Images are important to campaigns that champion the rights of Muslim women against gender inequalities ostensibly inhere in Islam. The force such images derives part from their intended purpose disrupt, evoke, or incite responses compassion and solidarity. temporal context both produces mandates these images, however, is also critical power. This article thus attempts conceptualize name this ti...

The number of Muslim-interfaith couples in European countries has become significant due to transnational migration and a growing Muslims living Muslim Minority countries. While the challenges for partners such unions are complex, this article focuses on lived experiences women interfaith intimate relationships Germa ny. Drawing field interviews with mixed-faith relationships, following questio...

There is a perception in US Media that American Muslims have higher rates of domestic violence (DV) than the general population. Available data, though not highest quality, suggests DV are similar to their non-Muslim peers. The purpose this study respond need for more data actionable quality on important issue.We anonymously surveyed 332 Muslim women over age eighteen at five mosques Greater Bo...

In recent years there has been increased attention to the impact of migration on mental health. However, existing research uses an intra-individual lens, focuses poor health refugees and asylum seekers, fails address limits traditional therapy. The aim present study was a gap in literature by focusing following question: how might human rights approach help us identify policies, practices, stru...

In Middle-Eastern countries, more particularly in Lebanon, the incidence of vitamin D deficiency has been found to be surprisingly high in schoolchildren and young individuals. However, the prevalence and risk factors for vitamin D inadequacy amongst Lebanese osteoporotic women seeking medical health care has never been studied. We analysed vitamin D-inadequacy risk factors among the 251 Lebane...

This work focuses on a controversial topic within women studies of the Islamic world, the very young marriage of Mohammad's second wife Aisha. The work attempts to meet the issue on level ground and explain that while this may seem as a spark on conflict between non-Muslim cultures and the Islamic world this marriage was not altogether that uncommon for the time.

BACKGROUND Globally, one of the key groups considered to be at high risk of acquiring HIV are transgender women, often a marginalised group. In the Malaysian context there has been a scarcity of published research relating to transgender women, a sensitive issue in a Muslim majority country, where Islam plays an influential role in society. Furthermore, there has been a paucity of research rela...

Many Muslim women worldwide are pregnant during Ramadan and adhere to Ramadan fasting during pregnancy. In the present study, we determined whether maternal adherence to Ramadan fasting during pregnancy has an impact on the birth weight of the newborn, and whether the effects differed according to trimester in which Ramadan fasting took place. A prospective cohort study was conducted in 130 pre...