A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is an adaptation of an extract from Shaykh Muhammad Asad Leopold Weiss’s ( r.a. ) “Road to Mecca,” and is about his conversation with Dr. Chaim Azriel Weizmann.   Shaykh Muhammad Asad ( r.a. ) was born Leopold Weiss, and he was also a Jew.   So, this is a conversation between two ethnic Jews, one a Muslim convert and the other, a Zionist leader.   Shaykh Muhammad Asad ( r.a. ) began, “Well – how can you ever hope to make Palestine your homeland in the face of the vehement opposition of the Arabs who, after all, are in the majority of the country?”   The Zionist leader shrugged his shoulders, and answered drily, “We expect they will not be in a majority after a few years.”   “Perhaps so.   You have been dealing with this problem for years, and must know the situation better than I do.   But quite apart from the political difficulties which Arab opposition may or may not put in your way – does n...