AIM To assess the association between religion, Muslim vs Christian, and myocardial infarction in the population of Tirana, capital of Albania. METHOD A hospital-based case-control study included all patients with acute non-fatal myocardial infarction hospitalized in Tirana University Hospital Center between October 1999 and June 2001. There were 146 women with the mean age (+/-standard devia...

At least three traditions in sociological thought address the question of social inclusion. In the systems theory proposed by Luhmann, inclusion means that individuals are able to adapt and gain access to functional subsystems, such as the labor market or the welfare state. In the tradition of Simmel, social inclusion is seen as an outcome of “cross-cutting social circles”. Both perspectives ar...

circumstances and development of Muslim nations has been the subject of intense debate among Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Western critics of Islam or “Islamic civilization,” such as Bernard Lewis (1990) and Samuel Huntington (1993), have decried its economic irrationality, incompatibility with democracy, and failure to separate religion and state; while scholars such as Edward Said (2001:11) ...

the main objective of the present paper is to study the trend of emergence and influence of islamophobia in today'srussia. the effective factor that distinguishesrussiafrom other western countries in encountering the muslims are distinct historical features and extreme nationalism (chauvinism. the chauvinism are concerned about the growth of muslim population inrussia. although this factor...

OBJECTIVE To report on the results of a random and representative household survey of HIV prevalence in 3 predominantly Muslim areas in the Cape Town metropole. METHOD A cross-sectional representative community household survey was conducted in 3 residential areas. Aerial photographs were used in the selection of a random sample of 548 households, with the objective of obtaining an oral fluid...

The nineteenth-century processes of “nation-building” and national integration took place in the western regions southeastern Europe against a distinctive backdrop. formation self-images, creation self-definition, indeed emergence any clear consensus on who constituted or should constitute given community proved daunting tasks for multi-ethnic multi-religious populations provinces Habsburg Mona...

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...

Data on body weight, height, and sitting height from 11,496 adult males, age 18-62 years, belonging to 38 different populations of five major social groups (scheduled tribes, scheduled castes, "other backward castes," general castes, and Muslims) of Central India were taken for our analysis to assess the nutritional status of these groups. Cormic index and body mass index (BMI) were computed, a...