The prohibition of incest, filicide and the sociocultural process.

The definition and prohibition of incest.

Child Murder Committed by Severely Mentally Ill Mothers: An Examination of Mothers Found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity∗

Forensic hospital records of 39 severely mentally ill mothers adjudicated Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity for filicide (child murder by parents) were analyzed to describe characteristics preceding this tragedy and to suggest prevention strategies. Almost three-quarters of the mothers (72%) had previous mental health treatment. Over two thirds (69%) of the mothers were experiencing auditory hal...

The Conceptual Development of In-service EFL Teachers’ Perception of Grammatical Mediation on Three Planes: A Sociocultural Perspective

The present study, following Vygotskyan Sociocultural theory in education, and inspired by Rogoff’s conceptualization (1995, 2003) of development, aimed at conceptual development of  in-service EFL teachers. To this end, two Iranian EFL teachers with pseudonyms (Tara and Sara) were selected as participants of the study. The participating teachers were first taught the sociocultural c...

Reactions to the Prohibition of Wine, Drugs and Beard in Some Friendly Letters (Akhvaniat) of the 11th Century AH. / 17th Century AD.

Decrees on the prohibition of wine, drugs and beard shaving are among the most frequent social verdicts of the 11th century AH, which the quality of their execution is also mentioned in the historical sources of this period. Due to the silence of official sources about this case, the community’s point of view and public opinion about these decrees is ambiguous. The aim of this article is to ach...

مبانی فقهی حرمت استعمال مواد مخدر

Objective: Due to various factors, such as the ease of production of narcotics, this issue has become more prevalent in all human societies, including Islamic Iran. Therefore, the present paper examines the jurisprudence principles of the prohibition of drug use. Results: From the public and certain Quranic verses, one can explicitly and clearly discover the religious prohibition of drug use. F...