KEPEMIMPINAN SPIRITUAL di LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN ISLAM (Studi Kasus di Institut Pengajian Tinggi Al-Zuhri Singapura)

Singapore is a country that has a unique context based on people of different races and religions and with a Muslim minority. The leadership of Islamic organization requires the characteristics of a leader that has the courage to face risks, can unite all parties which include stakeholders, the community and the leaders of state. Academic researches on Spiritual Leadership in the context of organization showed a high correlation with regard to the ability of leaders to face the challenges in leading an organization and to meet with its mission and vision. Al-Zuhri has been able to survive and continue to grow throughout the 14 years. This study wanted to find out the characteristics of the spiritual leadership that is in the organization; and exactly how of the development of Islamic education that prevails in Al-Zuhri’s Islamic education institution through the spiritual leadership. The study is a qualitative research and is a case study. Data collection is through interviews, observation and document analysis. The informants in this study were taken purposively consisting of the representative of leaders, staff, lecturers and students. Validity and reliability of the research are adhered to through (1) triangulation, (2) checks by colleagues (3) multiple data sources (4) Spiritual leadership interview protocol. The results showed that Al-Zuhri has the characteristics of spiritual leadership. Al-Zuhri's spiritual leadership components include (1) leaders who are religious and intellectual, as an individual and a group; and with their own set of inner life, spiritual practices. Leaders’ spiritual practices are transformed into organizational culture. One example is the shalāt that has been made easy for staff in terms worship space, the location of the education center that is adjacent to the mosque, a schedule that facilitates congregational prayer times. Similarly, spiritual values are entrenched in the organization, such as sincerity, taqwā, honesty, respecting self and others. The leader of Al-Zuhri spreads spiritual values through altruistic love which is summarized in them care, concern and appreciation to self and others; vision that gather motivation for staff to be with the organization in the journey towards destination, mission that is full of spiritual values and the provision of hope and faith (2) Al-Zuhri embodies a spiritual environment where staff experience a sense that working life has meaning and that they can make difference for themselves and others (calling); and a sense of spiritual well-being due to their spiritual and social needs being fulfilled (membership). (3) The effects of spiritual leadership to the members of organization are the commitment, life satisfaction, ownership to the vision and mission, commitment to customers, creation of leaders, customers’ satisfaction, development opportunities of the organization. x The development of Islamic religious education was made possible through 1) Al-Zuhri's Spiritual Leadership and their spiritual values that encourage enthusiasm. (2) The vision and mission of Islamic education that has broad insights and wide potential for development. (3) The efforts towards development that encompass programs, training centers, collaborations, quality improvements and opportunities for education. The development of Islamic education in Al-Zuhri can be seen from the chronology of its achievements since the 14 years of its establishment and is still highly motivated to enliven the Islamic education for the Muslim community of Singapore. The finding is Al-Zuhri's Integrative Spiritual Leadership model which is the integration of spiritual leadership in organizational context of Fry's and the concept of Tobroni's spiritual leadership