demand of Islam. Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is superfluous and nothing lacking; and the result is a structure of absolute balance and solid composure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Asad His work here: muhammad-asad/ Thank you Johanna November
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