This article shows how the burgeoning Hindu festivals in small town West Bengal – Hooghly and Nadia can be understood as a dynamic interplay of political patronage, play rivalry revelry, finally piety. The argues that strategic implementation competitive Hindutva (Hindu nationalism), concept utsab instead puja is employed by leadership to appease majority while ostensibly signalling towards Hin...

The public sphere in Indonesia features prominent piety demonstrations among middle-class Muslims, showcasing religious performances like al-Quran recitation competitions, Islamic films, and the selection of Muslim ambassadors, which collectively color sphere. Previous studies Muslims their practices have closely related to a perspective commodification religion. Therefore, this study aims prov...

religion is one of the protective factors that facilities positive outcomes by preventing individuals from engaging in addictive substance. a recent study has confirmed that religion inhibits drug addiction. the concept of psychospiritual therapy was to introduce drug addiction. therefore, of the various methods of psychotherapy, the usage of taqwa (piety) emerged as an applicable method of isl...

â  â  â  â  abul-atahiya: his life and poems â  â mohammad ali otroshi shahreza * â  hossein kiani ** â  â abstract â abul-atahiya was born and grown up in kufa-iraq, a city chosen as the central city by shias and the abbasid dynasty publicized their government there. he lived in a period which slander was common so he kept company with adulterous people and acted dishonorably. he started compo...