Educational Leadership: An Islamic Perspective

Educational Leadership: An Islamic Perspective
Dr. Walid Ahmad Masa’dah, Department of Islamic Studies, College of Shari 'ah and Islamic Studies,Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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Dr. Ali Mohammad Jubran, Department of Islamic Studies, College of Shari 'ah and Islamic Studies,Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
ABSTRACT
This paper aimes to identify the main features of educational leadership from an Islamic perspective. It is an attempt to contribute to the development and understanding of educational leadership in Islamic institutions. This will give a better understanding of organizational effectiveness and provide guidelines for leaders of Islamic educational institutions in order to achieve their Islamic managerial objectives successfully.
This paper discusses the Islamic thought on educational leadership. It managed to highlight both early and contemporary ideas on Islamic leadership. For that, ideas of Ibn
Taymiya, Al-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, Al-Ghazali and Ibn Khaldoun as well as ideas of some contemporary scholars of educational leadership were analyzed. It also highlighted the main roles of educational leadership in Islam such as the visionary leader, the servant leader, the leader as a guide, the influential leader and the educative leader as well as styles of educational leadership in Islam such as Brotherhood
Leadership, Collaborative Leadership, Shuratic or Consultative Leadership and
Supportive Leadership.
The definition of educational leadership in Islam was analyzed at the beginning of the paper. Finally, the paper came up with few suggestions and recommendations for the
Muslim educational leaders, managers and researchers.

Keywords: educational leadership, roles of educational leadership, styles of educational leadership

Introduction
This research discusses the main features of educational leadership from an Islamic perspective. It will be an attempt to contribute to the development and understanding of
educational

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