Muslim leadership: Fundamental to decolonizing education and educational leadership
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Abstract
Great Muslim Leaders highlights diverse Muslim leaders, offering Islamic-informed alternatives to Eurocentric views on education and leadership. Each chapter includes a leader's biography, context, key lessons, and recommendations for educators. The book emphasizes the global impact of Islamic intellectual history and spirituality. Great Muslim Leaders presents Islamic-informed alternatives to Eurocentric Christian understandings of education and educational leadership. It does so by interrupting and displacing the West’s centuries long dismissive stance and monolithic gaze on Islam by showcasing outstanding diverse Muslim leaders across space and time. Each chapter focuses on a single leader, and includes a biographical sketch; a discussion of their context and activities as a leader; key lessons readers can learn from their leadership, and recommendations that are relevant for teachers and educational leaders. This collection of Muslim leaders, chosen by Muslim scholars, brings to education discourse the breadth of Islamic intellectual history, giving the book a global appeal and facilitating a sharing of innovative and classic ideas across cultures, faith traditions, and national boundaries.Great Muslim Leaders introduces to readers Muslim intellectuals, spiritual leaders, philosophers, poets, artists, activists, scientists, celebrities, politicians, educators, film makers, historical figures, theorists, and academics whose lives have positively shaped their community, society, and the world. Their lived experiences are underpinned by deep spirituality and faith, revealing the significance and import religious belief has on moral and ethical action. The book concludes with seven lessons that cut across the chapters that encapsulate the immense value Islamic spirituality and faith bring to education and leadership.
Keywords
Muslim leadership, Islamic education, educational leadership, Islamic spirituality, Muslim intellectual history, faith-based leadership
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of Publication
2023
E-ISSN
979-8-88730-183-9
Publication Title
Great Muslim Leaders: Lessons for Education
Publisher
Emerald
School
School of Education
RAS ID
100061
ISBN
979-8-88730-182-2
Copyright
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Recommended Citation
Brooks, M. C., & Ezzani, M. D. (2023). Muslim leadership: Fundamental to decolonizing education and educational leadership. In M. C. Brooks & M. D. Ezzani (Eds.), Great Muslim leaders: Lessons for education (pp. 299-302). Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/979-8-88730-183-9