Religious Demands Research Articles

When the Cemetery Becomes Political: Dealing with the Religious Heritage in Multi-Ethnic Regions

When the Cemetery Becomes Political: Dealing with the Religious Heritage in Multi-Ethnic Regions

The role of parents in instilling the values of early childhood education according to the Qur'an

Children are a gift from Allah SWT that should be grateful for, guarded, cared for, guided, educated and must also develop all their potential according to their nature. Education for children has got the most important place, because education is a very important factor in changing a civilization. This study aims to improve the role of parents in educating their children according to religious demands based on the Qur'an so that what is expected by parents can be applied to their children in living life. So this research is a library research. In this research will be explored about Early Childhood Education according to the Qur'an in the study of maudhu'i interpretation. Data were collected from various literatures, such as books, the Koran, interpretations and other research results are then processed into informative data. The results of this study indicate that the active role of parents in educating children is very much needed. Negligence of parents in educating children from an early age can result in unfavorable children's behavior in the future. Children's education according to the Qur'an shows how good children's behavior is, about what is the sense of responsibility for moral development in children, responsibility for attitudes towards children, responsibility for social development in children, responsibility for fostering prayer in children.

The role of parents in instilling the values of early childhood education according to the Qur'an

Children are a gift from Allah SWT that should be grateful for, guarded, cared for, guided, educated and must also develop all their potential according to their nature. Education for children has got the most important place, because education is a very important factor in changing a civilization. This study aims to improve the role of parents in educating their children according to religious demands based on the Qur'an so that what is expected by parents can be applied to their children in living life. So this research is a library research. In this research will be explored about Early Childhood Education according to the Qur'an in the study of maudhu'i interpretation. Data were collected from various literatures, such as books, the Koran, interpretations and other research results are then processed into informative data. The results of this study indicate that the active role of parents in educating children is very much needed. Negligence of parents in educating children from an early age can result in unfavorable children's behavior in the future. Children's education according to the Qur'an shows how good children's behavior is, about what is the sense of responsibility for moral development in children, responsibility for attitudes towards children, responsibility for social development in children, responsibility for fostering prayer in childrenChildren are a gift from Allah SWT that should be grateful for, guarded, cared for, guided, educated and must also develop all their potential according to their nature. Education for children has got the most important place, because education is a very important factor in changing a civilization. This study aims to improve the role of parents in educating their children according to religious demands based on the Qur'an so that what is expected by parents can be applied to their children in living life. So this research is a library research. In this research will be explored about Early Childhood Education according to the Qur'an in the study of maudhu'i interpretation. Data were collected from various literatures, such as books, the Koran, interpretations and other research results are then processed into informative data. The results of this study indicate that the active role of parents in educating children is very much needed. Negligence of parents in educating children from an early age can result in unfavorable children's behavior in the future. Children's education according to the Qur'an shows how good children's behavior is, about what is the sense of responsibility for moral development in children, responsibility for attitudes towards children, responsibility for social development in children, responsibility for fostering prayer in children

America's Religious Crossroads: Faith and Community in the Emerging Midwest by Stephen T. Kissel

