حرية الفكر والتعبير عند الإمام بديع الزمان سعيد النورسي رحمه الله

The freedom of thought and expression has acquired a diversity of meanings and limitations determined by the evolving socio-historical contexts of various civilizations through the history. This piece of research briefly investigates the history of evolution of this concept in Islamic and Western intellectual circles and then intends to focus upon the elaboration of this idea by Imam Badi-uz-Zaman An-Naurasi. Iman Naurasi supports the human right of thinking and expressing ideas freely but at the same time recognizes the need of divine intervention in delimiting its boundaries. Humans, if left entirely unrestricted to make their choices in life, would only bring about disastrous results and thus lead to cessation of a collaborative social life. Therefore, Imam proposes that humanity should abide by some universal principles and high moral values inspired by the divine revelation so that the society could collectively ensure the pursuit of human progress and well-being. Imam proves his point through the instances from the Islamic history that divinely guided freedom of thought and expression provided the world with a vivid model of life which provided people the rights of choosing everything in their life ranging from faith to marital and economic decisions.

Factors Leading to Cloud Computing Adoption: A Study of Textile Spinning Units

In a country, where industry has to suffer prolonged daily power outages, keeping vital computing infrastructure running smoothly is not an easy endeavor. Cloud computing is a relatively new phenomenon that is growing at a very rapid pace as a solution to many problems faced by industry. Cloud computing is not something new and has evolved from virtualization and containers which are battle hardened and proven technologies. Cloud computing which comes in many flavors provides an opportunity for organizations to improve their operational efficiencies. Cloud computing offers agility, cost reduction, device and location independence, low maintenance costs, multi tenancy, scalability, security and improved performance. Clients can adapt and scale to changes in workload. It offers automatic resource provisioning and de provisioning which ensures resource availability levels tightly matched with current demand. Organizations can benefit immensely by adopting the right technology in the most efficient manner. Adoption of cloud computing is not an easy task. Many organizations think that the adoption decision is a mere technological decision. This is certainly not the case as many other factors weigh in this adoption decision. In order to ensure the smooth cloud transition with minimal loss, arrangements need to be done before hand and a clear road map have to be developed and followed. In this research we focus on cloud computing adoption in textile spinning sector of Pakistan. The spinning units form the backbone of the textile industry and are faced with stiff competition. Cloud computing adoption provides this sector an avenue to improve its operational efficiencies through reduction of fixed and recurring computing costs. The research proposes a conceptual model to investigate cloud adoption based on two renowned technology adoption theories i.e. Roger?s Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Fleischer?s Technology, Organization and Environment (TOE). This research paper combines the two theories into a single theoretical model based on factors relevant to the cloud computing platform. Data is collected through online questionnaire which is then analyzed to present a clear framework for cloud adoption in this sector