This paper examines Hồi giáo, a state-recognized religion translated as “Islam” in Vietnam, and will focus on the Islamic religious practices of the Cham Bani, one of two groups of Muslims in Vietnam. While it is recognized that diverse Islamic religious practices have taken root in various areas, there is a tendency to view religious practices such as the Quran recital, Ramadan, Salat, and so ...

A common phenomenon which has been regretfully associated almost exclusively with Islam is the various forms of female genital cutting, or FGC[1]. Although many of those who are involved in this act attribute to the religion of Islam, the majority of the forms of FGC present in the world today which are acts truly abominable, acts of which the religion of Islam is innocent. In no way does Islam...

Taking the cue from the controversial speech of Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg in 2006, this paper explores the connection between the apparently divergent positions taken by the Catholic Church and the European secular establishment on the question of European identity and Islam. The argument is advanced that the proceduralism of the European secular establishment contribute...

BACKGROUND Traditionally, suicide rates were low in Islamic countries. However, the process of modernization can erode the ties of the individual to society and lead to questioning of religion and weakening of faith. Therefore, a cross-national study with the null hypothesis that there will be no relationship between general population suicide rates and the percentage of adherents of Islam was ...

A single server waiting line system with Poisson arrivals and Inverse Gaussian service times has been analyzed. The same model has been analyzed by using Mukherjee-Islam (1983) model as the service time model. Inverse Gaussian model has been used in queuing theory but the Mukherjee-Islam model which is basically a failure model has been tested first time as the service time model.

175 Further Reading Bulliet, Richward W. (1979) Conversion to Islam in the Medieval Period, An Essay in Quantitative History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Hodgson, Marshall G. (1974) The Venture of Islam, Conscience and History in a World Civilization. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Lapidus, Ira M. (1988) A History of Islamic Societies. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University P...

Corrigendum Corrigendum to ‘‘Application of the optimal homotopy asymptotic method to squeezing flow’’ [Comput. Math. Appl. 59 (2010) 3858–3866] M. Idrees a, S. Islam b,∗, Sirajul Haq a, Siraj-ul-Islam c a Faculty of Engineering Sciences, GIK Institute, Topi, NWFP, Pakistan b Department of Mathematics, CIIT, H-8/1, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan c NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Pesha...

This article bridges Sri Lankan studies and the academic debate on the relation between contemporary Islam and politics. It constitutes a case study of the Muslim community in Akkaraipattu on Sri Lanka’s war-ridden east coast. Over two decades of ethnically colored conflict have made Muslim identity of paramount importance, but the meanings attached to that identity vary substantively. Politici...

Since September 11, 2001, Muslims have been stereotyped and the message and image of Islam have been tarnished. Self-proclaimed leaders have given new and twisted meanings to the message of Islam. Explanations of complex issues have been reduced to sound bites on television. No issue has been in this regard more profaned than jihad, a sacred term for Muslims, There is no dearth of explanations ...