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A Comparative Study of the Crimes Leading to the Death Penalty in the Quran, Zoroastrian Legal Sources, and the Penal Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran [PDF]

open access: yesReligious Inquiries, 2020
This paper aims to examine the death penalty in Zoroastrianism, the Quran, and the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran. By studying antient Zoroastrian texts, we face a variety of crimes and punishments such as murder, robbery, adultery, magic, rape ...
Fariba Sharifian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Zoroastrian law

open access: yes, 2021
This is the third video of the Comparative Law SeriesThe lecture focuses on the history, concepts and main issues of Zoroastrian law. We begin with a historic overview to see how Persian (tribal) law evolved into a religious law of Zoroastrianism.
Jany, János
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Ecological Struggle as Ethos of Decolonisation: Emergence of a Decolonial Ecology in Bakur (Northern) and Rojava (Western) Kurdistan

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines why the Kurdish Freedom Movement has adopted ecological struggle as a foundational pillar in its politics of decolonisation and the reclamation of autonomy. Framed within the context of colonial and ecocidal developmentalism, the research analyses how policies initiated during the Ottoman Empire and perpetuated by Turkish
Necmettin Türk
wiley   +1 more source

An Introductory Analysis of Prayers : Zoroastrian Parsis Prayers in Navsari, Gujarat, India(1) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the coherence and modification of religious meanings in terms of prayer. The materials for our study are traditionally prescribed private prayers of existing Zoroastrian Parsis in Navsari in India.
NAKABEPPU, Harukazu   +2 more
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The Defensibility of Zoroastrian Dualism

open access: yes, 2010
Contemporary philosophical discussion of religion neglects dualistic religions: although Manichaeism from time to time is accorded mention, Zoroastrianism, a more plausible form of religious dualism, is almost entirely ignored.
Menssen, Sandra L., Kronen, John D.
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The keys to the garden: Capital, class, and the repurposing of Persian mystical poetry in Los Angeles

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured
Zia Khoshsirat
wiley   +1 more source

The Dasātīr and the “Āẕar Kaivān school” in Historical Context: Origin and Later Development

open access: yesEntangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, 2022
The present paper aims to offer a new understanding of the so-called “Zoroastrian Illuminative philosophers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,” namely the Āẕar Kaivān school.
Takeshi Aoki
doaj   +1 more source

An Introductory Study of Personality Structure of Religious Person (2)-with reference to Zoroastrian Parsis inNavsari,Gujarat,India- [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to improve An Introductory Study of Personality Structure of Religious Person -with reference to Zoroastrian Parsis in Navsari,Gujarat,India-(2006),working up the results of analysis and formulating our working hypotheses for
NAKABEPPU, Harukazu   +2 more
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Ethno‐National and Religious Identifications, Identity Compatibility, and Trust in Leaders: A Two‐Study Investigation in a Politically Fragmented Society

open access: yesJournal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 6, November/December 2026.
ABSTRACT Social identities, such as ethno‐national and religious identities, can shape group cohesion, trust in leadership, and societal stability in politically fragmented contexts. A key factor influencing these dynamics is identity compatibility—the extent to which individuals perceive their multiple identities as harmonious or conflicting.
Magdalena Skrodzka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Introductory Study of Personality Structure of Religious Persons : with reference to Zoroastrian Parsis in Navsari, Gujarat, India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The purpose of this paper is to formulate our working hypotheses for further clarification of some traits of personality structure of religious persons in terms of a religio-psychological view-point. The method is an individual interview research using a
NAKABEPPU, Harukazu   +2 more
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