Having studied the Qur’ānic Vision of Dr. Isrār Aḥmad, the writer has arrived at a conclusion that his durūs-e-Qur’ān, as well as the brief yet comprehensive genesis Bayan al-Qur’ān, should not only be made accessible to all higher educational institutions but there is a dire need that all the Religious Leaders of mosques be motivated towards it. Dr Isrār Aḥmad’s struggle clearly reveals that a person even one not qualified in Dars-e-Niẓāmī can easily disseminate the message of the Qur’ān to humankind in an amicable manner. To do that, the requirement is that the community with modern education following his steps must first understand the Qur’ān and then transfer it to others.
However, it is quite difficult to agree with the Concept of Manhaj Inqalāb-e-Nabavī as described by Dr. Isrār Ahmad. If the methodology of Revolution as stated by him is adopted, it would culminate into nothing but bloodshed. In this document, all the weaknesses of his methodology have been highlighted. All religious parties, therefore, should follow the constitutional and legal ways and refrain from underground activities. As far as public durūs-e-Qur’ān are concerned, undoubtedly, Dr. Isrār Ahmad and his students have played a key role in uplifting the Qur’ānic Vision. However, it remains a bitter fact that under the cover of durūs-e-Qur’ān, some persons with little education have caused misunderstandings among the people. It is therefore required that such people delivering dars-e-Qur’ān must acquire basic religious knowledge and understanding of the Arabic Language to protect the general public from falling prey to misapprehensions and communal clashes.
Dr. Isrār Aḥmad advocated the concept of a “Universal Caliphate” (‘Ālmī Khilāfah) but the writer has proved with the reasoning that the establishment of such a “Universal Caliphate” is beyond any possibility. The Muslims on the other...
Terrorism is contentious issue. It has affected the lives of people across the country. This paper analyses the factors for incidence of terrorism in Karachi city which has great economic importance for country. The city represents all communities belonging to various parts of the country. Migration of people from other provinces has significally changed demographic profile of the city. This study presents statistics about various offences committed in Hyderabad and Karachi. It describes important facts about the militant groups involved in the acts of terrorism in Karachi. It has been argued in the study that in some cases the acts of violence were politically motivated and in other cases terrorism acts were sponsored by religious groups. In order to understand the complex phenomenon of terrorism in Karachi, this study investigates the root causes of terrorism including economic deprivation. In most cases marginal sections of society have been found involved in the acts of terrorism. Thus, this study creates need for social reforms, poverty alleviation and provision of quality education. Further capacity-building of Law Enforcement Agencies to cope with this situation has been emphasized in this study. This paper also recommends some proposals for dealing with the issue of terrorism.
The organizations which have shown reluctance to adopt the spiritual style of leadership are facing dearth of
commitment in their employees which in turn leads to low level of productivity. Therefore, to get higher
efficiency level from employees this is necessary to create connotation in their work and this would also
possible through spiritual style of leadership. The need for spiritual well-being must be contented in
organizations. Therefore, this descriptive study applies a quantitative inquiry to find the relationship of
spiritual style of leadership and organizational commitment with the mediating effect of motivation of workers
working in petroleum industry. Data were collected from a sample of 300 employees using convenient sampling
technique. SPSS 16.0 registered version was used for the statistical analysis of the data collected through
adopted self-administrative questionnaire.
This study found the positive relationship between spiritual leadership and organizational commitment. The
results also signpost that employee's motivation has considerable mediating role among spiritual style of
leadership and organization commitment. Hence, the organizations whose leaders practicing spiritual style of
leadership are experiencing added motivation and committed on part of their workers. It is more beneficial for
the organizations that they recruit the managers who are more familiar with spiritual style of leadership, and
they can practice the same more effectively in the teamwork. Moreover, organizations can also provide
trainings to the leaders of the teams regarding the spirituality for the betterment of the organization.