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Islam at the Crossroads

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I've read several books by venerable, late Muhammad Asad (may Allah bless his soul and illuminate his grave).

This is a rather short book that urges Muslims of his time (and of our time as well) to abandom blind imitation of the West and revive the Islamic spirit. His message in prose is very similar to what Allama Iqbal composed in poetry. A must read for our youth.

Islam at the
Crossroads was written as a plea to the Muslims of that generation to avoid
a blind imitation of Western social forms and values, and to try to preserve
instead their Islamic heritage which once upon a time had been responsible for
the glorious many-sided historical phenomenon comprised in the term "Muslim
Civilization". But, as it happened, much of what the author has aimed at was
subsequently misunderstood by the readers and leaders who failed to grasp the
full implications of his call to cultural creativeness and to return to the true
ideology of the Qur'an and Sunnah. This revised edition, it is hoped, would
clarify something of the tragic confusion nowadays prevailing in the Muslim
world. This is dedicated to the Muslim youth of today, just as the original 1934
edition was dedicated to the Muslim youth of those days.

He calls on Muslims to live up to Islamic principles and strive to improve humanity.