BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to assess the changes in frequency and pattern of religious symptomatology in a sample of psychiatric inpatients in Egypt suffering from some form of psychotic illness over the time span from 1975 to…
Papers in Islam
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Differences in epidemiology of kidney disease across the Middle East may arise from variations in indication for biopsy, environmental exposure and socio-economic status. The Lebanese population is composed of different ethnicities, with distinct…
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The origins of the feminist movement in Egypt can be traced back to the social restructuring that occurred during the reign of Mohammed Ali (1805-48). At that time, a debate raged over whether female education was essential to national development.…
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The History of Ṭabarī is examined in the light of a key religious motif (the doctrine of the status of the companions) and the form of Islamic history (akhbār reports). An analysis of two accounts in Ṭabarī, the Battles of the Camel and Ṣiffin,…
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A comment on Judith Butler's paper, "Sexual politics, torture, & secular time," agrees that there must be a reversal of the growing cleavage in western societies between oppressed religious groups & sources of anti-oppression doctrines & movements.…
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The overproportional rate of medical treatment of foreign children in the private practice of paediatricians and in the paediatric hospitals imposes very often special difficulties on our medical care system. These difficulties do not only result…
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This paper provides an overview of legal, religious, medical and social factors that serve to support or hinder women's access to safe abortion services in the 21 predominantly Muslim countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region,…
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Abortion is the most common and controversial issue in many parts of the world. Approximately 46 million abortions are performed worldwide every year. The world ratio is 26 induced abortions per 100 known pregnancies. Pakistan has an estimated…
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The Muslims of Aligarh city are predominantly Sunnis, although there are also a considerable number of Shias. Among the Sunnis, approximately a quarter belong to Syed, Sheikh, Moghal and Pathan groups, and three-quarters belong to various lower…
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The debate over abortion is still controversial as ever. As one of every four people in the world is of the Muslim religion, it is important to learn more about the Islamic point of view toward this dilemma in medical ethics. The first part of this…
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This paper gives a historical, international and cultural outlook on the debate related to the 1982 legalization of abortion in the modern democratic republic of Turkey. A belief that the country is under-populated and subsequent pro-natalist…
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1. Med Law. 2004;23(3):665-70. in Turkey: current ethical attitudes. Arda B, Aydin E. Publication Types: Review. Mesh Terms: , Induced/ethics; , Induced/legislation & jurisprudence; Islam; Public Opinion; Public ; Secularism; Turkey.
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This article presents an overview of abortion practices and attitudes in primitive societies and in Western civilization. The changing positions of the major world religions and nations are provided. Attention is given both to restrictions on…
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To investigate whether or not Neisseria meningitidis was present in the throat of Kuwaiti pilgrims after returning from the Hajj.
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We document the absence of carriage of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 of the sequence type 11 in returning pilgrims after the Hajj 2002. This finding contrasts with the 15% carriage rate we previously reported in pilgrims returning from the Hajj 2001.…
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A discussion of the nature, causes, & effects of the contemporary food crisis in Sudan. The virtual disappearance of subsistence economies now invalidates traditional approaches to the African food crisis that assume such structures to be intact.…
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OBJECTIVES: To determine influenza vaccine effectiveness against clinically defined influenza-like illness among Malaysian pilgrims attending the Haj in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: During February and March 2000, the authors conducted an unmatched…
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In response to a recent article published in this review, we present in this paper, an unusual case of fatal salt water intoxication. In this case, we point out three special features, the type of water ingested, the physiopathologic consequences of…
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