Reviewed by: America's Religious Crossroads: Faith and Community in the Emerging Midwest by Stephen T. Kissel Jon Butler Stephen T. Kissel, America's Religious Crossroads: Faith and Community in the Emerging Midwest. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2021. 268 pp. $28.00 (paper). Stephen Kissel's new study of religion in the Old Northwest does almost exactly what its title describes. It demonstrates how the new nation's rapidly multiplying Christian groups shaped community among the European immigrants and White and Black Americans who flooded into the fertile lands of the Northwest Territory from Ohio to the Mississippi River between 1790 and 1850. One might regret Kissel's decision not to include Jews and Judaism or expand his discussion of religion and community among American Indians uprooted by unrelenting European-American migration; their experiences likely would have extended Kissel's argument that community was as much the work of religious as of secular forces throughout the Old Northwest. Still, the breadth of Christian groups in the region and the depth of Kissel's research provide a vivid portrait of the fluid means through which Christian groups shaped community in this first "Midwest." Kissel argues that Christian churches' emphasis on family, vigorous print cultures, education, congregations functioning as community centers; their promotion of morals and civic order; and their political engagement shaped the region's culture far beyond the specific spiritual ethos that defined each group (105, 127). Kissel's observations may be standard fare in denominational histories, certainly those of the past half-century. Readers [End Page 106] of Timothy L. Smith's still-vibrant and urban-focused Revivalism and Social Reform (1957) will recognize several themes—education, the role of women, and religious demands for broad social change. But Kissel's success in documenting the range of these values among the Old Northwest's largely rural Christian groups reveals how denominations that seemed so different shared strong cultural values, whether Catholics or Presbyterians, African American or White Methodist Episcopalians, and Baptists or Mormons. Kissel begins with home and family. Before sanctuaries could be built, he notes, settlers "packed private homes to attend prayer meetings, baptisms, weddings, and funerals." The practice bolstered their public authority and reinforced women's roles in family and public life (18). Denominations flooded the region with religious newspapers, tracts, and Bibles, turning Cincinnati especially into a national powerhouse of religious printing. Sunday schools led by Protestant laywomen and Catholic nuns proliferated amidst the common religious focus on education. Having become sites of community gatherings in the earliest years of settlement, congregations became symbols of community commitment as they proliferated. Religious groups that defended "civil order and moral accountability" in their disciplinary proceedings advocated the same values across society at large (105). When denominations' voluntary societies lobbied for temperance and the abolition of slavery in state legislatures, they bespoke their commitment to an "active faith" (127). Not all this activity produced happiness. African Americans employed clergy and congregations to support literacy and education, defend escaped slaves, and demand slavery's abolition. But White Christians segregated them in the Old Northwest, buttressing their beliefs about African American racial inferiority with biblical support. American Indians remained of interest to White Christians largely as subjects of conversion, although some Christian figures strenuously supported ethical treatment of Indians by federal and state authorities. Worse, violence rooted in religious tension rolled across the Old Northwest. A Presbyterian minister led a mob assault against a Shaker community in Union Village, Ohio. Protestant mobs relished attacks on Catholics. Cincinnati Whites, likely churchgoers, destroyed the city's first African American congregational home not just once but three times. Schisms set congregants against each other, and Joseph Smith was not beyond destroying the printing press of a rival Mormon group in his exasperation with Mormon dissidents. State authorities and vigilantes targeted Mormons [End Page 107] and murdered Joseph Smith in Illinois in 1844, the most consequential murder of an American religious figure until Martin Luther King Jr. a century-plus later. America's Religious Crossroads reads smoothly, with clear, crisp sentences set in well-organized chapters. Kissel's research is thorough, deep, and remarkably broad, especially for a first book. He has probed obscure...

PEMAHAMAN GURU TERHADAP PENDEKATAN HEUTAGOGI DALAM PENGAJARAN DAN PEMBELAJARAN: KAJIAN KES DALAM KALANGAN GURU PENDIDIKAN ISLAM SEKOLAH MENENGAH

The world of education is inextricably linked to the development of human resources in order to generate intellectual resources in tandem with global economic growth. Teachers' teaching quality must be improved so that students can benefit from more meaningful learning. In this regard, self-learning, such as heutagogy, should be highlighted in teachers' teaching as one of the efforts to empower students' ability to face the educational era of the twenty-first century. The requirements of PdPR in the endemic situation of Covid 19 also necessitate the use of a heutagogic approach in schools in order to increase student autonomy in learning. As a result, this study was carried out to investigate secondary school Islamic Education teachers' attitudes toward the heutagogic approach as self-learning in the teaching of Islamic Education. The implementation of the heutagogic approach will improve the teaching and learning process, allowing the main goal of student development to be met to the greatest extent possible. This is a case study with a qualitative approach that includes semi-structured interviews and document analysis. Data from interviews were transcribed, thematically analysed, and triangulated through document inspection. The study's findings on teachers' understanding of the heutagogic approach are organised into five themes: self-reliance, student focus, teachers as guides, technology use, and religious demands.

