It will be seen that the incidence of stone is much lower in Sikhs than in the other two communities, being only half that in Hindus and less than one-third of that in Muslims. The figures for cataract were obtained partly to serve as controls and partly to find out whether any significant differences existed in the prevalence of cataract among the members of the three communities. The percenta...

This article explores the relationship between religion, caste, infant mortality and fertility across Hindus and Muslims in India using recent data from the 2006 National Family Health Survey. The analysis shows that Muslims exhibit lower infant mortality rates relative to Hindus, and that this difference is not adequately explained by socio-economic status, location and policy variables. We ar...

The socioeconomic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper-caste Hindus. Muslims nevertheless exhibit substantially higher child survival rates, and have done for decades. This paper analyses this seeming puzzle. A decomposition of the survival differential confirms that some compositional effects favour Muslims but that, overall, differences in characteris...

Our 2005 representative national survey (2,972 interviews) shows an overwhelmingly common and strong religious intolerance towards Western churches that are legally deemed “non-traditional” and are commonly perceived as foreign to Russia. Most Russians would not let Western groups build churches, establish religious schools, or engage in other basic religious activities in their hometowns. West...

BACKGROUND Understanding sexual behavior before marriage is relatively rare in the East, especially in Islamic societies, because sexuality is a sensitive subject for many Muslims. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to identify premarital sexual intercourse-related individual factors among Iranian adolescents. PATIENTS AND METHODS This qualitative study was performed on 30 students of...

Iran and China are getting closer day by day, from economic to political social relations. Since media plays a significant role in shaping norms, relations, values society, it is not neutral medium propagate information only. Social elites, as well fractions, use shape public opinion with the least cost. Therefore, this paper attempts answer question which ideologies, thoughts Iranian football ...

Background: While religious beliefs and values influence health behaviors, conventional health disparities research rarely examines health outcomes by religious affiliation particularly within multi-ethnic minority communities. Methods: Using a systematic strategy we searched the Medline literature to identify empiric studies that report on health disparities between American Muslims and nonMus...

BACKGROUND Annually millions of Muslims depart to Saudi Arabia for performing a religious pilgrimage called "Hajj". In this ceremony, pilgrims face numerous health hazards and injuries such as pressing in overcrowding, sliding, burning, falling down, traffic accidents etc. The main purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of injuries in Hajj period across 2004 to 2008. METHODS Th...

iii realism – a predilection towards “playing by ear” and keeping options open with and ability to juggle options and keep them all in the air. Many of these traits are popularly associated with the stereotype of the bazaar merchant (bazaari). On the other hand, the popular bazaari stereotype is replete with negative characteristics. He is seen as a wheeler-dealer, one capable of selling ice to...

BackgroundThe month of Ramadan is the ninth lunar month of the Islamic calendar, during which every year millions of Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. These fasting episodes are associated with changes in sleeping pattern, medication timing, extra prayers at night, etc. The goal of this work was to evaluate the safety of Ramadan fast with respect to blood pressure for treated hypertensive pa...