In a community-based malaria control project covering a predominantly Muslim population in the United Republic of Tanzania, difficulty was encountered in motivating people to have their mosquito nets reimpregnated with insecticide at six-monthly intervals. Education on this subject was therefore provided in mosques during Friday noon prayers. People who attended these services considered them a...

Man has always been fascinated by miscellaneous elements in nature. Amongst them all, the most astonishing is the principle of world i.e. ‘ seed’ and ‘womb’, and the vital role played for their existence is by ‘prana’ or breath. This theory led to the evolution of the cult of fertility. In almost all religious practices fertility is represented with symbols, rituals and prayers. In plain langua...

Background. Prayer is commonly used among patients for health purposes. Therefore, this review focused on three main questions: (1) why do people turn to prayer in times of illness?, (2) what are the main topics of their prayers?, and (3) how do they pray? Method. We undertook a systematic review of the literature by searching the databases PubMed, Medline, and PsycINFO. The following inclusion...

The LXX Odes or the so-called Biblical odes are often overlooked in studies. It is easy to confuse with pseudepigraphal of Solomon. Both collections hymns that illuminates early Christian reception and prayers. A distinction needs be drawn between these collections. consists 14 songs prayers which were transmitted by Greek (Eastern) Church. was from its inception used liturgy. This article offe...

prayer is an innate act and does not confine to human beings. its semantic domain is very broad and in different cultures it has more or less the same meaning. one of these similarities is close and internal connection with god and asking only from him. it has also multiple degrees and goals, from asking god’s favor for solving our problems or curing our disease and …, to ascending us to a leve...

knowing that suratul-fatihah, is the opener of salat (daily prayers), and is repeated 10 times at least, in daily prayers, the fiqhi commandment of assignment of “bismillahir-rahmanir-rahim” as a component of suratul-fatihah, is a functional and useful discussion. in this regard, we have to search to know if it has been part of prophet’s tradition or not and its denial is ijtihad against nass (...

I am writing to express my concern over a statement made in your editorial in the October issue of the Journal. I disagree with the categorical statement that “hand wringing, prayer, and expressions of concern don’t work.” In my opinion, any statement that one’s personal efforts in advocacy are more effective that another’s prayers indicates either a considerable degree of arrogance or a disbel...