‘Why an Islamic State – the Life projects of Two Great European Muslims

Here is a link to a very interesting work by MA Sherif who has discussed the ideological struggles of two eminent European Muslims - Muhammad Asad and Alija Izetbegovic.

http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/islamic-state-06jan.pdf

Both Muhammad Asad and Alija Izetbegovic were men of wisdom and vision

blessed with long and productive lives. Asad is best remembered today for the

gripping travel adventure ‘Road to Mecca’ and a thought-provoking translation

and commentary of the Qur’an; Izetbegovic of course was the Muslim hero who

became the first president of Bosnia-Herzegovina and led his people with

courage and dignity during the wars with the Serbs and Croats in the early to mid

1990s.