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