Characteristics of Islamic community leader
An Islamic as opposed to ethinic leader of a Minority Muslim community such as in the West. ie a leader for all the muslims races in a
community.
These important characteristics are:
1) As well as the obvious time and resources that are needed he must also have Vision for where he wants the community to go and what he hopes to achieve in 1 yr, 2yrs, 5yrs time etc.
2) He must be able to identify the main pitfalls and weaknesses of the community as a whole and develop strategies to address them.
3) He must be open with the community and explain exactly all his plans and aims.
4) In return the community must support him (or her) and back him up with all resources he needs.
5) He must have been properly elected by the community through a fair election process, competing with other candidates, each explaining their plans and vision for how to change things and where the main issues lie.
If something like this ever happens here or any other minority muslim community in the West , then only good can come out of it i think. Provided the leadership is sincere.
Without such organised and strategic leadership the community is unlikely to change that much or that quickly and may remain stagnant for some time. Maybe all the time, only Allah knows.
At present Muslim communities are under achieving educationally as far as i understand and their youth have many problems eg drugs. Their traditional culture tends to be rigid and inconsistent with plenty of contradictions i think. ie things are quite quite bad for us Muslim communities at present.
But I can forsee a very positive future mashaAllah. Especially if we take ourselves seriously and start thinking about issues. And especially if we start thinking of pleasing Allah when doing such work. Because then sincerity and deligence would ensue.
And Allah knows best.
ali t , over and out :-)
These important characteristics are:
1) As well as the obvious time and resources that are needed he must also have Vision for where he wants the community to go and what he hopes to achieve in 1 yr, 2yrs, 5yrs time etc.
2) He must be able to identify the main pitfalls and weaknesses of the community as a whole and develop strategies to address them.
3) He must be open with the community and explain exactly all his plans and aims.
4) In return the community must support him (or her) and back him up with all resources he needs.
5) He must have been properly elected by the community through a fair election process, competing with other candidates, each explaining their plans and vision for how to change things and where the main issues lie.
If something like this ever happens here or any other minority muslim community in the West , then only good can come out of it i think. Provided the leadership is sincere.
Without such organised and strategic leadership the community is unlikely to change that much or that quickly and may remain stagnant for some time. Maybe all the time, only Allah knows.
At present Muslim communities are under achieving educationally as far as i understand and their youth have many problems eg drugs. Their traditional culture tends to be rigid and inconsistent with plenty of contradictions i think. ie things are quite quite bad for us Muslim communities at present.
But I can forsee a very positive future mashaAllah. Especially if we take ourselves seriously and start thinking about issues. And especially if we start thinking of pleasing Allah when doing such work. Because then sincerity and deligence would ensue.
And Allah knows best.
ali t , over and out :-)
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