The technological advances in medicine, including prolongation of life, have constituted several dilemmas at the end of life. In the context of the Belgian debates on end-of-life care, the views of Muslim women remain understudied. The aim of this article is fourfold. First, we seek to describe the beliefs and attitudes of middle-aged and elderly Moroccan Muslim women toward withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments. Second, we aim to identify whether differences are observable among middle-aged and elderly (...) women’s attitudes toward withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments. Third, we aim to explore the role of religion in their attitudes. Fourth, we seek to document how our results are related to normative Islamic literature. Qualitative empirical research was conducted with a sample of middle-aged and elderly Moroccan Muslim women living in Antwerp and with experts in the field. We found an unconditional belief in God’s sovereign power over the domain of life and death and in God’s almightiness. However, we also found a tolerant attitude, mainly among our middle-aged participants, toward withholding and withdrawing based on theological, eschatological, financial and quality of life arguments. Our study reveals that religious beliefs and worldviews have a great impact on the ethical attitudes toward end-of-life issues. We found divergent positions toward withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments, reflecting the lines of reasoning found in normative Islamic literature. In our interviews, theological and eschatological notions emerged as well as financial and quality of life arguments. (shrink)

CHAPTER 1 Knowledge What the Muslim woman needs to know Etiquette and conditions of seeking knowledge...

Study on conduct of life of Muslim women and women in Islamic perspective.

Study on conduct of life of Muslim women and women in Islamic perspective.

Women; conduct of life; religious aspects; Islam; essays.

Study on conduct of life of Muslim women and women in Islamic perspective.

Muslims women; conduct of life; Islam; customs and practices.

Study on conduct of life of Muslim women and women in Islamic perspective.

Conduct of Muslim women in Turkey in the age of globelization; 20th century.

Advices for young Muslims girls for their conduct of life.

Islamic argument about the Parda system among Indian Muslims (to protect women from the view of men).

Dignity of Islamic women in Indonesia; collected articles.

Women; ethics; religious aspects; ethics.

On the status of women in Muslim society with special reference to Afghanistan.

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Analytical study of an ideal life for a woman in Islam with special reference to modern science.