Number 27 Volume 7

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1 - Study Of The Political Participation Of Women In Political Management Structure Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran
Ali AliHoseini Mina Nazari

The purpose of this article was to study the political participation of women in political management structure of the Islamic Republic of Iran based on a descriptive – analytical method. At the first step, two levels of the political participation has been differ More

The purpose of this article was to study the political participation of women in political management structure of the Islamic Republic of Iran based on a descriptive – analytical method. At the first step, two levels of the political participation has been differentiated elite and mass participation. At the next step by referring to the statistical data, political participation of women in political management structure has been studied based on the indices of political management. The results of the study showed that women's political participation in managerial indices were not counterbalanced. In fact it ranged from absence, low participation to more appropriate presence. Women have no presence in indexes such as presidential, the Expediency Council and the Guardian Council, as the two important pillars of the legislature; Also, women's participation was low in some other indicators such as the number of deputies of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, so that women could only maintained nine seats of the 286 seats of the Parliament in the ninth election of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. The presence of women at the other indicators such as international delegations was assessed more appropriate; which it should be valuated due to the increasing of the women's academic education. Manuscript profile

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2 - Relationship of Social Skills and Religious Beliefs with Emotional Divorce on Client Women Referring To Ahvaz Psychological Consultant Centers
Adel Fouji Farah Naderi

  The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between social skills and religious beliefs with emotional divorce on women who referred to psychological consultant centers in Ahwaz city. The sample subsumed 216 female who were selected by convenience s More

  The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between social skills and religious beliefs with emotional divorce on women who referred to psychological consultant centers in Ahwaz city. The sample subsumed 216 female who were selected by convenience sampling procedure. The research was planned as correlation design. To collect data Guttman Emotional Divorce Scale (1995), Social skills Questionnaire (Matson 1983) and Religious Orientation Questionnaire (Alport 1967) were implemented. To analyze data Pearson correlation coefficient and multi variable regression was applied. The results showed that there was negative significant relation between intrinsicc religious orientation  and the emotional divorce. There was not any significant relation between social skills and emotional divorce. The results also indicated that there was a significant positive relationship between extrinsic religious orientation and emotional divorce. The multivariate regression analysis showed that intrinsic religious orientation and social skills respectively predicted  the emotional divorce in women who referred to psychological consultant centers in Ahwaz city. Manuscript profile

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3 - The Effective Factors On The Decline Of Women’s Status After The Demise Of Islam’s Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him)
Soheyla Rostami

  The aim of this research was to investigate the effective factors on the decline of women’s status after the demise of Islam’s prophet. The research design was analytical-descriptive with library method. The factors included first regression to the ri More

  The aim of this research was to investigate the effective factors on the decline of women’s status after the demise of Islam’s prophet. The research design was analytical-descriptive with library method. The factors included first regression to the rituals, customs and traditions of ignorance period about woman, such as humiliating women and giving superiority to men. Second, dictatorship and autocracy of some rulers which resulted in the prevalence of immortality and lacking the growth of human virtue and finally vulnerabilities to the women; third, the prevalence of patriarchal thoughts in anticipating the problems about women and interpreting the  verses of Quran and Hadiths and narratives in a way of benefitting  to men and weakening  the women; fourth, mixing Islam culture and foreign culture that had no any value for women and influence of such thoughts into Muslims; fifth, prevalence of extremism and fanaticism in society and prohibiting  women’s cooperation in different social areas and even going to mosque; sixth, instrumental view to women as a tool for fun, entertainment and abuse; seventh, inattention to education of women and restricting them inside a house and depriving them from education and obtaining knowledge. Manuscript profile

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4 - A CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND MYSTICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE FIRST ENGLISH EPIC "BEOWULF"
Pushpa VK

  Beowulf is the first known English epic which preserves the history, myth, culture and some basic human values of people from the past and present, though Beowulf is often considered as the archetypal of an Anglo-Saxon literary work depicting the pagan life of th More

  Beowulf is the first known English epic which preserves the history, myth, culture and some basic human values of people from the past and present, though Beowulf is often considered as the archetypal of an Anglo-Saxon literary work depicting the pagan life of the Scandinavians. But a close analysis of their culture presents another perspective of history. Some epic characters even elevate themselves to mystic levels of honor and bliss. The purpose of this study was to trace and pinpoint how the Beowulf’s poet attributed ethical thoughts and motives and intervened the mystical nature of religion into the pagan life of women. The research focused its attention on the way the Beowulf poet interweaved the life of the women characters and mystical values beyond all religious restrictions and fused them into the basic structure of the epic, Beowulf. Manuscript profile

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5 - The Woman in The Poem Of Molana As Anima
Saba Biyokzadeh Hamid Samsam

