Antoine-Louis-Adolphe Dupuch (1800-1856) served as the first bishop of Algiers in newly conquered French colony. His contemporary François Bourgade (1806-1866), who a priest both and Tunis, was missionary philosopher. Both men were convinced that physical evidence late antique Christian past might lay powerful historical foundation for religiosity North Africa. Arriving 1830s, labored under si...

BACKGROUND Ethnicity has been associated with variance in warfarin treatment regimens in various settings. OBJECTIVES To determine whether ethnicity is associated with variance in patient management in Israel. METHODS Data were extracted from the electronic patient records of Clalit Health Services clinics in the Sharon Shomron region. The study group comprised all patients treated with war...

Poetry is the record of Arabs The art poetry Arabs, collected Good a list To speak in verse to remain Arab memory surpass another poet odyssey Know...

We study the response to the Charlie Hebdo shootings of January 7, 2015 on Twitter across the globe. We ask whether the stances on the issue of freedom of speech can be modeled using established sociological theories, including Huntington’s culturalist Clash of Civilizations, and those taking into consideration social context, including Density and Interdependence theories. We find support for ...

Using data from the 2nd Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2) in 2008-09 we investigated the in-hospital complications and 1-year outcome of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients with systemic hypertension from 6 Gulf countries. Of 7847 consecutive patients admitted with ACS, 3746 (47.7%) had hypertension. Hypertension was more prevalent in women, in Arabs than non-Arabs and ...

The ultimate success of the reconquista (the reconquering of Muslim lands in the Iberian Peninsula from 718-1492) and the ensuing consolidation of Spain beneath the joint rule of Ferdinand and Isabel helped define the course of western civilization. This paper uses the unique institutional organization of Muslim rulers in Iberia to explain the fall of Muslim power in the Peninsula. Through vast...

This qualitative study aims to document the identity experience of progressive gay Muslim men in a North American context. Six in-depth interviews, supplemented with participant observation, were conducted of gay Muslim men who attended an international conference for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning (LGBTQ) Muslims. For progressive gay Muslims such as these, a Muslim iden...

Bioethics and health researchers often turn to Islamic jurisconsults (fuqahā’ ) and their verdicts (fatāwā) to understand how Islam and health intersect. Yet when using fatwā to promote health behavior change, researchers have often found less than ideal results. In this article we examine several health behavior change interventions that partnered with Muslim religious leaders aiming at promot...