Abu_bakre. Leadership in Crisis
Xxxv1th Congress of Asian and North African Studies Montreal, Canada August 27- September 2.2000. Abu_bakre. Leadership in Crisis By Mazin S. Motabagani, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Orientalistics Department of Orientalism Faculty of Da’wa, Al- Madinah Al-Munawwarah Islamic University of Muhammad Ben Saud. Introduction Few years ago, I submitted a proposal to an international conference in the field of Middle Eastern Studies titled “The World’s need for Political Leadership: Abu-Bakr an Islamic Example.” The reason for that choice was the many articles published in Western media and transmitted to Arab readership through some columnists complained that the present day leadership all over the world lacked the qualities possessed by the historical leadership in the West such as Churchill, Eisenhower, Kennedy, George Washington or even Hitler. I t