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Observations of the popularity and religious significance of blood-cupping (al-h ijama) as an Islamic medicine
El-Wakil, Ahmed
El-Wakil, Ahmed
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Muhammad continue to be practised in the Muslim world owing to their religious inspiration. It is not uncommon to find shops dedicated to selling different types of honey because the Qur'an specifies that in it is healing for mankind'', or for customers to purchase black seed oil on the basis of the had ith that it is a cure for everything but death''. The belief of being possessed by a jinn, often as a result of black magic still prevails, especially for those whose ailments conventional medicine has fallen short of curing. Healers who recite the Qur'an are often consulted to remove the jinn and annul any spells that may have been cast. In the context of the Qur'anic and prophetic remedies that exist, taking into consideration the growing interest in complementary medicine, hijama too has gained its fair share of attention as a credible religiously-rooted form of therapy for a wide range of diseases.
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2011
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URI: 10.5339/cis.2011.2
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