The Balkan Wars of 1991–2002 were the deadliest confl icts in Europe since the Second World War – one dominated by ethnic cleansing resulting in over 100,000 deaths, many non-combatant civilians, with over a million people displaced from their traditional homes. The major parties in the 1991–1996 war were ethnic Croatians (Roman Catholic), Bosniacs (Muslims), and ethnic Serbs (Orthodox Christia...

BACKGROUND The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh accounted for 50% diphtheria and 3% tetanus cases reported globally during 2005. During 2003-2006, there was a rising trend of diphtheria in Hyderabad, the state capital, whereas there was no major change in trend of tetanus cases. We estimated coverage of diphtheria and tetanus vaccine among children aged <or= 6 years and immunity against these dis...

BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking causes serious health, economic, and social problems throughout the world. Religious involvement is known to be an important predictor of health behaviors and substance use. The present study examines the correlation between religious involvements and tobacco use, and explores connections between religiosity and tobacco use in Muslims and non-Muslims in Western Chin...

Halal refers to what is permissible in traditional Islamic law. Food that meets halal requirements is marked by a halal label on the packaging and should be especially attractive to those Muslims who follow the set of dietary laws outlined in the Quran. This research examines the role of the halal label (explicit cue) and the country-of-origin (COO) (implicit cue) in predicting positive product...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Religious belief is an important aspect that influences the life of a patient, especially in Asia. We aim to compare the quality of death in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) between Buddhists and Muslims from the perspectives of the relatives of the patients and the nurses and physicians. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a cohort study of critically ill patients who died after ad...

This article is to trace the problem of right a citizen different religions practice faith in an Islamic country. issue not new since as early formation state Madinah, communities have also already existed. Therefore, understand model managing affairs non -Muslim religious beliefs through historical lens Prophet Muḥammad Rasūlullah (PBUH)) has become important for ummah. The present article, us...

The present investigation involves the study of distr ibution of serological tra its (A1A2BO, MN and Rh(D) blood group systems) among Meos and Sunni Muslims and their comparison with other castes of Haryana, which are, Jat, Ahir, Ror, Saini, Kamboj, Kumhar and Chamar. The frequency of different alleles fa lls well within the range of other castes of Haryana. Chi-square values for these blood gr...

ramadan is one of the special months for muslims all over the world. during ramadan, able‐bodied muslims are abstained from eating, drinking and even smoking from dawn to sunset. in malaysia, the duration of fasting are normally around 13 hours at any time of the year as it is located near the equator. the altered food intake timing and long period of fasting do influence on eating behavior of ...

the images of muslims in media, literature and politics have been mostly black and white portrayals of a people alien to modernity, technology, civilization and progress. since the end of the cold war and the onset of deadly terrorist attacks in different areas of the world, especially in the united states, these representations show a palpable difference: muslims are predominantly represented ...