Muhammad Asad
Journalist
Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss in the Polish city of Lvov in 1900, was the grandson of an orthodox Rabbi. By his early twenties he could write and read German, French and Polish languages. He took to journalism and travelled the Middle East as... Google Books
Born: July 2, 1900, Lviv, Ukraine
Died: February 20, 1992 (age 91 years), Mijas, Spain
Spouse: Hamida Asad (m. 1952–1992), Munira Asad (m. 1927–1952), and Elsa Schiemann
Children: Talal Asad
Influenced by: Mohammad Iqbal, Muhammad Abduh, Rashid Rida, and more
Education: University of Vienna
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Muhammad Asad was an Austro-Hungarian-born Jew and convert to Islam who worked as a journalist, traveler, writer, political theorist, and diplomat. Muhammad ...
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Leopold Weiss converted to Islam and as Muhammad Asad wrote the famous book The Road to Mecca. One day in September 1926, a young Jewish journalist boarded ...
Oct 22, 2023 · MUHAMMAD ASAD (born Leopold Weiss) was a journalist, writer, a diplomat involved in the establishment of the statehood of a number of Arab ...
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In no way a full story of Asad's life, it covers only the years he spent in Arabia as a young man, and specifically a 23-day journey to Mecca in the summer of ...
The book, a combination of memoir and travelogue, told the story of a convert to Islam who had crossed the spiritual deserts of Europe and the sand deserts of ...
May 21, 2019 · As a Polish Jew in the early 20th century, Muhammad Asad's choice of converting to Islam was an unusual one. But this prominent journalist ...
Muhammad Asad is a richer, more creative, and far more complex Muslim thinker than is commonly recognised. He has a great deal to teach us today, almost three ...
Muhammad Asad born Leopold Weiss; 12 July 1900 - 20 February 1992 was a Jewish-born Austro-Hungarian journalist, traveler, writer, linguist, thinker, ...
Writer, traveler and explorer, Muhammad Asad had a truly chequered life spanning three continents and two cultures. Born Leopold Weiss in the summer of 1900 ...