after capturing maghreb, moslems sought for more conquests in order to make the field ready to spread islam more and more. the moslems' readiness and appropriate circumstances prepared the arrangements for the spread of islam in a vast area, called andulus. and when andulus was captured, islam covered the whole area. at first, the rulers' peaceful polices and the islamic solidarity le...

There is conflicting evidence about the effect of parental consanguinity on fetal growth. Previous studies have not always allowed for other factors that are known to affect birth weight, in particular, gestational age, parity, and maternal height. We have therefore studied this question in the Pakistani Moslem population in Birmingham. Babies born to parents who were first cousins were on aver...

The People of India database of the Anthropological Survey of India documents 631 cultural, ecological, and economic traits of the 4635 communities to which the entire Indian population is assigned. Focusing on 1342 communities of South India, we looked for correlates of low (1 or 2 children) and high (4 or more children) desired family size (DFS) reported as the norm for any given community by...