TY - JOUR ID - 67639 TI - Places of Worship Similar to Public Space? Reflection on How Government Facing Administration and Supervision of Public Places JO - Public Law Studies Quarterly JA - JPLSQ LA - en SN - 2423-8120 AU - Sedaghati, Keyvan AU - Jalali, Mohammad AU - Mousazadeh, Ebrahim AD - Ph.D. in Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran AD - Assistant Prof., Faculty of Law, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran AD - Associate Prof., Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 48 IS - 3 SP - 599 EP - 616 KW - Places of Worship KW - Public Sphere KW - Islamic Government KW - public space KW - Democracy KW - Mosque DO - 10.22059/jplsq.2018.242488.1588 N2 - "Public Sphere" is regarded as middle of private place and superior sovereignty of government and it is one of the tools of democracy. "Material Public Space" is objective element related to Public Sphere which as an outer reality covers the material aspect of Public Sphere. In Islamic Republic of Iran, the places of worship -specialty mosques- are among obvious instances of public physical spaces that may regard as mediator link for reducing gap between people and government and also a place for thinking and discussion of citizens on concepts such as: “Public Good" and "Public Interest” and provides for the realization of religious democracy. The present article reveals minimum approach of government and also self-control and public administration of religious places; bring self-religious and self-sovereignty of citizens. In fact, citizens as a result of places of public worship, practice collective participation in smaller scale for finally implementing it as their own democracy. UR - https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_67639.html L1 - https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_67639_4ca70a8afb34633f6ede0c4db2b93110.pdf ER -