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'Muhammad was equally successful in both political and religious leadership'. Discuss.
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Chris Punch 'Muhammad was equally successful in both political and religious leadership'. Discuss. 'Although considered only human, one Muslim writer describes Muhammad as "[T]he best model for man in piety and perfection. He is a living proof of what man can be and of what he can accomplish in the realm of excellence and virtue. . . ."'1 The practice of leadership is strongly discouraged by Islam, and this makes the faith radically different from other systems. Therefore the standing of Muhammad within a Muslim community is one which is of exception, especially as the art of leadership came so naturally to the prophet. Biographers of Muhammad have noted his career to have been a 'remarkable combination of religion and politics'2, and it must be said that to have become the massive influential figure that he did, this essential brotherhood of leadership qualities was paramount. Muhammad, who was thought to be born around...
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