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Table 2

Descriptive statistics for studying history (N = 315)

Items	Mean	Std. deviation
1. History is important to me	4.13	1.227
2. Without knowing our history, we cannot understand who we are	4.15	1.210
3. I feel proud whenever I read history	4.10	1.209
4. History makes me confident	3.90	1.265
5. The past tells me who I am	4.25	1.166
6. I am more interested in the future than in the past	4.23	1.145
7. The past is important to me to understand the present and the future	4.19	1.192
8. Knowing about Islamic history helps me to understand what is going on now	3.95	1,212
9. Islamic history is a memory for all Muslims in the world	4.06	1.225
10. The events of Islamic history are similar to what is happening today	3.37	1.272
11. I have read a lot about the recent events in the Middle East as it is one of the outputs of the events of Islamic history	3.43	1.256
12. Islamic history has great relevance to my life today	3.70	1.231
13. I remember Khalid bin Al-Waleed as a good leader and fighter against the enemies	3.62	1.222
14. Respected Islamic history events make me optimistic	4.30	1.194
15. Islamic history is important to me	4.21	1.199
16. I feel history is very interesting. I enjoy learning about past events and how we conquered the problems, bringing us to who we are today	4.09	1.152
17. History teaches me about where I come from and creates connections to the past	4.18	1.111

Items	Mean	Std. deviation
1. History is important to me	4.13	1.227
2. Without knowing our history, we cannot understand who we are	4.15	1.210
3. I feel proud whenever I read history	4.10	1.209
4. History makes me confident	3.90	1.265
5. The past tells me who I am	4.25	1.166
6. I am more interested in the future than in the past	4.23	1.145
7. The past is important to me to understand the present and the future	4.19	1.192
8. Knowing about Islamic history helps me to understand what is going on now	3.95	1,212
9. Islamic history is a memory for all Muslims in the world	4.06	1.225
10. The events of Islamic history are similar to what is happening today	3.37	1.272
11. I have read a lot about the recent events in the Middle East as it is one of the outputs of the events of Islamic history	3.43	1.256
12. Islamic history has great relevance to my life today	3.70	1.231
13. I remember Khalid bin Al-Waleed as a good leader and fighter against the enemies	3.62	1.222
14. Respected Islamic history events make me optimistic	4.30	1.194
15. Islamic history is important to me	4.21	1.199
16. I feel history is very interesting. I enjoy learning about past events and how we conquered the problems, bringing us to who we are today	4.09	1.152
17. History teaches me about where I come from and creates connections to the past	4.18	1.111