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Author(s) -
Xavier de Planhol
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00148.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
The second chapter. "Groupings and Modes of Life Derived from Religion in the Countries of Islam" turns from the consideration of the Muslim word as a unit in its outward manifestations to considering "its internal differentiations". In this context, the author considers what he describes as "the Maraboutic or Saintly tribes"; general wnditions of religious segregation in Islamic countries, both in mountain refuges and in refuges of the plain (i.e. the desert and the oasis); professional segregation in the countryside; and, finally urban minorities.