BACKGROUND Significant disparities in the incidence of polio existed during its eradication campaign in India. In 2006, Muslims, who comprise 16% of the population in affected states, comprised 70% of paralytic polio cases. This disparity was initially blamed on the Muslims and a rumor that the vaccination program was a plot to sterilize their children. Using the framework of structural violenc...

A matrilineal descent system practiced In and around the city of Calicut In southern India has had far-reaching Implications for the structure of the local built environment. The tarawad system, practiced by the Moplah Muslim, Hindu Nayar and Nambudrl Brahmin communities, has created a residential pattern of clan houses, also called tarawads, that sometimes contain as many as one hundred reside...

Editor's note Miss Molkoy, a British Muslim and a trained nurse has been carryingout researchfor the Certiftcate in the Study of Islam at the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations. This paper is based on that research. In collecting her evidence on attitudes to medical ethics Miss Molloy explores with her survey sample such topics as contraception, life support machines, ...

This paper reports the consequences experienced by Islam women attempting to reform gender relations among Muslim societies in northern Nigeria. The article also examines the problems encountered and its relation to the ideas, plans, and programs of gender and development (GAD) programs. In Muslim communities, few men or women disagree with the content of the GAD program aimed at addressing w...

Abstract Religion is one of the key instrumental social institutions in determining child health and mortality. Muslim advantage survival India has been widely reported. Recent India’s National Family Health Survey (NFHS) shows that gap between Hindu–Muslim childhood mortality rates shrinking—reversing decades for Muslims. This study examines factors linked to diminishing attempts uncover mecha...

This paper proposes a new explanation for religious differences in fertility in India by incorporating the issue of gender bias into the debate. It reports the results from an econometric investigation of the factors influencing the sex ratio at birth and among currently living children, by religion and by caste, for a sample of over 10,000 women in India. The investigation paid particular atte...

Editor's note Miss Molkoy, a British Muslim and a trained nurse has been carryingout researchfor the Certiftcate in the Study of Islam at the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations. This paper is based on that research. In collecting her evidence on attitudes to medical ethics Miss Molloy explores with her survey sample such topics as contraception, life support machines, ...

The article reports data from a study investigating the religious identity formation of young people in mixed-faith families. This involved parents Christian, Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim backgrounds, with spouse these four faiths. One ‘Muslim–non-Muslim’ families is considered here as case to shed light on social dimensions pertaining both children. parent has Muslim, other Christian background. ex...