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Muslim Media Psychology and Its Effects on Society: The Role of Pakistani TV Serials in Promoting Women’s Rights
Positive media scholarship investigates the ways in which media can serve as a tool to uplift human attitudes and behaviors. The influence of...
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Living the Good Life: An Islamic Perspective on Positive Psychology
This chapter aims to explore Muslims’ religion/spirituality and discuss the factors that are important to consider in scientific research and...
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Behavioral Health and Muslim Clients: Considerations for Achieving Positive Outcomes
US born Muslims and Muslim immigrants face behavioral health challenges that are both similar and yet different. What is sometimes common between...
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Constructing the Self at the Intersection of Gender and Caste: Understanding the Motivations of Marginalized Activist Women in India
In the present qualitative study, we used self-presentation theory to examine how women from marginalized communities in India engage in...
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Step** Onto an Egg: Former Child Soldiers’ Posttraumatic Resilience and Spirit Possession in Uganda
Using a biographical-reconstructive approach, we examine the interplay between the symbolic representation of spirit possession and healing forms of...
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“If You Prayed More, You Would Feel Better”: The Dual Nature of Religion and Spirituality on Black Youths’ Mental Health and Access to Care in Canada
This study explores Black Canadian youth’s relationship with religion and the impact religion has on their mental health and wellbeing. In addition,...
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Promoting Allyship Among South Asian and Arab Muslims Toward Black and Latino/a Muslims in American Islamic Centers
Increased social justice awareness in the United States and shifting demographics are giving birth to a more diverse and egalitarian generation....
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At Odds with Feminism? Muslim Masculinities in the Swedish “No Handshake” Debate in Newspapers
Can Muslims, and in particular Muslim male politicians, retain their Muslim identities and customs in predominantly non-Muslim countries while...
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Intersectional Challenges: How (Not) to Study and Support LGBTQs with a Migration Background
IntroductionThis article reports on a government-funded research project exploring the problems experienced by LGBTQs with a migration background...
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Kosher and Halal: How They Affect Muslim and Jewish Dietary Practices
The Jewish kosher dietary laws and the Muslim halal dietary laws are an integral part of each religion as part of their larger legal frameworks....
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Context Matters: Differential Gendering of Physics in Arabic-speaking, Hebrew-speaking, and Single-Sex State Schools in Israel
Although physics is one of the most male-dominated educational fields in Europe and North America, this is not the case in all parts of the world....
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The Challenge of Understanding Religious Diversity in India
India has the distinct feature of being the birth place from where various religions, namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, have had its...
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Mindfulness and Other Virtues in the Development of Intercultural and Interreligious Competence
This paper offers a commentary on Oman’s article, “Mindfulness for Global Public Health: Critical Analysis and Agenda.” We focus on engaging and...
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Understanding How British Pakistani Women Speak About Resilience Through the Lens of the Resilience Portfolio Model
The aim of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the way British Pakistani women speak about resilience during the COVID-19 adversity....
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Decentering Mindfulness: Toward Greater Meditative Diversity in Global Public Health
In this commentary on “Mindfulness for Global Public Health: Critical Analysis and Agenda,” the authors affirm Oman’s emphasis on the need for...
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“As I dropped the phone, she slapped me for the first time”: experiences of intimate partner violence among Nigerian men during COVID-19 restrictions
Limited literature exists on men’s experiences with intimate partner violence (IPV) during the COVID-19 lockdown, especially in resource-constrained...
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Are the Arab Gulf States Ready for HIV/AIDS Discussions? A Qualitative Thematic Analysis
IntroductionThere is a lack of awareness of HIV/AIDS nature, mode of transmission, and prevention amongst Muslims, with socio-cultural and religious...
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Antisemitism and Islamophobia: Old and Dynamic Racisms
Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two old racisms which target the Other within Western discourse. This chapter will highlight the importance of...
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Identifying Needs of Ethiopian and Eritrean American Parents of Autistic Children
Collectively, Ethiopians and Eritreans represent one of the largest African immigrant groups in the US, yet no research to date exists on families...
