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   Understanding Islamic Perspective of Mental Health and Psychotherapy

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yasmin Nilofer Farooqi --- University of the Punjab,

   This paper is an attempt to provide foundational information about Islamic perspective of mental health and psychotherapy. It further highlights the historical contribution of Muslim philosophers and physicians to the field of psychotherapy. In the aftermath of the 9/11 and...

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   Aesthetics of Muslim public and community formations in Cape Town: observations of an anthropologist

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Ala Rabiha Alhourani --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, South Africa

   This paper explores the implications of the arrival of Muslim Somali immigrants for the emergence of other Muslim communities in post-apartheid Cape Town. The ethnography unpacks the complexity and diversity of Somali identity formation, their culturally distinct politics of aesthetics...

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   Fieldwork as performance: being ethnographic in film-making

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Julia Koch --- Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Germany

   This paper examines the use of the visual medium of collaborative ethnographic film-making as a fieldwork method in anthropology. Focusing on practices of filming, I adapt Richard Schechner’s ideas of performance processes and relational quadrilogues to move beyond the dichotomy...

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   Compassion or condemnation? South African Muslim students' attitudes to people with HIV/AIDS

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Zubeda Paruk --- School of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Sitti Djamela Mohamed --- Health Promotion, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Cynthia Patel --- School of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College Campus), Sarojini Ramgoon --- School of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College Campus),

   Given the dearth of literature on the influence of religiosity on attitudes toward people with HIV/AIDS, the present study surveyed these variables in a sample of South African Muslim university students using the Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) and an attitude...

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