OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess rates of Papanicolaou (Pap) testing and associations between religion-related factors and these rates among a racially and ethnically diverse sample of American Muslim women. MATERIALS AND METHODS A community-based participatory research design was used in partnering with the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago to recruit Muslim women atten...

majority of practical terms in ophthalmology were compiled firstly in muslims` medical dictionary. anatomical and pathological terms such as retina and cataract were improved in this lexicon. mohammad ghazi, in journal of azziae, has considered ophthalmology as an innovation which was firstly introduced by muslim arabs. their attempts promoted this science and retained it the best for a long ti...

The article is based on the manuscript “Hundred books skills of Medicine” by Abu Sahl al-Masihi from collection Oriental Department Gorky Library St. Petersburg State University (Ms. O 667). author this written monument was regarded as teacher Ibn Sina (Avicenna). text an encyclopedic medical treatise XI century. It consists one hundred “books”, each which a separate and independent chapter ded...

Will the Arab Spring lead to long-lasting democratic change? To explore this question I examine the determinants of the Arab world’s democratic deficit in 2010. I find that the percent of a country’s landmass that was conquered by Arab armies following the death of the prophet Muhammad statistically accounts for this deficit. Using history as a guide, I hypothesize that this pattern reflects th...

In Islamic history, horticulture had a prominent place in the Muslim era. The Arabs planted gardens Medina and Taif. this sense, were an important source of food trade. Leaving Arabia, when Islam reached Persia Syria Egypt Andalusia, kings rulers gardens. They not only encouraged farmers but also took personal interest. fruit trees abundantly mountainous desert areas. And canals dug, along thei...

The relationship between religion and transnationalism has only recently gained scholarly attention to document the influence religious organizations have on mediating transnational ties. While scholarship second-generation interest, Arab Americans remain understudied. Yet, Americans, especially Muslim been progressively encountering overt anti-Arab Islamophobic sentiments for two decades, sinc...

mohammad’s invitation letters, in addition to being sacred texts, include exact word combinations which are based on calculated and systematic arrangements of words and sentences. stylistics is a linguistic science which study texts along four dimensions: syntax, morphology, phonology, and signification. this science guides its audience and users to become aware of and enjoy interrelated and or...