Islam and AIDS: Between Scorn, Pity and Justice

by Farid Esack

Opening the debate on how Islam should tackle the AIDS pandemic

Islam and AIDS is the first book to comprehensively address the HIV/AIDS pandemic from an Islam perspective, with contributions from a number of internationally known activists and scholars of Islam. Religious leaders, whether Muslim or Catholic, have been frequently accused of denying the AIDS pandemic and encouraging the stigmatization of its sufferers. While often true, this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851686339
• ISBN13: 9781851686339
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"