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I conceived from the outset a strong objection to Zionism. I considered it immoral that immigrants should come from abroad with the avowed intention of attaining to majority in the country and thus to dispossess the people whose country it had been since time immemorial.

Muhammad Asad

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Muhammad Asad
Age: 91 †
Born: 1900
Born: July 2
Died: 1992
Died: February 20
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