saqqā-ḵāna artists looked to cults, rituals, and visual elements of folk and local vernacular culture for inspiration. although many of these items appeared crude in their execution and lacked the artistic polish of artifacts made by professional calligraphers and painters, and were often created collaboratively as a kind of street art, their true significance was not lost to these artists. vie...

This is the second of a 3-part series analyzing a recent report in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine claiming to have shown positive results (a 100% increase in pregnancies from in vitro fertilization) resulting from distant prayers performed simultaneously by 3 different volunteer prayer groups in 3 different countries. Part 1 analyzed the scientific defects of the study. Part 2 analyzes th...

customer satisfaction is a critical element for excellence and achievement of anyorganization in a competitive environment. mosques as a nonprofit-religious institutionshould pay attention strongly to satisfying their customers namely prayers, so they cansurvive in a competitive environment of culture. present study aims to design a modelof determinants of people satisfaction to mosque and thei...

Reconstruction the spectral data of color samples using conventional color devices such as a digital camera or scanner is always of interest. Nowadays, multispectral imaging has introduced a feasible method to estimate the spectral reflectance of the images utilizing more than three-channel imaging. The goal of this study is to spectrally characterize a color scanner using a set of conventional...

Abstract: This paper is a study of certain notions ‘Divine Mercy’ in the West Syriac liturgical tradition light Word God and prayers. The author tries to explore theme ‘Mercy’ (rahme) prayers using technical phrases coined with word rahme. Some are “Door Mercy” (tar’o drahme), “Dew (talā “Sea (yamā drahme) “Wings (kenfe drahme).

Hinduism fits well into the “sound-filled” West African religious soundscape, which is a scene of competition and conflict. This article explores soundscape devotional singing, mantras, prayers as central part embodiment embedment among Africans in Ghana, where Indian diaspora has been relatively small indigenous movement entirely through initiative. Using ethnographic written sources to examin...

This text focuses on the ecclesiastical tax transfers in favour of Portuguese Crown late medieval period, through an analysis typology taxes, chronology its granting and justifications presented for perception. While given by monarchy remain framed legitimacy conferred canon law, clerics’ resistance to payment reveal argument based reality good will satisfy fiscal needs monarchs.