Dysfunctions of Religious Rites in the Social Sphere of the Qajar Era

"Function" is defined among sociological concepts to mean the result and effect of an event or movement, and "dysfunction" is meaningful when the desired results and objective and observable effects of institutions do not appear in the social arena. The question of this research is: Among the efforts of the Iranian people in the Qajar era to hold religious rituals, especially Moharram rites, what negative results have these religious rituals had in social areas? And why are these dysfunction included in religious rites? To answer these questions, we have examined religious rites from various dimensions, both individual and social, and have concluded that the creation of dysfunctions in religious rites is generally due to changes that have occurred by the people ignoring the religious authorities.