DINBILIMLERI AKADEMIK ARASTIRMA DERGISI-JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN RELIGIOUS SCIENCES, cilt.9, sa.3, ss.87-99, 2009 (ESCI)
Religion has an important place in the life of individual. As is well known religious beliefs and rituals revive individual and society as well as they provide continuity to our relationship with God. Islam, as a way of life, gives direction to individual's feelings, thoughts and behaviours.