Offering a vital, critical contribution to discussions on current perspectives, practices, and assumptions on Islamic Education, this book explores the topic through a wide range of diverse perspectives and experiences.

Khalid Arar is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, Education and Community Leadership, School Improvement Doctoral Program, College of Education, Texas State University, USA.

Rania Sawalhi is Programming Manager, Qatar Foundation, Qatar.

Amaarah DeCuir is Lecturer, School of Education, American University, USA.

Tasneem Amatullah is Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, Assessment and School Evaluation Division, Emirates College for Advanced Education in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Introduction 1: A call to re-explore Islamic-based educational leadership in new lenses 2: The Islamic "Khilafah" Model to Educational Leadership: From the Prolegomena to Desiderata 3: Managing emotions in schools: Insights from religion sources and a model for school leadership 4: Be the light: Islamic-based teacher leadership 5: Islamic Antiracist School Leadership 6: Islamic-based educational leadership in UK higher education: Balancing securitization, marketization and Islamic values 7: Educational Leadership in a Muslim and Secular Country: The Case of Turkey 8: Schooling system and administration practices of religious education: The case of Imam-Hatip schools of Turkey 9: Islamic Educational Leadership: Southeast Asia perspectives 10: UAE school reforms and leadership: What can be learned from Muslim scholars' perspectives and contemporary insights? 11: Islamic Educational Leadership and a Model Islamic High school: Insights from Turkey 12: An Untold Narrative of a Female Muslim Educational Leader 13: Islamic Humanocracy and Educational Leadership: The Story of a Community School in Egypt 14: From community to the state to individual preachers: The vicissitudes of traditional Islamic Studies in Malaysia 15: Concluding Remarks