Molavi was the poet and mystic of the seventh century in the literature of Iran, his literary masterpiece, Masnavi is called Ajam Quran, and Shams was considered as the manifestation of the Spirit of Molana. In some parts of the book, Molana talked about the manifesting More

Molavi was the poet and mystic of the seventh century in the literature of Iran, his literary masterpiece, Masnavi is called Ajam Quran, and Shams was considered as the manifestation of the Spirit of Molana. In some parts of the book, Molana talked about the manifesting effect of woman’s face in the form of different anecdotes. Among all the characters and women who had an effect on Masnavi or Divan, Anima, the feminine soul of men, was one of the most important principles of his thought. In the sonnets of Molavi, Anima had characteristics such as: fascinating and charms, being source of life, sanctity and mediation between conscious and unconscious mind, and it was represented by symbols of birds like: parrot and phoenix, and mysteries such as fairy, deer, Huma, water and wind, and words like idol. Anima has both positive and negative aspects, but mostly the negative aspect of it, wasn’t presented in the poems of Molana. Manuscript profile

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6 - The Relationship Between Spiritual Intelligence, Emotional Regulation And Assertiveness With Life Satisfaction Of Female Students
Parviz Askari Zahra Dasht Bozorgi Mehrana Askari

  The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence, emotional regulation and assertiveness with life satisfaction of female students. The research design was a correlation type. The sample includes 231 students that were sel More

  The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence, emotional regulation and assertiveness with life satisfaction of female students. The research design was a correlation type. The sample includes 231 students that were selected randomly via multi-stage sampling procedure. The research instruments included the Spiritual Intelligence Scale (ISIS), Garnefsci Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (2001), Cemberil and Richi Assertive Scale (1975) and Life Satisfaction Scale (SWLS). For analyzing the data Pearson simple correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis method were used. The result showed that there was significant positive relationship between spiritual intelligence, emotion al regulation and assertiveness with life satisfaction of students. The regression result also showed that there were multiple relationships between spiritual intelligence, emotional regulation and assertiveness with life satisfaction of female students. Spiritual intelligence was the best female students' life satisfaction predictor. Manuscript profile

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7 - Cultural Investigation Of Ancient Texts About Naming Women
Sayedeh Saeedeh Sanjari Mehdi Kargar

The aim of this research was to investigate people`s cultural and credential beliefs from the religions` history of pre-Islam period in naming women. In the recent research the data were gathered from ancient books of Iran, Avesta and Pahlavi Persian. The old texts from More

The aim of this research was to investigate people`s cultural and credential beliefs from the religions` history of pre-Islam period in naming women. In the recent research the data were gathered from ancient books of Iran, Avesta and Pahlavi Persian. The old texts from ancient times of Iran show Iranians` beliefs, creeds, and cultural, social, and historical indices of pre-Islam period. These ancient beliefs and creeds show a part of people`s attitudes to name women using some materialistic symbols like sky, sun, and stars, and from spiritual view, it shows their belief to Gods and to the ancient Goddesses. Some of the Gods are ancient ones. It means that they were worshiped before Zoroaster, and due to being benefited from the divinity and the link with the divine religions, they had the spiritual and legendry reflection in the culture of the society. The results of data analysis on the basis of the ancient texts, showed the significant relationship between theological- religious beliefs and historical- cultural creeds and also social acceptance to name women. There was also luckiness and holiness of religious beliefs among all the cultural information that had the most powerful effect on naming girls in the past times of Iran. Manuscript profile

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8 - Investigating The Political, Social Role Of Turkan Khatun During Kharazmshahian
Salimeh Sabzevar

The research was intended to study the political, social role of Turkan Khatun during Kharazmshahian ruling era. In the Iranian history of post-Islam period, the most famous woman who had influential government's role and shortly reigned was Turkan Khatun, known as the More

The research was intended to study the political, social role of Turkan Khatun during Kharazmshahian ruling era. In the Iranian history of post-Islam period, the most famous woman who had influential government's role and shortly reigned was Turkan Khatun, known as the "Lord of the World," Alaeddin Takesh wife and mother of the Sultan Mohammed Khwarazmshah. Ministers of the Sultan Mohammed Khwarazmshah whom were elected by Turkan Khatun, mostly obeyed her. She was fully dominating in the governments affairs in the reign era of Sultan Takesh and during the rule of King Mohammed had the complete jurisdiction and authority in appointment and dismissal of the ministers and governors. Turkan Khatun shared power with  her Tork relatives and invited them to take part in her wife Alaeddin Takesh and her son Sultan Mohammed Khwarazmshah ruling affairs. Finally she conquered Esfahan city and put the crown on his son's head. Manuscript profile

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