Islam and Abortion: The Diversity of Discourses and Practices

One in four world citizens is Muslim and 57 countries are official members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Muslims comprise close to half of all Africans, one-fourth of Asians and growing numbers of Europeans and Americans, and represent great variation across racial, ethnic, linguistic and geographic lines. While all Muslims share certain core beliefs, official and practised Islam manifests itself in different ways as it intersects with local cultures, traditions, histories and politics.