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- Title
MARGINALISATION OF ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN MIDDLE EAST HISTORY OF MEDICINE: THE FORGOTTEN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARABIAN AND ISLAMIC MEDICINE AND SCIENCE.
- Authors
Johna, Samir
- Abstract
The contribution of ethnic and religious minorities to Arabian and Islamic medicine and science was a major and powerful one, yet it is rarely acknowledged. When remembered, it is often inaccurately referred to as "Arabic" or "Islamic", contrary to its ethnic and religious origins and identity. The objective of this study was to see whether such underrepresentatian of ethnic and religious minorities is - singly or in combination - a random act, an act of ignorance, and/or an act of programmed marginalisation. We conducted a computerised PubMed search for all scholarly, peer-reviewed articles concerning medicine and science in the Middle East at the zenith of the Arabic and Islamic Empire from the 5th to the 112th century. The data was analysed using the binomial probability model. Our data indicates that the underrepresentation of ethnic and religious minorities and their contributions to Arabian and Islamic science and medicine is unlikely to be a random act. The findings suggest die possibility of ignorance and/or programmed marginalisation, attesting to the prevailing negative attitudes towards ethnic and religious minorities of the Middle East and their contributions to medicine and science.
- Subjects
MIDDLE East; RELIGIOUS minorities; HISTORY of medicine; ARAB medicine; ASSYRIANS; JUDAISM &; medicine
- Publication
Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica, 2010, Vol 8, Issue 2, p203
- ISSN
1334-4366
- Publication type
Article