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History of Religions
History of the 3 Monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) and of the main different Christianity confessions (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism and Protestantism)
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Pedagogical Approaches
New pedagogical approaches to teach history of religion
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Role of Religions in Civilization
How to didactically promote among students of different confessions, the capacity of a critical analysis and understanding of the role played by religions in the history of mankind
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Interreligious Students’ Competences
Set of teaching contents, to be used by teachers to highlight and valorize the universal values of tolerance and universalisms that all Monotheistic religions and religious texts contain to promote and sustain mutual understanding among students
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Managing Multi-Religious Classes
Teaching Sources to help teachers dealing with multicultural and multi-religious classes
Map
An interactive didactical map interactive didactical map giving access to sites with a religious relevance.-
Introduction
A comparative review of the liturgical celebrations, ceremonies and dietary rules existing in the different religions.
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Celebrations
Description and comparative analysis of the celebrations of different religions and confessions
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Ceremonies
Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
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Dietary Rules
Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
Events
The Pathway through Religions project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
Conferences
The Pathway through Religions project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved
Press Review
The Pathway through Religions project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of educationPartnership
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the Pathway through Religions project.
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Schools
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the schools involved in the Pathway through Religions Project in the European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
This section of the Pathway through Religions portal provides administrative information for the project contractual partners and for the European Commission and it is password protected.
Ceremonies
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Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
Cerimonies
The day on which Laylat al-Qadr is celebrated changes every year due to lunar calendar. The Islamic calendar is based on lunar cycle and the year is about eleven days shorter than the solar calendar. The Muslim year starts from the day when prophet Mohammed migrated from Mecca to Medina in 622 AD, which is known as Hijra.
Being the first communication with prophet Mohammed that will pave the road to a immense faith, this evening is regarded being more valuable or better than a thousand months. The importance of this night is also mentioned in a hadith, which are sayings of the prophet and recorded by his companions. According to the Prophet whoever worships that night out of sincere faith, all his past sins will be forgiven.
Falling on the month of Ramadan, which is already a very spiritual period for the Muslims full of rituals of worship, this night becomes a summit for spiritual cleansing for the Muslims of whom some practice almost uninterrupted prayers during the evening.
In Turkey, various organizations are held mostly in the mosques where people congregate to pray and listen to Qur’an being recited. Since it is the time of Ramadan, people stay up until sahoor (the only meal Muslims have before dawn until sunset during the month of Ramadan).
Laylat Al Qadr is considered the holiest night of the year for Muslims, and is traditionally celebrated on the 27th day of Ramadan.
It is known as the “Night of Power,” and commemorates the night that the Koran was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, beginning with the exhortation, “Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists)''
Muslims do make an extra effort to pray for forgiveness and read the Koran during the last 10 days of Ramadan. This is viewed as period when prayers are answered and blessings are abundant.
They can go to the mosques and pray with the congregation together.
It is believed that all prayers at this night is accepted by Allah and come true.
A short video about Laylat al-Qadr.
