Paul Robeson Park in Los Angeles County was often the designated location for Eid al-Fitr, the obligatory group prayer and celebration following Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting. Families, predominantly African American, would begin arriving around 7:00 am dressed in their best Eid clothing. Well before the crowd began to trickle in, plastic tarps would be positioned in straight rows so th...

Spiritual practice, such as prayer or meditation, is associated with focusing attention on internal states and self-awareness processes. As these cognitive control mechanisms presumably are also important for neurofeedback (NF), we investigated whether people who pray frequently (N = 20) show a higher ability of self-control over their own brain activity compared to a control group of individua...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of prayer on anxiety in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. METHOD Quasi-experimental study, with pre and post-intervention. Twenty patients admitted to treatment of continuous intravenous chemotherapy were recruited. The volunteers were evaluated through interviews using a questionnaire of sociodemographic, clinical and spiritual characteristics, the Ind...

BACKGROUND Mothers' existential dimensions in the transition to motherhood have not been described thoroughly. They might experience disruption and new perspectives in existential ways and this may especially be the case in preterm birth. The aim of this study was twofold. First we investigated the existential dimension of motherhood transition in a secularized context, through practices of pra...

A 60-year-old Muslim man was admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of ICDDR,B with an exacerbation of his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Incidental hyperpigmented skin lesions were noticed overlying the dorsum of his ankles, knees, and elbows. Such asymptomatic areas of thickened, lichenified and hyperpigmented skin are called 'prayer marks' and are well-imprinted on the knees, ankles, and for...

Abstract: The problem that arises in the surrounding community is lack of information regarding how to obtain funds terms village development and nearby places worship, condition prayer room quite apprehensive, both road location place ablution, this case purpose service form an organization holiness. mushola has ability make fundraising proposals for construction a can support operational cost...

These pages are the great scholar Ibrahim bin Hassan Shihab Al-Din Al-Gorani Al-Shahrazuri Al-Shahrani Al-Kurdi Al-Shafi’I’s, mujtahid (Scholar) and Imam. He was born in 1025 HD/AD grew up brought pure chastity family that gave birth many scientists. In addition to role of his scientific which he up. began study Holy Qur’an family, after completing it, Arabic sciences presence greatest Scholars...