Despite the growing numbers of Muslims in the United States, there is a scarcity of research dealing with mental health practitioners working with Muslim families. This lack of research may leave clinicians unprepared to adequately help Muslim patients and families faced with discrimination and misunderstanding, which may inadvertently lead to the perpetuation of biases in therapy. Therefore, t...

Using a difference-in-differences framework, we estimate the impact of Ramadan on educational outcomes of Muslim students living in a non-Muslim country. For identification we exploit the fact that the number of Ramadan weeks during the course that we study, varies from year to year, ranging from zero to four. Our main finding is that Ramadan observance has a negative impact on performance; one...

There is widespread evidence that immigrants from Muslim-majority countries are discriminated against in Western Europe, relative to immigrants from European Christian-majority countries. Yet, it is not clear whether this discrimination is based on religion (Muslim), region of origin (since the bulk of Muslim-majority countries are located in regions outside Europe), or both. Relying on Europea...

In this article the author explains the social role of Muslim woman in a postmodern society through a public symbol of her identity--the veil. The article's thesis is that the Muslim women's manifestation of their Islamic denomination through veiling and wearing appropriate clothes (in the case of men through growing beards and wearing clothes considered appropriate for them) signifies an expre...

Considerable attention has been given to young British Asian Muslim identity in recent years. Whilst much of the literature has addressed the diasporic and transnational nature of British Muslim identity there has been a growing recognition of the need to address the national context in which this identity is formed. However, there is still a comparative lacuna of information about how religion...

This paper studies early childhood health in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, focusing on inequalities in anthropometric outcomes by religious adherence. India and Nepal have Hindu majorities, while Bangladesh is predominantly Muslim. Results confirm a relative Muslim advantage for children less than 12 months of age in height-for-age and weight-for-age z scores primarily in India, possibly reflect...

Female Muslim immigrant youths are at a developmental stage of transition to adulthood and face many challenges in their identity transformation due to racism, migration status and gender role. They are members of a cultural group whose experiences of mental health are established through multiple contexts. Informed by different theoretical perspectives, the methodology of ethnography is introd...

Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) proposed as an alternative treatment for damaged knee joints of humans is reviewed. The commercial application TKA can help patients to improve their daily normal activities. Here the high-flex type total arthroplasty (High-Flex TKA) typically designed patient’s convenience on which greater range motion be adjusted extreme activities such Seiza and Muslim praying. ...

Musafir (مسافر) is a word in Arabic meaning ‘traveler’ which refers to person who on long journey. According Quran Verse 6:11 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Travel through the earth, and see what was end of those rejected it.”. This verse encourages Muslims travel while observing for people lie Allah SWT. Even if journey, Islam prayer obligatory must perform religious obligation. Therefore, SWT ...

Public health guidelines implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have changed way many people practice religion. In realm of Islam, practices from margins—attending online mosques and prayer groups, or praying alone—suddenly became commonplace. This paper addresses question: What religious processes become more evident among pluralist Muslim women pandemic? Based on 34 open-ended surveys compl...