nowadays centeral asia consists of five following independent republics: kazakhstan, kirghizia, uzbekistan, turkmenistan and tajikstan. this part of the world enjoys an extraordinary situation and natural resources and in the ancient times has been the route of silk road. the muslims in this region caused important changes and while making the scientific centers, established many mosques and en...

The sacred values of a community are critical in understanding cultural conflict. When an attempt is made to trade a sacred value with a secular good, it evokes feelings of anger (tabootradeoff) but less so when that sacred value is traded off with another sacred value (tragic). Previous work has shown that participants who expressed sacred values for an issue were more resistant to taboo than ...

The experience of Iranian-Islamic cities represents the role of mosques on physical and socialorganization in urban neighborhoods. It appears that this role has been changed during the contemporary era. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of social and cultural contexts on the performance of local mosques. The main question of this research is: “What is the relationship between s...

OBJECTIVE This study analyzes the relationship between informants' age and their assessment of mental health needs in postconflict society and examines if mental health needs assessment priorities differ depending upon whether or not the informant was exposed to the Liberian civil war. METHODS cross-sectional survey was conducted in March 2009 to obtain data on mental health needs of Liberian...

worship places are psychologically evolved in human’s mind, because his unconscious mind manifests evolution differently in such places. every religion has its concerning style, while islam and christianity represent two different blazes in two separate places. church and mosque are very important worship places and designers try to create a spiritual sense of place for the audience. whereas ac...

though muslims have been living in nepal from the 15th century, they have started practicingtheir religious activities freely only after enactment of new civil code in 1963. this paper aims to explore the potentials and problems on the existing mosques, perception of the religious structures by muslim community and analysing of existing legal and institutional framework before drawing a conclus...

in islamic jurisprudence, the worship houses of people of the book are considered as an important issue and jihad is allowed to maintain these temples. because, they are the representatives of rituals as remembrance of god and aggression against them is prohibited. to pray in these houses of worship is permitted and swearing can be done in these temples. in case of loss of their residents, thei...