As you read through history, you can notice that it is likely about battles: winning and losing, and leaders: good or bad. Either one is a part of every history of every nation or community. By reading these aspects of history you can see that leaders are the most important part of every history or nation’s past because they are the backbone of every battle or even communities and empires. And above all that a leader is a one who goes first and leads by example, so that others are motivated to follow him. This is a basic requirement, and in order to be a leader, a person must have an inherent commitment to the goal that they try to achieve even if nobody follows them. Otherwise, they will not be the leader that everybody wishes to follow. If …show more content…
He offers a gap into the ironic history and peacefulness of Islam because of his great leadership and peaceful status. It is obviously shown that Saladin let different religions live together peacefully. Not only did Saladin treat the Crusaders with kindness, he also ensured that Muslims and non-Muslims lived in peace and harmony with each other. Also, he preferred to take Jerusalem without violence and offered generous terms, as in this article “What We Learn from Saladin” which talks about the good features that Saladin had and we should learn from him, states that “Saladin did not shed the blood of Christians in Jerusalem. He freed the old, the widows, and the children to ensure that they were not condemned to a life of slavery” (What We Learn from Saladin). In this article which I know is not perfectly describes how Saladin was and did but mentions the positive features of him, and it means that he always thought of offering peace to a place before he conquer it, and he wanted to use the peaceful way rather than killing …show more content…
He has few similar features that we can say was comparable to Saladin. To clarify, he was a peaceful and smart leader and thought that war is an expensive phase and it wastes a lot of money. In his argument, he is clearly indicates that fighting is not always the best option to choose because it will not lead you to victory. However, according to The Art of War, Sun Tzu states that, “Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting” (Art of war, Week 2). It means that fighting is not a way to lead an army to a guaranteed victory, but is a waste of money, and to overcome the damage a leader must first weaken the resistance of the enemy and then attack them when they least expect it. Additionally, Sun Tzu was smart in using techniques in his battles. For example, he thought of using spies in order to reveal the enemies weakness points and also to know what their plans are. According to Art of war, Sun Tzu mentions that, “Hence the use of spies, of whom there are five classes: (1) Local spies; (2) inward spies; (3) converted spies; (4) doomed spies; (5) surviving spies. When these five kinds of spy are all at work, none can discover the secret system. This is called "divine manipulation of the threads." It is the sovereign's