A Sample From Iraq On The Services Of The Lodges In The Social Area: Biyare Lodge

Some religious institutions have great importance in transferring Islam？c culture and civilization from generation to generation. One of these institutions is undoubtedly the lodges which are places of sufi education. In the Seljuk, Ayyubid and Ottoman periods, the lodges of Islamic morality and spirituality were complementary and reinforcing the functions of mosques and madrasahs. The mission of the lodges is not limited to sufism. Science, art and literatüre, such as social life in other areas needed to operate. They also provided services such as the care and education of orphans and forlorns, the treatment of mental illnesses and the soup kitchen for the poor. ？n this article, the Lodge of Biyare will be discussed