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The period of rule of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and their importance as leaders

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What the syllabus asks of you

  • the main events of the rules of the four Caliphs
  • their policies in maintaining and expanding the state
  • their approaches to leading the community
  • their main achievements
  • the main difficulties they encountered
  • their significance as examples of leadership
  • the importance of their rules as models for government today
  • their importance as examples for Muslim communities in their relations with other states.

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