Week: 03 - ROAD TO MECCA (MUHAMMAD ASAD)
Points of Discussion:
THE STORY OF A STORY
- A European's discovery of Islam and of his integration within the Muslim community
- Asad's services as Pakistan's Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Nations
- Author's ideological agreement with Allama Muhammad Iqbal
- Graeco-Roman mode оf thought which divided the world into Greeks and Romans оn оnе side and 'barbarians' оn the other
- Discussion about books on Oriental art аnd philosophy that have been рublished in Europe and America during the last quarter-century