Muhammad Asad

Tags: Philosopher.

Muhammad Asad (pronounced [ˈmoʊ̯hämæd ˈæsæd] Urdu: محمد اسد‎ born Leopold Weiss; 2 July 1900 – 23 February 1992) was a Jewish-born Austro-Hungarian born 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 mother tongue German .

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birth date

1900-07-02

birth place

Austria-Hungary, Lviv, Ukraine

death date

1992-02-23

death place

Spain, Granada

influenced

Constitution of Pakistan, Imran Khan, Maryam Jameelah, Tariq Ramadan, Murad Wilfried Hofmann

influenced by

Rashid Rida, Bedouin, Islamic philosophy, Mustafa al-Maraghi, Muhammad Abduh, Ibn Hazm, Muhammad Iqbal

main interest

Islamic studies, Muslim world, Islamic democracy

notableIdea

Islamic state, Ijtihad

region

Middle East, Pakistan