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...

INTRODUCTION Suicide is a major public health concern and a leading cause of death around the world. How religion influences the risk of completed suicide in different settings across the world requires clarification in order to best inform suicide prevention strategies. METHODS A meta-analysis using search results from Pubmed and Web of Science databases was conducted following PRISMA protoc...

Religion is a ubiquitous aspect of human culture, yet until recently, relatively little was known about its natural origins and effects on human minds and societies. This is changing, as scientifi c interest in religion is on the rise. Debates about the evolutionary origins and functions of religion, including its origins in genetic and cultural evolution, hinge on a set of empirical claims abo...

Religious people nowadays have more children on average than their secular counterparts. This paper uses a simple model to explore the evolutionary implications of this difference. It assumes that fertility is determined entirely by culture, whereas subjective predisposition towards religion is influenced by genetic endowment. People who carry a certain 'religiosity' gene are more likely than a...

As we estimate here, 68% of human beings--4.6 billion people--would say that religion is important in their daily lives. Past studies have found that the religious, on average, have higher subjective well-being (SWB). Yet, people are rapidly leaving organized religion in economically developed nations where religious freedom is high. Why would people leave religion if it enhances their happines...

iran is a society with religious infrastructure, in which islam and shiism have had great influence. meanwhile culture and iranian literature, especially poetry has a great position in reflecting religious symbols. ghajarid era is one of the persian literature periods in which religion, especially shiism has great reflection. in this era, by reinforcing religious bases of poems, poets try to tr...

In Indonesia, national broadcasting in the 21st century has been characterized by increasing Muslim normativity across the spectrum of commercial programming, along with sectarian clashes that have further marginalized religious minorities. This article investigates the case of a small, regional television station in one of the country’s Christian-majority provinces to explore the ways that suc...

Penelitian ini membahas tentang pembudayaan kehidupan beragama (religious culture) di sekolah dalam mewujudkan karakter peserta didik Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan. Metode penelitian merupakan kualitatif yang bersifat deskriptif dan menggunakan analisis untuk menjelaskan fenomena sedalam-dalamnya mengumpulkan data sedalam-dalamnya, sumber jenis sekunder dengan mengambil dari studi literatur, daftar...

Is Islam compatible with modern economic development? The poor development record of predominantly Muslim countries during the past century has led to claims that only a return to medieval Islamic institutions will produce economic growth in a manner that is compatible with Islamic culture. Using data from the thirteenth century Islamic Levant, this paper examines how one medieval Islamic insti...