For let there be no mistake about it: freedom is not an end in itself-it is only a means to an end. The moment you achieve freedom from something, the question arises: What is this freedom for? It is this question which the Muslim millah is now being called upon to answer. (Muhammad Asad)

For let there be no mistake about it: freedom is not an end in itself-it is only a means to an end. The moment you achieve freedom from something, the question arises: What is this freedom for? It is this question which the Muslim millah is now being called upon to answer.

Muhammad Asad

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