Concept of Islamic Leadership in Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas’s Philosophy

Islamic leadership is defined as a divine trust (amanah) from Allah, based on the Tauhidic paradigm of oneness of Allah that is focusing to serve HIM as HIS servant, while at the same time be the servant of Allah, perform the role of Khalefah (vicegerent) of Allah fully adheres to the Sunnah central to Islamic personality, characteristics and aklaq (Islamic moral and ethical) that was exemplified by the prophet (s.a.w), leading followers to the organization goals and to the straight path of the success in the Hereafter. It is based on this adopted definition that the paper tries to look into the notion from perspective of a Malaysian Muslim Philosopher to the core, Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas, who believes in delivering amanah given to him, and at the same time perform the role of vicegerent of Allah. He suggests that lack of good leaders or rise of unqualified and false ones is one of the major problems of Ummah. Content analysis approach is engaged on both primary and secondary data collected. That is to say, it is a qualitative research in nature. The finding shows that the basis of Al-Attas’s concept of leadership is entrenched in Al-Qur’an and the tradition of the prophet in addition to his deep understanding on the Islamic Sciences such as Islamic theology, philosophy, and metaphysis and so on.

Role of Nattrassia Sp. in Fruit Orchard Decline and Determination of Key Factors for its Management.

Decline of citrus mango and guava is a serious threat in Pakistan. This study was undertaken to know the role of Nattrassia sp. in fruit orchard decline, its biology and listing down the management strategies. Its role was studies through recording the disease incidence and severity from citrus, mango and guava orchards in Punjab from Sargodha, Bhalwal, Multan, Rahimyar Khan, Pattoki, Sharqpur and Ahmedpur. Disease prevalence was found in all of the above areas of citrus mango and guava with less or more intensities. The sampling from target tree crops resulted in almost similar type of mycoflora except Ceratocystis sp. was isolated from only decline affected mango trees. Other fungi include Nattrassia mangiferae, Lasiodiplodia theobromae, Botryosphaeria sp., Fusarium sp., Cladosporium sp., Aspergillus sp., Penecillium sp. andCurvularia sp. with different intensities from affected twigs, branches, stem at collar region and roots. However, the fungus Nattrassia sp. and Lasiodiplodia sp. were the most common fungi. Pathogenicity was conducted to know the four decline causing fungi including Nattrassia sp. It was found that Nattrassia sp. alone cannot cause tree mortality but contributes towards the mortality in combination with other fungi. The fungus Nattrassia isolated from citrus is morphologically and physiologically different from isolates of mango and guava. However, there is resemblance in isolates of mango and guava. Most of the factors that favored the disease include no concept of pruning; faulty intercropping; flooding of the orchards; application of partially decomposed farm yard manure; poor nutrition; inadequate plant protection measures and less interest of the growers. The orchards can be managed by 25 adopting pruning, following recommended plant protection plans, nutrition based on leaf, soil and water sampling; avoiding plowing under tree canopies; if necessary to intercrop choose friendly crops. In short the decline of citrus, mango and guava have almost common, pathogens, common symptoms, common biology and hence the common management strategies may be adopted to avoid them in future.