The Rise of Wedding Churches

Abstract The popularity of Christian weddings represents the new widespread acceptance and popularity of a religious ceremony that sits at the intersection the familial, social, commercial, political, and religious. These rites challenge established preconceptions concerning both Christianity and Japanese identity. The postwar history of Christian wedding ceremonies is best understood in light of the efforts made by traditional Christian churches and the bridal industry to meet the religious demands of Japan’s largely “nonreligious” constituency. In responding to the needs and desires of nonreligious Japanese, commercial and religious institutions not only cooperate to produce and provide Christian weddings, but also compete to satisfy expectations for religious authenticity. There are no better examples of this than the efforts made by Christian churches to open their doors to individuals with no espoused Christian faith and the production of the bridal industry’s fleet of “wedding churches.” As such, Japan’s massive nonreligious constituency has contributed to the creation of a unique form of Christianity particular to Japan.

Not Just Service Attendance: Associations of Religious Community Social Connections with Alcohol Use among Black Adults Header: Religious Community Social Connections and Alcohol Use among Black Adults

ABSTRACT Background: Religious involvement is a well-documented protective factor against alcohol use among Black adults, but the extent to which social connections to the religious community can explain those effects remains largely unknown. The current study was designed to capture contributions of religious community support and demands – independent of religious service attendance – to alcohol use among three age cohorts of Black adults. Methods: Data were drawn from 18- to 65-year-old Black participants in the National Survey of American Life (n = 4,462; 29.4% Afro Caribbean, 70.6% African American; 63.20% female). Ordinal logistic regression analyses, conducted separately for each age cohort (18-29, 30-44, and 45-65), were used to model frequency of alcohol use as a function of religious community support and demands in two stages: (1) prior to and (2) after accounting for religious service attendance. Results: Religious community support accounted for differences in alcohol use frequency over and above religious service attendance (in Stage 2 models) for adults aged 30-44 (OR = 0.85, CI: 0.74-0.96) and 45-65 (OR = 0.77, CI: 0.64-0.93) but not 18-29 (OR = 0.85, CI: 0.71-1.03). The association of religious community demands with alcohol use frequency was specific to the age 30-44 cohort in both stage models (Stage 2: OR = 1.33, CI: 1.06-1.68). Conclusions: Study findings suggest that in addition to attending religious services regularly, developing supportive social connections to the religious community may reduce risk for frequent drinking among Black adults, particularly during middle adulthood, when demands from the religious community may increase risk.

The hated city, from transcendence to immanence

Abstract The myth of Babel (Genesis 11, Old Testament) is an early and pure example of using urbanity and globality as an evidence of hubris. The accurate analysis of this short text shows that rejection of urbanity is not the effect of a vague metaphor; rather, it is based on the observation that city-making represents the perfect expression of humanity’s capability for carrying out modest yet ambitious autonomous plans. The statement that urbanisation and the cooperation of all humans would be a sin is less easy to maintain today, but fresher libertarian or neonaturalist ideologies, replacing transcendence by immanence, have emerged and achieved a historical continuity with mainstream religious demands. Reluctance towards a possible emancipation through self-organised spatial arrangements continues to connect urban agency to a more general anti-societal and anti-human stance.

