Although most universities in the Muslim world publicly recognize and support the teaching of Western literature, the exploration of some Western literary themes (for example, self-determination, sexual liberation, and gender equality) is viewed negatively by authority figures as well as by some professors and students. To reconcile this concern with Lewis's view that the mutual study of litera...

Religious politics, in which there is a dominant cleavage separating believers (especially if literalist) from moderate believers and nonbelievers is important in Muslim countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Will Muslim societies become secular or continue to become more religious? Within the religious majority, are Islamists (supporters of Shari’a Law) more fertile than non-Islamist M...

When Muslims thought of establishing milk banks, religious reservations were raised. These reservations were based on the concept that women's milk creates 'milk kinship' believed to impede marriage in Islamic Law. This type of kinship is, however, a distinctive phenomenon of Arab tradition and relatively unknown in Western cultures. This article is a pioneer study which fathoms out the contemp...

Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) ensures equal access care to all British residents. Health outcomes, nonetheless, vary across socioeconomic class, education level, and geographic location, a phenomenon particularly affecting Britain’s South Asian Muslim communities. This paper will contextualize the NHS within the British national imaginary and analyze discursive, social, and economic v...

The Muslim Community Center (MCC) is located in Silver Spring, Maryland, which is about 13 miles from the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The clinic is a part of the Primary Care Coalition, a network of 13 clinics that provide medical care to low-income uninsured residents of Montgomery County, Maryland. The clinic is open six days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to provide free medical ...

All health care providers may be confronted by a Muslim patient, but many health care professionals are lacking basic knowledge on the Muslim faith and medical ethics based on Islamic law (Shariah). One must endeavour to differentiate between ethnic customs and Islamic tradition. It is important for staff to have a general understanding of the principles of Islamic beliefs and actions to attain...

There is a special feeling I get when I walk into a room and encounter a Muslim patient. I see warmth and immediate trust in their eyes. No matter what language you speak or what country you call home, sharing something as personal as religion creates an instant bond. As an Arab-American Muslim woman, I am acutely aware of the fact that I am in a unique position to build rapport with Muslim pat...

Pipes (2003) has proposed a checklist for law enforcement to use in identifying possible members of sleeper cells. The purpose of this research was to evaluate Pipes’ checklist through the judgment of Muslim “insiders.” Thirty-three Muslim insiders responded to Pipes’ checklist by indicating the degree of concern that they believed each item should trigger about a possible sleeper. The sample o...

In recent decades, Islamic education and the religiosity of young Muslims have received considerable attention in academic research German-speaking countries. However, an analysis different learning environments religious their respective significance has yet to be carried out so far. Using Austria as example, this paper explores these processes among Muslim adolescents. Based on qualitative gu...

ion in Byzantium and Its Exhibition,” Convivium 2, no. 2 (2015): 112–33. For a particularly problematic example, in which the analogical or comparative method often blurs into genealogical claims, see L. U. Marks, Enfoldment and Infinity: An Islamic Genealogy of New Media Art (Cambridge, MA, 2010). 9. For a rare exception, see J. Jakeman, “Abstract Art and Communication in ‘Mamluk’ Architecture...