children are a precious gift from god, and the blessing of a child is a special time in a person's life. all cultures and religious traditions have certain ways of welcoming a newborn child into the community; also, each culture and religion has its own customs and traditions for the birth of a child. during and after the birth of a muslim child, there are certain rituals the mother and fa...

one of the jurisprudentiallaws in law system of islam is the fundamental and important ruleof negation authority.this rule is also one of the dominant principles of islam in foreign policy as well as military, political, economic and cultural areas and on the other hand, the law is applicable in most chaptersof jurisprudence. in this paper, after justifying this ruleaccording to the explicit pr...

the story of the creation of man and woman in the qur’an differs infundamental ways from the story of creation in the bible. the qur’an explainsthat, contiguous with the creation of adam, was the creation of his mate from thesame material and essence. these two, adam and eve, hold equal positions as allah’skhalafah(vicegerent) on earth. this article discusses the kiramat(generosity)of women in ...

This paper presents the demo version of FIVE (Framework for an Integrated Voice Environment). Main characteristics, some implementation details and a demonstrate plan are considered.

all of the major branches of islamic mysticism, ‘irfān, refer to imam ‘ali (‘a) as a major source for their teachings and practices. hence, we begin with a review of how the mystics viewed imam ‘ali (‘a). after this we consider some controversies about the nature of ‘irfān and its relationship to sufism, for the terms have been used in different ways. then we turn to the sources on the basis of...

abstract background: childhood cancer as a life-threatening illness has negative consequences for both the patients and their family. the aim of this study was to examine the impact of child cancer on their mother's quality of life and to assess the association of quality of life with resilience among mothers of children with cancer. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, a total...

This article presents the results of fieldwork at Osogovo Monastery, that took place during major Christian Orthodox holiday Dormition Mother God (Mac. Golema Bogorodica), as well on day patron saint monastery, St. Joachim Osogovo. The observes and analyzes contemporary rituals pilgrimage practices related to local religious beliefs cultural memory in border area between Bulgaria, North Macedon...