Browsing by Author "Ogunbado, Ahamad Faosiy"

This study concentrates on the concept of leadership from the Islamic perspective in particular and from the Western worldview in general. From the Islamic perspective, the thesis tries to locate the concept as it is found in the Qur'an, the Sunnah and other sources of Islamic heritage, with special focus on Ibn Khaldun's academic work entitled the Muqaddimah. The objective of this research is to find how leadership should be practiced as it is explained in our references (the Qur'an and the Sunnah). It also sets to find possible solutions to the leadership predicament that confronts contemporary Muslim communities. The study uses the qualitative method: a descriptive exploration of leadership types and styles as a phenomenon which has gained momentum as a mode of enquiry for research findings. The research reveals that Muslim nations suffer from poor leadership due to the lack of effective policy-making, of equitable distribution of wealth and above all, high levels of non-transparency in governance. It suggests that implementing Ibn Khaldun's views on leadership can provide practical solutions for problems of leadership which Muslim nations are experiencing. The research also finds that servant, transformational and charismatic types of leadership, which are recently discovered concepts in contemporary studies, have long been part and parcel of Islamic leadership since its inception in Madinah 15 centuries ago.

The dissertation discusses religious conflict resolution in Nigeria, the biggest country in Africa in terms of population. It starts with a historical background of religions, namely Islam and Christianity in the country. It depicts their advent and from where they come, and who are the instruments in propagating them. These two religions have their majority adherents in the big cities. Meanwhile, since there is diversity of religions there must be conflicts, which sometimes do not necessarily develop into violence. However, the country is one of the countries with a highest number of religious conflicts or violence since its independence in 1960. Thus, dissertation analyzes some serious and recent religious conflicts in some major cities or states of the country. It focuses on the years 2000 to 2008, which is a democratic rule era. It traces the root causes of these conflicts and concentrates on the ways in which IslÉm has put in place in settling these conflicts. It also finds possible solution to the causes of these conflicts from the Islamic point of view, based on Qur’Énic injunctions, sayings and practices of the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h), Islamic history, Islamic literatures and some related items. It concludes by finding possible solutions to the problem and what is the way forward to actualize co-existence.