The article examines theoretical benefits and potentials of the formation of economic integration among the Muslim World. The degree of economic integration has often been used as a gauge of the success of economic moderate and structural adjustment policies. The Muslim World, as it stands today, is characterized by paradoxes and contradictions. Formation of economic integration among Muslim co...

Though Muslims have been living in Nepal from the 15th century, they have started practicingtheir religious activities freely only after enactment of new civil code in 1963. This paper aims to explore the potentials and problems on the existing mosques, perception of the religious structures by Muslim community and analysing of existing legal and institutional framework before drawing a conclus...

Religious communities from Mauritius still rely on traditional therapies (TT) for primary healthcare. Nonetheless, there is still a dearth of scientific information on TT used by the different religious groups to manage diabetes and related complications (DRC). This study aimed to gather ethnomedicinal knowledge on TT used by the different religious groups against DRC. Diabetic patients (n = 95...

the phenomenon of conversion to islam in the territories conquered by the muslim arabs, is one of the ambiguous and controversial topics in the studies of islamic history. major part of the social transformation of copts in islamic egypt returns to their conversion from christianity to islam. gradual changing of the majority to a minority group under muslim rule was a complex process, because m...

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of non-Muslim nurses caring for Muslim patients in Saudi Arabia. The study sought to understand from the perspective of nonMuslim nurses what it is like to care for Muslim patients in a religiously and culturally conservative society. The study is positioned within a framework of theories about transcultural nursing care and is primarily ...

The growing number and diversity of Muslims in the United States and Western Europe challenge clinicians and researchers to understand this population's perspectives and experiences regarding health and biomedicine. For information about Muslim patient populations, clinicians and researchers routinely consult medical literature. To examine how this literature portrays Muslims, we conducted an e...

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 Europe. This data is summarized to be a reference for other studies and discussions related to Muslim population. The presented data show that about 7% of the population of Europe is Muslim, a total of about 49 million.

BACKGROUND Muslim women are one sub-population in Ghana among whom the rate of skilled maternal health services accessibility and utilisation is very low. However, there are no studies in Ghana that explore the maternity needs and care experiences of Muslim women, and why they do not utilise maternal healthcare services at health facilities. The purpose of this paper is to explore the maternity...