BACKGROUND Religion shapes everyday beliefs and activities, but few studies have examined its associations with attitudes about HIV. This exploratory study in Tanzania probed associations between religious beliefs and HIV stigma, disclosure, and attitudes toward antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. METHODS A self-administered survey was distributed to a convenience sample of parishioners (n = 438)...

The binary opposition between ‘equal European women’ and ‘oppressed Muslim women’ has become a powerful representation in Switzerland and throughout Europe. Yet little is empirically known about the mechanisms through which actors in their everyday lives (re)produce this prominent construction. In this mixed-method study with young adults in a French-speaking Swiss Canton, we explore how and on...

islamic and iranian cities, both, east and west, know the physical monuments of islamic culture1 based on one of the features of the islamic cities. meanwhile, other religious centers, including tkaya, hosseiniyeh and hospice is not the case to considerate, while these elements cause to shape group behavior, strengthen social ties and strengthening of cultural integration, have always played a ...

Millennial urban Muslims represent the trend of hijrah in Indonesia. Given that millennial community has adequate Internet access. In addition, for them is not only present as a spiritual phenomenon but also become and lifestyle. Hijrah more aggressive areas than rural areas. This article will describe society, real daily social life through media on Instagram platform with hashtag (#hijrah). s...

In today’s world, there are billions of people who have different religions, languages, and nationalities all around the globe. People were born during same time periods, experienced similar situations at times they lived witnessed great events time, formed notion generation. However, these people, separated from each other with respect to factor generation, cannot be thought exhibit exactly be...

Recent research has indicated a negative relation between the propensity for analytic reasoning and religious beliefs and practices. Here, we propose conflict detection as a mechanism underlying this relation, on the basis of the hypothesis that more-analytic people are less religious, in part, because they are more sensitive to conflicts between immaterial religious beliefs and beliefs about t...

Suicide terrorism has become an increasingly popular tactic used predominantly by religiously motivated sub-state groups. This suggests that such organizations are particularly successful in using suicide terrorism while maintaining (and perhaps increasing) their popular support. This success could be a product of devotion to specific religious creeds (Hypothesis 1) or of devotion to the collec...