Salam. Lets name your examples of good Islamic leaders of our time and maybe the recent history also. Whats your justification for their goodness? What are the best things they did? That is for the political or movement leaders.
Some of my examples are Aliya Izzet Begovic, Yasser Arafat and Dzhokhar Dudayev for the efforts they have done for the independance and formation of their Muslim nations. However I cannot see an example today..
Zia Ul Haq, he tried to make Pakistan a state ruled by Sharia and was instrumental in removing the Soviets from Afghanistan.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, tried to establish a state based purely on Islam and the common identity of Muslims rather than ethnicity. He also tried to remove sectarianism.
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Oh and Asalamu Alaikum guys
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If we go back in time a little further, Ahmed Shah Abdali is an excellent one. He was the last major Islamic conqueror, crippling the Marathas and launching frequent raids into the Sikh Empire. He even tried to help Muslims suffering in China, and was a rather good poet.
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There's also Tipu Sultan, he fought bravely against the British during their conquests of India.
What you see is a family picture is a family meeting, The Islamic Summit Conference held in 1974 in Lahore was hosted by Pakistan and came to be known as the Lahore Summit. It was an extra ordinary summit, called to discuss the Middle East situation in the wake of Arab Israel war and the oil embargo imposed by Arabs. It was attended by the head of states, ministers and dignitaries from Muslim countries all over the world. Some of the participant countries were Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Malaysia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Palestine and many other sovereign nations.
The Visiting delegations were warmly welcomed by the people of Lahore. This summit, was opened with the recognition of Bangladesh by Bhutto, it made India realise that the Islamic family is loving and forgiving, the summit recognised Palestine as an independent state and also sent a message to the world of Muslim resources on the planet, especially the oil. This summit is important because, it was the only major summit in modern history to get the Islamic world together and give Jerusalem the respect it deserves.
Salaam alaykum wr wb
This is an interesting thread. It got me to research more about the islamic leaders and I found this consise list of the islamic leaders in history https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/isru/hd_isru.htm
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