Fiqh Reconsidered: Indigenization and Universalization of Islamic Law in Indonesia

Abstract Developments in the Islamic world outside of the MENA region traditionally receive little scientific attention. Contrary to this trend, this article focuses on current debates on and developments in the methodology of Islamic Law in Indonesia that are intertwined with the larger process referred to as ‘indigenization of Islam’ in the Southeast Asian country. The pluralistic nature of law in Indonesia leaves room for a rather theoretical and non-juridical discussion of fiqh and enables a renewed exploration of Islamic Law. While easily perceived as a purely religious endeavor, this process comprises important political, social, and religious components and aims at balancing out religious and legal demands and Indonesian culture. By taking various documents and multiple perspectives on Islamic Law into account, this article illustrates the emergence of a genuinely Indonesian Islam and proves how elements of indigenization, globalization, and universalization characterize the process.

The Dynamics of Religiosity among Members of Muslim Minority in Purbo Jolotigo Talun of Pekalongan Central Java

The study aimed to describe the dynamics of religious awareness experience, religious maturity, religious conversion, and factors that influence religiosity among Muslim minorities in Purbo, Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia. it employed a qualitative descriptive research method within which the informants were selected using snowball sampling. The results showed that firstly, the religious awareness of the Muslim minorities in Purbo reflects an expression of feelings that they are called to believe in Islam, and it is a gift from Allah SWT. Meanwhile, the religious experience reflects ritual worship that is considered as a religious demand. Secondly, the religious maturity of them has not fully fulfilled its criteria as theorized. It has unique characteristics. Thirdly, there are two types of religious conversions, are: converting to Islam and leaving from Islam. Fourthly, factors that influence the dynamics of Muslim minority in Purbo are age of development and experience of subjective diversity, education, environment, and culture.

Strong Church, Weak Catholicism: Transformations in Brazilian Catholicism

In this paper we explore data on Catholicism from the 2010 census in Brazil, as well as other data from the Center for Religious Statistics and Social Investigation. Using these statistics, we question those arguments that explain the reduction in the number of Catholics in Brazilian society as a problem in the institution’s adaptation in response to the challenges of evangelization, or as a lack of ministerial vocations to meet the religious demands of the people. Pursuing an alternative argument, we consider the weakening of the relationship between the Catholic institution and traditional popular Catholicism to be a fundamental aspect of this decline.

Whose Agency: The Politics and Practice of Kenya’s HIV-Prevention NGOs, Megan Hershey

