اسلام میں امن اور دہشت گردی کا تصور: ایک علمی اور تحقیقی جائزہ

Islam is the religion of peace as is evident from the very meaning of  the word Islam which is derived from root word \" salam\" meaning peace and obedience. The advent of Islam has been a pannaca for all humanity and, ever since its inception, it has the distinction of contributing more and more to the betterment and progress of humanity. Its statute is crystal clear over all religions and systems. But unfortunately, there has been a systematic campaign to present Islam as a religion of violence. The  orientalists who tend  to misinterpret Islam by relying on some injunctions without looking into their specific context. The international media, under the influence of Jews, is also spreading a false propaganda. Moreover, certain elements with in Islamic world are also providing ample opportunity for the same. In such circumstances there is a dire  need to present the true spirit of Islam but such attempts are lacking in the Muslim world despite that it is one  of the major concern, This research paper is an attempt to present Islam in its true spirit in light of holy Quran and Sunnah. It is hoped that it would pave way for further research in the field.

Organizational Power and Politics: Investigating the Mediating Role of Organizational Justice on Work Attitudes

Involvement of employees in politics within organization is not a new occurrence. Therefore, in history there are many events noted in which faculty and administration have actively participated in demonstrations of strikes, marches and media activities that were very frequently happenning in Universities of Sindh. This study investigates perception of politics in universities of Sindh and its negative effects on employees work related attitudes including job satisfaction, job involvement, organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior, turnover intentions and work-related burnout. It explores the involvement of university teaching faculty and administrative staff in politics growing the trend of politicizing the educational systems and manipulation of education for political interests. Moreover, it has been argued by many scholars that the presence of organizational justice can reduce the occurrence of political games among workers. Therefore, this study also examines the mediating role of organizational justice to check whether the presence of organizational justice and its dimensions can reduce the negative effects of politics or not. A survey has been conducted through a well-structured questionnaire among 500 respondents as well as teaching and administrative staff from different pubic universities of Sindh Province.The study concluded that there is significant relationship between perceptions of organizational politics and organizational justice. The main effects of analysis have also revealed that perceptions of politics have significant relationship with most of outcomes studied in this research. As for mediating effects of OJ on outcomes relationship, the results have shown significant mediating effects of organizational justice (OJ) with organizational politics (OP) for all outcomes except one (work related burnout).