Dear Editor, One of the 5 fundamental rituals of Islam is fasting during the month of Ramadan. Islamic fasting requires abstinence from food, water, smoking and sexual intercourse between dawn and sunset.1 Different schools of Islamic teachings have different views on the effect of illness on fasting ranging from prohibiting fasting to leaving the option to fast to the believers.2 Thus, fasting...

BACKGROUND Contrary to international guidelines recommending family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), allowing family members to be present remains a matter of debate in many countries. The purpose of this study was to determine the opinions of healthcare providers from a Muslim setting concerning family-witnessed resuscitation (FWR). METHODS The sample population consisted...

OBJECTIVE Physical inactivity surveillance informs policy and treatment options toward meeting the World Health Organization's (WHO) goal of a 10% reduction in its prevalence by 2025. We currently do not know the aggregate prevalence for Muslim-majority countries, many of which have extremely high rates of comorbidities associated with physical inactivity. METHOD Based on data for 163, 556 pe...

Collectively blaming groups for the actions of individuals can license vicarious retribution. Acts of terrorism by Muslim extremists against innocents, and the spikes in anti-Muslim hate crimes against innocent Muslims that follow, suggest that reciprocal bouts of collective blame can spark cycles of violence. How can this cycle be short-circuited? After establishing a link between collective b...

Addressing the cultural and religious beliefs around the issue of family planning has been a big challenge for the international development community. The concept of family planning has raised some concerns regarding its acceptability within Muslim populations. While some Muslim states and organisations have adopted a rather cautious approach to the issue, others have gone to the extent of inv...

Article New Labour’s Policies to Influence and Challenge Islam in Contemporary Britain: A Case Study on the National Muslim Women’s Advisory Group’s Theology Project Author Chris Allen Department of Social Policy, Sociology & Criminology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK [email protected] Abstract The creation of the National Muslims Women’s Advisory Group (NMWAG) in 2008 by ...

One of the many disastrous consequences of the tragic events of 9/11 is the war waged by the neocolonialists in order to “liberate” Muslim women. This gender-based war stands on a series of pillars, such as the presumption that Western civilization offers women a great deal of privileges, while Muslim culture gives none. Therefore, it would be logical to suppose that, because of the many opport...

BACKGROUND Multiple demographic, genetic, and environmental factors differ between Muslim and Jewish infants in Israel. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether, after adjustment for perinatal factors associated with mortality, excess mortality occurs in very low birthweight (VLBW) Muslim compared with Jewish infants. DESIGN The Israel National VLBW infant database includes data on 99% of all VLBW bir...

The purpose of this manuscript is to present a reliable estimate in form of tables of the Muslim population and its percentage in each country in the Americas. This data is summarized to be a reference for other studies and discussions related to Muslim population. The data show that Muslim population in the Americas, both in size and in percentage, remains very low. Accordingly, there are less...

This article explains the level of economic freedom in Muslim countries through the theory of institutional path dependency. Islamic countries are generally not free and they have a poor record regarding property rights. To explain these realities we use the institutional history of Muslim countries. We define three steps: the Arab and Ottoman Empires when Islamic law was of great importance, E...