the formation of marriage which is the foundation of family in both islam and zoroastrianism depends on certain requirements or conditions. the comparative study of these requirements or conditions shows certain similarities and differences between the two religions, and examining these issues can shed light on the common tradition and shared heritage between the two. the present essay will fir...

In the present article, we introduce Chlodowsky variant of $(p,q)$-Bernstein operators and compute the moments for these operators which are used in proving our main results. Further, we study some approximation properties of these new operators, which include the rate of convergence using usual modulus of continuity and also the rate of convergence when the function $f$ belongs to the class Li...

1. Introduction One significant but not widely appreciated impact of the " new religions " has been to reopen the question of the relation of religion to science. I speak of new religions in the sense defined by Needleman in his book by that title, that is, I am referring primarily to Eastern teachings which have gained adherents and cultural influence in the West over the past two decades. To ...

Religion played a prominent role in the Allied Occupation of Japan (1945–1952) that followed the brutal Pacific War (1941–1945). Officially, the occupiers were to promulgate religious freedom, separate religion from the state, and encourage the Japanese people to develop a ‘desire for religious freedom’. Promulgating religious freedom was the easy part. Separating religion from the state withou...