Islam and Social Work Resources

 

Websites

 

Social Services Panel on Radio Islam: 

http://radioislam.com/Talk/SSPanel.asp

 

Social Work according to the Quran:

http://www.soundvision.com/Info/socialservice/quran.asp

 

Islamic Social Services Association:

http://www.issaservices.com/

 

Association of Muslim Social Scientists:

http://www.amss.net/

 

Muslim Mental Health:  

            http://www.muslimmentalhealth.com
 

 

Books and Articles

 

Ai, A. L., Peterson, C. & Huang, B. (2003). The effect of religious coping and positive attitudes of adult Muslim refugees from Kosovo and Bosnia.  The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 13(1), 29-46.

Ai, A. L., Peterson, C., & Ubelhor, D. (2002). War-related trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among adult Kosovar refugees.  Journal of Traumatic Stress, 15(2), 157-160.

Al-Abdul-Jabbar, J. & Al-Issa, I. (2000).  Psychotherapy in an Islamic context.  In I. Al-Issa (Ed.) Al-Junun: mental illness in the Islamic world.  (pp. 277-294). Hartford, CT:  International Universities Press.

Ammar, H. N.  (2004).  Muslims in prison:  a case study from Ohio state prisons.  International  Journal of Offender Therapy, 48(4).  414-428.

Ansari, Z.  (2002).  Islamic psychology.  In R. P. Olsen (Ed.), Religious theories of personality and psychotherapy  (pp. 325-357).  Binghamton, NY:  Haworth Press.

Anway, C. (1998).  Daughters of another path: experiences of American women choosing Islam.  Lee’s Summit, MO:  Yawna Publications.

Badawai, J. Gender equity in Islam.  World Assembly of Muslim Youth.  WAMY Studies on Islam.

Bhui, K., Abdi, A., Abdi, M., Perira, S., Dualeh, M., Robertson, D., Sathyamoorthy, G., & Ismail, H.  (2003).  Traumatic events, migration characteristics, and psychiatric symptoms among Somali refugees.  Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemid, 38.  35-43.

Byng, M.  (1998).  Mediating discrimination:  resisting oppression among African-American Muslim women.  Social Problems, 45(4).  473-487.

Carolan, M., Bagherinia, G., Juhari, R., Himelright, J., & Mouton-Sander, M.  (2000). Contemporary Muslim families.  Contemporary Family Therapy, 22(1).  67-79.

Carter, D. & Rashidi, A.  (2002). Theoretical model of psychotherapy: Eastern Asian-Islamic women with mental illness.  Health Care for Women International, 24, 399-413.

Clark, C., Vergas, M. B., Schlosser, L., & Alimo, C.  (2002).  It’s not just “Secret Santa” in December:  addressing educational and workplace climate issues linked to Christian privilege.  Multicultural Education, Winter.  52-57.

Daneshpour, M.  (1998).  Muslim families and family therapy, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 24, 355-368.

El Sawy, N.  (2004).  Yes, I Follow Islam but I am not a terrorist.  In Rothenberg, P.S.  Race,             Class and Gender in the United States, (pp. 358-359).  NY, NY:  Worth.

Frager, R.  (2002). The mind of Islam.  In Frager, R  The wisdom of Islam.  (pp.94-111).  Hauppauge.  NY: Godsfield Press

Franks, M.  (2000).  Crossing the borders of whiteness?  White Muslim women who wear the hijab in Britain today.  Ethnic and Racial Studies, 23(5).  917-929.

Gerami, S.  (2003).  Mullahs, martyrs, and men:  conceptualizing masculinity in the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Men and Masculinities, 5(3), 257-274.

Gray, B. P.  (2004).  HIV and Islam:  is HIV prevalence lower among Muslims?  Social Science and Medicine 58.  1751-1756.

Guerin, B., Guerin, P., Diiriye, R., O., & Yates, S.  (2004).  Somali conceptions and expectations concerning mental health:  some guidelines for mental health professionals.  New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 33(2).  59-67.

Halcon, L.,  Robertson, C., Savik, K., Johnson, D., Spring, M., Butcher, J., Westermeyer, J. J., & Jaranson, J.  (2004).  Trauma and coping in Somali and Oromo refugee youth.  Journal of Adolescent Health, 35.  17-25.

Hallak, M.  &  Quina, K.  (2004).  In the shadows of the twin towers:  Muslim immigrant          women’s voices emerge.  Sex Roles 51(5/6).  329-338.

Halstead, M. J. (2005).  Islam, homophobia and education: a reply to Michael Merry.  Journal of Moral Education, 34(1).  37-42.

Halstead, J. M.  (1997).  Muslims and sex education.  Journal of Moral Education, 26(3).  317-330.

Hodge, D.  (2005).  Social work and the house of Islam:  Orienting practitioners to the beliefs and values of Muslims in United States.  Social Work.  50(2), 162-173.

Hodge, D.  (2003).  Differences in worldviews between social workers and people of faith.   Families in Society 84(2).  285-295.

Hodge, D.  (2002).  Working with Muslim youth:  understanding the values and beliefs of Islamic discourse.  Children and Families.  24(1), 6-20.

Ibish, H.  (2001).  “They are absolutely obsessed with us”  Anti-Arab bias in American discourse and policy.  In Curtis, S., Melendez, T., Rhodes-Reed, G. (Eds.).  Race in 21st Century     America, (pp. 40-54).  East Lansing, MI:  Michigan State University Press.  

Mahmoud, V.  (2005).  African American Muslim Families.  In McGoldrick, M., Giordano, J. & Pearce, K. J. (Eds.), Ethnicity and Family Therapy (pp. 112-128).  New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Merry, M.  (2005).  Should educators accommodate intolerance?  Mark Halstead, homosexuality and the Islamic case.  Journal of Moral Education, 34(1).  19-36.

Morioka-Douglas, N., Sacks, T. & Yeo, G.  (2004).  Issues in caring for Afghan American elders:  insights from literature and a focus group.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 1.  27-40.

Nielsen, S.  (2004). A Mormon rational emotive behavior therapist attempts Qur’anic rational emotive behavior therapy.  Casebook for a spiritual strategy in counseling and psychotherapy, 213-230.

Ross-Sheriff, F.  (1994). Elderly Muslim immigrants:  needs and challenges.  In Y. Y.Haddad & J. I. Smith (Eds.), Muslim communities in North American (pp. 407-422).  Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Salari, S.  (2002).  Invisible in aging research:  Arab Americans, Middle Eastern immigrants, and Muslims in the United States.  The Gerontologist, 42(5).  580-588.

Schoch, R.  (2003).  A conversation with Hamid Alger.  California Monthly.

Smith, P., Perrin, S., & Yule, W.  (2002). War exposure among children from Bosnia-Herzegovina: psychological adjustment in a community sample.  Journal of Traumatic Stress,15(2), 147-156.