Muhammad Asad
| Muhammad Asad محمد أسد |
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| Born |
12 July 1900 Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) |
| Died | 20 February 1992 (aged 91) Mijas, Spain |
| Nationality |
Austrian Pakistani |
| Region | Middle East, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Linguist, Academic, Traveler, Political Theorist, Historian |
| Religion | Islam |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic studies, Islamic democracy, Muslim world Quran |
| Notable idea(s) |
Islamic state Independent Reasoning |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna (dropped out in 1920) |
| Muhammad Asad Photo Album | |
| (See also: Other photos from album covering important events of his life). |
Muhammad Asad (pronounced [ˈmoʊ̯hämæd ˈæsæd], Arabic: محمد أسد, Urdu: محمد أسد, born Leopold Weiss; 12 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was a Jewish-born Austro-Hungarian journalist, traveler, writer, linguist, thinker, political theorist, diplomat and Islamic scholar. Asad was one of the most influential European Muslims of the 20th century.
By the age of thirteen, young Weiss had acquired a passing fluency in Hebrew and Aramaic, other than his native languages German and Polish. By his mid-twenties, he could read and write in English, French, Persian and Arabic. In Mandatory Palestine, Weiss engaged in arguments with Zionist leaders like Chaim Weizmann, voicing his reservations about some aspects of the Zionist Movement. After traveling across the Arab World as a journalist, he converted to Islam in 1926 and chose for himself the Muslim name "Muhammad Asad"—Asad being the Arabic rendition of his root name Leo (Lion).
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