The Conceptual Model of Pathology of the Mosque's Status in Iran

The present paper seeks to find out a conceptual model for conducting pathological studies about the status of mosque in Iran. This model is an outcome of interviewing 23 seminary and university professors and pundits and researchers in the field of mosque studies. Content analysis was used in analyzing the data of these interviews. The research finding is that the problems relating to mosque fall into three general categories: 1. Different cultural, social, political and economic domains; 2.Elements, organizations and institutions concerning mosque management; 3. Religious and cultural institutions and organizations parallel to mosque. These three categories include all the problems relating to mosque. According to the proposed model, most of damages, their causes, outcomes and modus operandi for preventing them are included in these categories.