Reviewed by: Whose Agency: The Politics and Practice of Kenya's HIV-Prevention NGOs by Megan Hershey Brad Crofford BOOK REVIEW of Hershey, Megan. 2019. Whose Agency: The Politics and Practice of Kenya's HIV-Prevention NGOs. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 224 pp. $69.95 (cloth). In Whose Agency, political scientist Megan Hershey uses a mixed-methods research approach to argue that local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Kenya are highly adaptable and thus able "to thrive within the interplay of donor, state, and religious demands" (20). She balances discussion of academic works on NGOs with examples from participant-observation, interviews, focus groups, and surveys in nuanced and engaging ways. The first chapter summarizes the literature on NGOs and program evaluations of HIV-prevention programs as well as key terms and methodologies for the remainder of the book. Hershey focuses on local NGOs, as opposed to international NGOs or community-based organizations. She measures NGO success through its direct reach ("the number of individuals who attended a training program"), indirect reach ("the number of individuals with whom trainees shared HIV-prevention information"), the number of individuals obtaining HIV tests as a proxy for individual behavioral change, and the use of participatory approaches (15–17). She uses four case studies of local NGOs in Nairobi, Kenya: two each that operate in universities or informal settlements and two each that are faith based or secular. She conducted participant-observation and staff interviews at each site over a period of six weeks or more, surveyed youth in the NGOs' target areas, and interviewed youth who participated in the NGOs' programs. In chapter 2, she provides background information for future chapters, with a brief history of the NGO sector and HIV/AIDS contexts in Kenya. She discusses the settings of the four case studies: the Kibera and Mathare informal settlements, the University of Nairobi, and Daystar University. Chapter 3 details the four local NGOs Hershey studied, including their locations, work cultures, and programs. It includes survey results relating to the organizations' direct reach, indirect reach, and effects on behavior (as reflected in HIV testing rates) in their target areas. Hershey finds "NGOs are effecting real behavior change in addition to reaching people directly and indirectly" (70). The next chapter describes how the NGOs conduct their training and how they adapt "to attract and meet the needs of their target audiences," as by providing a small financial incentive in informal settlements or making the training entertaining to compete with other activities available to university students (90). Interestingly, Hershey finds that a lower percentage of survey respondents in informal settlements attended HIV training sessions, but those who did so shared the information more widely, reaching as many as twenty-six people per trainee. In chapter 5, Hershey focuses on participation, including "whether local NGOs were responding to community members' needs and whether these community members were meaningfully incorporated into the decision-making [End Page 97] process as participants" (91). She finds that the NGOs in informal settlements incorporated more participation into their processes, such as involving local youth groups, although neither they nor their university-based peers incorporated ideal amounts of participation. She attributes this to poor internal communication within the NGOs and donor restrictions, which may lead NGOs to prioritize the donor's desired outcomes over the community's participation or preferences. The following chapter examines the role of religion. Hershey reports that "faith is not a key element of NGO programs" for either the religious or secular NGOs, since religious NGOs downplay faith to align with donor restrictions and attract participants, while secular NGOs include some religious practices, like prayer, to boost their legitimacy in local contexts (123). There is thus no difference in programs, but there are nonetheless some differences in the NGOs' cultures, their approaches to networking, and their employees' perceptions of their own and their organizations' work. In chapter 7, Hershey discusses the relationship between HIV/AIDS NGOs and the Kenyan state. After providing a brief history of the state's response to HIV/AIDS, she argues that NGOs have "carefully cultivat[ed] positive relationships with the state in order to access more resources with which to better serve their communities...

“The priests do their best to inflame the people.” Religious actors in Ireland, 1800–1845: Instigators of violence or peacemakers?

After the 1801 Act of Union uniting Ireland and Great Britain, and the broken promises made to Catholics, Daniel O’Connell founded the Catholic Association which combined religious and political demands. Despite the pacifying dimension of the movement, the decades preceding the Great Hunger (1845–1851) saw several episodes of violence, before reaching a climax during the revolutionary movement of 1848. Relying on Philippe Braud’s definition of political violence and the study of British and Catholic authorities’ correspondence among other sources, this article intends to shed light on the different dynamics at work in the rise in violence. It also examines the various attempts to readjust to and withdraw from acts of violence, to move beyond ambiguities and better assess the role played by religious agents.

Can Art Embody Truth? Ethics, Aesthetics and Gandhi

The philosophical question of whether moral standards apply in art and the practical one of whether the arts can be vehicles of positive social transformation run through a great deal of social theory. In this article, these issues are discussed through an examination of Mahatma Gandhi’s approach to art and in particular his views on music and visual arts as they formed part of his personal world view and his socio-political programme. The article contextualises this in relation to Gandhi’s over-arching concern with the pursuit of truth and its theistic basis, his relationship to certain aspects of classical Indian philosophy and in particular the status of rasa among the four traditional purusharthas, and his relationship with Rabindranath Tagore and the artists at Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan, in particular Nandalal Bose. The article suggests that Gandhi was far from uninterested in aesthetic matters, but that the key to his thought lies in his holistic approach to both philosophy and lifestyle where the arts play an important role when integrated with ethical and religious demands.

