BACKGROUND Religion-rooted beliefs and values are often cited as barriers to organ donation among Muslims. Yet how Islamic religiosity relates to organ donation attitude among Muslims is less studied. METHODS Using a community based participatory research approach, we recruited adults from mosque communities to self-administer a questionnaire assessing levels of Islamic religiosity, attitude ...

meaning of islamic unity in two internal & external levels of diplomatic idea of islam has superior place. present situation of world of islam and various devilish plots for provoking disputes and enmity among the muslims shows well the necessity of this issue. undoubtedly, the survey of valuable experience of leaders of islamic world unity at present age, especially survey of seyed jamal al-di...

The universality of higher female religiousness and insufficiency of any social explanation have led to proposals that it is a product of psychological or physiological differences. However, the female advantage in religiousness is not universal. Distinguishing Affective (personal piety) from Active (organizational participation) religiousness, in a third of nations (World Values Survey) women ...

This paper briefly reviews earlier as well as recent approaches of Indian Social Stratification System and there relevance in present era. Much of what is known about Social Stratification in India is based on studies conducted in early and middle part of the 20 th century. There is a lot of literature available on the theme of social stratification in India. In fact, the most researched area i...

The link between Islam and terrorism became a central media concern following September 11, resulting in new rounds of "culture talk. This talk has turned religious experience into a political category, differentiating 'good Muslims" from "bad Muslims, rather than terrorists from civilians. The implication is undisguised: Whether in Afghanistan, Palestine, or Pakistan, Islam must be quarantined...

The Paris terrorist attacks occurred on November 13, 2015 prompted a massive response on social media including Twitter, with millions of posted tweets in the first few hours after the attacks. Most of the tweets were condemning the attacks and showing support to Parisians. One of the trending debates related to the attacks concerned possible association between terrorism and Islam and Muslims ...