Study based on Vidarbha, India, a region in Maharashtra.

How has the Islamic view of marriage, family formation and child rearing developed and adapted over the centuries? Is contraception just permitted or actively encouraged? The family is the basic social unit of Islamic society. Even without compelling population pressures, there has been concern with spacing and family planning. This book is the result of a massive research project, gathering fourteen centuries (the seventh to the twentieth) of views on family formation and planning, as expressed by leading Islamic theologians and jurists. The work has been discussed and shaped at each stage by a committee of Islamic experts representing the majority of the Muslim countries. The book provides a much needed source of reference and will be of equal value and interest to professionals in health care and development work and to those working in the academic disciplines of Middle East studies, religion and population studies.

It Is Over 150 Years Since Malthus Sounded His Warning About An Inevitable Population Explosion Given The Hitherto Present Trends. He Wife Met With Skepticism At Best And Ridicule At The Worst.The General Demographic Condition Of The World Now And India In Particular, Has Vindicated Malthus. The Population Explosion Has Frustrated Government Efforts To Eradicate Poverty And Has Reduced A Great Number Of People To Indigence. The Five Year Plans Of The Government Of India Have Come To Nothing.Given The Above Scenario, The Author Decided To Do A Small Study Of 300 Muslim Women'S Attitudes Towards Family Planning. The Book Is Structured Thus: Chapter 1-Defines The Population Problems And Its Consequences. Chapter 2-Points Out The Aim And Objectives Of An Ameliorating Programme; Chapter-3 Looks At Personal Characteristics, I.E. Age, Education, Birthplace, Occupation And Marital Status Of The Research Subjects. Chapters 5, 6, 7- Deal With The Influence Of These Characteristics On Family Planning.Finally, Chapter 8 Presents The Authors Findings And Suggestions.

The Population Myth reveals how the right-wing spin to population data has given rise to myths about the 'Muslim rate of growth', often used to stoke majoritarian fears of a demographic skew. The author, S.Y. Quraishi, uses facts to demolish these, and demonstrates how a planned population is in the interest of all communities. The book delves into the Quran and the Hadith to show how Islam might have been one of the first religions in the world to actually advocate smaller families, which is why several Islamic nations today have population policies in place. This busts the other myth - that Muslims shun family planning on religious grounds. Based on impeccable research, this is an important book from a credible voice about the politicization of demographics in India today.

Empirical study on Muslims of Kanpur City.