JENAYAH MINUM ARAK DI NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: ANALISIS PERUNDANGAN BERHUBUNG TAFSIRAN ARAK DAN HAD PIAWAIAN KANDUNGAN ALKOHOL

The enforcement of the Syariah Penal Code Order, 2013 brought major changes in the criminal law of drinking liquor in Brunei Darussalam with the increase in provisions related to it together with increased rates of fine and additional whipping. The absence of interpretation in relation to the provisions of drinking liquor in the Syariah Penal Code Order, 2013 opens up space to various interpretations and assumptions in regard to the element within the proof of offence. The objective of the study is to analyse the provisions of drinking liquor offenses and related thereto, thus showing the current development of the shariah criminal law and the extent to which its implementation has therefore clarified the need for a more specific and clear definition. The methodology used is a legal study with a qualitative approach. Data were obtained from documentation materials through library-based methods, statute content analysis, journals, articles, case reports, research on investigation papers, and interview methods. The findings showed a difference in liquor interpretation among the scholars of the sects and not explicitly interpreted in shariah criminal law in comparison to the civil criminal law which gives interpretations with a different standard limit of alcohol content. The lack of interpretation of drinking liquor and the difference in the standard limit of alcohol content in the legislation may cause confusion among the practitioners and in determining the element of proof of the crime, thus possibly affecting the proof of the case. The loopholes found in the law need to be given appropriate attention and amendments so that the implementation of this criminal law is more effective. With specific improvement and explanation, the enactment and enforcement of this law are not wasted in responding to the religious demands and government aspirations to combat the crime.

Adolescents’ Perception of Religious Education According to Religion and Gender in Spain

The aim of our study is to verify the influence of Religious Education on Spanish adolescents by applying a quantitative study based on descriptive and social research methods which reflect the religious and social plurality of Spain, with a total of 679 secondary education students. By means of the Delphi technique, an exploratory and semi-confirmatory factor analysis, and a confirmatory analysis using structural equations, the psychometric properties of the questionnaire designed are guaranteed. Using a multivariate analysis of variance, after the Levene test, multiple comparisons are made in order to assess the difference between religions and gender with respect to school Religious Education. Significant differences and large effect sizes are found. The results show first that experiences with regard to religion in school are more positive for the group of Christian women and that of Muslim men; second, that the knowledge of religion helps in the daily development of adolescents; third, that men from the two major religious groups and Jewish women demand more autonomy; and lastly, that students consider that the curricular development of religion in school should be reviewed, although it is confirmed that Religious Education is regarded as important for their life and future development.

Procedures for the identification and detection of adulteration of fish and meat products

The addition or exchange of cheaper fish species instead of more expensive fish species is a known form of fraud in the food industry. This can take place accidentally due to the lack of expertise or act as a fraud. The interest in detecting animal species in meat products is based on religious demands (halal and kosher) as well as on product adulterations. Authentication of fish and meat products is critical in the food industry. Meat and fish adulteration, mainly for economic pursuit, is widespread and leads to serious public health risks, religious violations, and moral loss. Economically motivated adulteration of food is estimated to create damage of around € 8 to 12 billion per year. Rapid, effective, accurate, and reliable detection technologies are keys to effectively supervising meat and fish adulteration. Various analytical methods often based on protein or DNA measurements are utilized to identify fish and meat species. Although many strategies have been adopted to assure the authenticity of fish and meat and meat a fish products, such as the protected designation of origin, protected geographical indication, certificate of specific characteristics, and so on, the coverage is too small, and it is unrealistic to certify all meat products for protection from adulteration. Therefore, effective supervision is very important for ensuring the suitable development of the meat industry, and rapid, effective, accurate, and reliable detection technologies are fundamental technical support for this goal. Recently, several methods, including DNA analysis, protein analysis, and fat-based analysis, have been effectively employed for the identification of meat and fish species.

