Leopold Weiss (Muhammad Asad): A Jewish-Austrian journalist and writer who converted to Islam in the 1920s. He is known for his translation of the Quran and his influential writings on Islam.
He is one of the authors of Encyclopedia Iranica in the field of history of economics.
Vienna court annulled the government’s decision to close six mosques.
Peace be on Husayn, and on Ali son of Husayn, and on the children of Husayn, and on the friends of Husayn.
Katrin was another Austrian convert attending the conference. A graduate student finishing her MA in Anthropology, she added another perspective to the use of veils.