جناب سید حسام الدین راشدی
شروع اپریل میں پاکستان ریڈیو سے یہ خبر نشر ہوئی کہ جناب سید حسام الدین راشدی اﷲ کو پیارے ہوئے، یہ خبر راقمِ حروف کے لئے بڑی جانکاہ تھی۔
وہ دارالمصنفین کے بڑے قدردان اور پرستار رہے، انھوں نے اتنی کتابیں لکھیں کہ ان کا شمار کرنا آسان نہیں، مگر کہتے کہ خدا کی قسم میں نے دارالمصنفین کی کتابوں ہی سے لکھنا سیکھا، وہ علامہ شبلیؒ اور مولانا سید سلیمان ندویؒ کے بڑے مداح تھے، دارالمصنفین سے جو بھی کتاب شائع ہوتی اس کو ضرور منگواتے اور اپنی الماری میں نمایاں جگہ دیتے اس ادارے سے غیر معمولی محبت کی وجہ سے ۱۹۴۷ء کے بعد کراچی میں اس کے لئے زمین کا ایک بڑا پلاٹ خرید لیا تھا کہ وہ اس کو وہاں منتقل کرالیں، لیکن یہ وہاں کیوں منتقل ہوتا، آخر میں وہ برابر کہتے رہتے کہ یہ ہندوستان ہی میں رہ کر بہتر کام کرسکتا ہے، اور اس کو اسی سرزمین میں رہنا چاہئے جہاں قائم ہوا ہے، تقسیم ہند کے بعد پاکستان کے ناشرین نے اس ادارہ کی مطبوعات کو چھاپ کر جو نقصان پہنچایا، اس سے وہ بہت رنجیدہ رہے، ان کے خلاف قانونی کاروائی کے لئے ایک کمیٹی بنائی، جب یہ موثر نہ ہوسکی تو وہاں کے تمام انگریزی اور اردو کے اہم اخبارات میں مضامین لکھے کہ حکومت پاکستان اس ادارہ کی مطبوعات کا حق طباعت و اشاعت خرید کر اس کو گراں قدر معاوضہ دے، یہ اخباری مہم ایسی مفید ثابت ہوئی کہ اس خاکسار کو حکومت پاکستان نے اسلام آباد بلایا اور ایک طویل مدت کی دفتری کاروائی کے بعد پندرہ لاکھ روپے دارالمصنفین کو دے کر اس کی مطبوعات کا حق طباعت و اشاعت اپنے ایک ادارہ نیشنل بک فاؤنڈیشن کے سپرد کردیا۔
اس کے لیے دارالمصنفین زیادہ تر جناب سید حسام...
Education is a key to developing positivity in human beings. It helps to become a good citizen. In Islam, education has a central role that every Muslim must seek. Islamic education is centered on the teaching of the Quran and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). The Quran is revealed in Arabic, therefore sources of the teachings of Islam are in Arabic. It is the religious duty of the Muslim Ummah to learn Arabic and have command in it. The Quran is the only Book that provides complete guidance to humanity, whether the matters related to social life, economic matters, political issues, or religious life. Keeping this in view, the curriculum should also be prepared in the light of the teachings of the Quran and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). Focusing on the contemporary curriculum design for Islamic studies for higher education, this paper describes the missing material in the existing curriculum and suggests that the use of modern resources, arranging conferences, and an expansive transformative framework for Islamic studies are the key tools for its implementation. It stresses the curricular designers to approach the existing curriculum more comprehensively which covers Islamic Law, comparative studies, contemporary trends in world traditions, peace dialogue, and practical involvement of students too. This goal can be gained through amendments or revising the existing curriculum. The outcome of it will results in students' critical thinking, positivity, comprehensive knowledge, language proficiency, and character building.
The concept of distributed leadership (DL) is relatively a new notion of school leadership which refers to multiple leaders in school, both formal and informal or designed, or by default. DL practice can be shaped through bottom-up and horizontal multiple interactions among a web of leaders at various levels. The purpose of the study is to explore the perceptions and practices of school leaders about the distributed leadership, while looking at roles, nature of role distribution and the nature of decision- making as distributed phenomena. This study can be sought an acknowledgement as the first of its kind in the context of Pakistan which would contribute to the improvement of schools by identifying how the leadership roles are distributed among multiple leaders in schools to achieve common goals. Furthermore, it will also contribute to the development of a healthy working relationship among all stakeholders of schools in general. This study may also open the avenues for future studies with reference to effective governance of schools in the developing world context like Pakistan. The central research question that guided the study was: How is distributed leadership idealized and practiced in a private secondary school in Karachi, Pakistan? This study has been conducted through the case study method, within the qualitative research paradigm. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, document analysis and observations. Since the purpose of the study was to explore the phenomenon of distributed leadership through studying different roles; therefore, certain actors were the target of the study. The principal, three section heads and two subject coordinators were selected as research participants through purposive sampling. The findings of the study reveal that leadership roles are distributed among multiple stakeholders at FSSI. The leadership roles are distributed formally in collective and collaborative ways. Some leadership roles are informally distributed on the basis of skills, strengths and voluntary spirit of staff members in the school community. Decisions take place at different levels according to the nature of work and are based on consultation and discussion, but personal, time-based decisions were also made. Exploring the leadership talent and division of labour are two important reasons for role distribution among various stakeholders. 1 Five Star School, the pseudonym of the school.