Open AccessIslam and Social Work
Author(s) -
Rachida Bejja
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v26i3.1386
Subject(s) - honor , islam , meaning (existential) , homosexuality , sociology , section (typography) , work (physics) , psychology , social psychology , religious studies , epistemology , gender studies , psychoanalysis , philosophy , engineering , theology , computer science , mechanical engineering , operating system
In the introduction and the first section, the authors provide an overview oftheir book and approach. According to them, every social worker needs tobe familiar with the aforementioned concepts when dealing with Muslimclients. Throughout the book, the authors define the pillars and values ofIslam and shed light on the real meaning of some of the words that became highly mediatized after 9/11, such as jihad, niqab, honor, women’s rights,marital violence, and homosexuality ...