Gagasan Madrasah al-Zahra’: Pemikiran Said Nursi dalam Pendidikan

Islamic education has been strongly emphasized in Muslim communities. The quality of education and adherence to the Islamic worldview will shape Muslim personalities towards the true meaning of excellence in this world and the hereafter. In the broader context of the establishment of the university as a more systematic field of knowledge has long been practiced in Muslim countries, in particular with the existence of Al-Azhar University, which is the oldest university in the world. However, whether the establishment of a university in a Muslim country now fulfill the needs of the Muslims themselves, while still meeting the characteristics of Islamic civilization. This paper aims to analyze the idea of education of an Islamic thinker at the end of the Ottoman Turkish government, namely Sheikh Badiuzzaman Said Nursi who is considered a figure who tried to integrate the religious and scientific knowledge in a single framework based on Madrasah al Zahra's model. This study is adopted a library research and its analysis is based on a content analysis framework. The study found that the idea of establishing Madrasah al Zahra Islamic University by Sheikh Badiuzzaman Said Nursi was in line with religious demands, to cater the needs of Muslims and restoring the strength of Muslims in leading the occupation of Western powers at that time.

The Wedding with a Stolen Goddess: The Ethnography of a Cult in Rural Tamil Nadu.

The paper provides a critical overview of the perspective that stratifies society in India into a series of different classes, resulting in the mobility of particular castes or social groups. For this purpose, the study presents ethnographic material concerning the foundation and development of a non-Brahman temple in the Tamil low-caste settlement of Line Kollai, which is in a neighbourhood close to the city of Krishnagiri. The presented ethnographic material shows how a religious folk cult has been established on the grounds of actualized and modified motives in the vernacular environment. In this line, the study analyses wider contexts of social and religious demands articulated through possession mediumship and ritual performance, culminating in the annual celebration of the wedding between Goddess Yellamā and her consort Nagaraj. The significance of attempts to integrate socio-religious activities into the network of social relationships and the system of local beliefs is explored through the narrative and practices prevalent among the participants of the cult. The presented evidence suggests that, rather than highlight a distinction in belief and practices among different social groups, it seems more appropriate to understand the social strategies within the system or relationships embodied in the power discourse.

Perceptions of health professionals regarding minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) to identify the cause of death in stillbirths and neonates: results from a qualitative study

BackgroundPakistan is considered to be one of the riskiest places in the world for childbirth as measured by its high stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates. Complete diagnostic autopsy remains the gold standard to determine the cause of death (CoD); however, it is not routinely implemented due to religious objections, sociocultural beliefs, limited resources and low demand from physicians and families. Recently, minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) using needle biopsies of multiple tissues to obtain tissue for histological examination and organism identification with PCR has been developed and promoted to determine CoD in low-resource areas. To ensure successful implementation of MITS, it is important to understand health professionals’ attitudes and perceptions related to MITS.MethodsA qualitative study was conducted at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH), Karachi, Pakistan. Focus group discussions (FGDs) and Key-informant interviews (KIIs) were conducted with health professionals including doctors, nurses, trainees, clinicians, bioethics experts and public health experts to explore their perceptions and views on acceptability of MITS. Data were analyzed using NVivo 10 software.ResultsA total of 12 interviews (FGDs = 4; KIIs = 8) were conducted. Four overarching themes were identified: (I) acceptability of MITS; (II) perceived benefits of the MITS procedure; (III) factors facilitating the implementation of MITS; and (IV) health system requirements for implementing the MITS procedure. Generally, MITS was considered as a positive development for the health system. Diagnostic accuracy and identification of less common causes of death were highlighted as two main benefits of the MITS procedure. The study highlighted a number of facilitators for the acceptability of MITS including effective counseling, building trust with parents, fast procedure time, and approaching families within a few hours of death. In addition, lack of skilled staff, poorly equipped healthcare facilities and the potential high cost to conduct MITS were identified as challenges for the implementation of MITS.ConclusionsThis formative research provided a unique opportunity to explore health professionals’ views and attitudes towards the MITS procedure. Such insights are crucial to ensure successful implementation and integration of a new technique into the existing health system. The research identified the factors influencing the acceptability of MITS among health professionals in Pakistan. The study also informed factors that could help facilitate the implementation of the MITS procedures in the context of Pakistan and similar settings.