MUSLIM CULTURE AND FEMALE SELF-IMMOLATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH AND PRACTICE |
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| Authors: | Elizabeth Campbell Isabelita Guiao |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Kingsport, Tennessee, USA;2. College of Nursing, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
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| Abstract: | Self-immolation among young Muslim women in parts of the Middle East and Central Asia increasingly is becoming a cause of death and disability. Very little is known about this phenomenon. Thus, in this article we (1) examine, from the perspective of Muslim culture, the phenomenon of self-immolation among young Islamic women in the Muslim countries of Central Asia and the Middle East; (2) describe current international activities regarding Islamic female self-immolation; and (3) discuss the implications of Islamic female self-immolation for global women's heath research and practice. |
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