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According to the UNAIDS' 2008 report on the global AIDS epidemic, there are 33 million people living with AIDS; 67% of them reside in sub-Saharan Africa and 59% of that group are women (UNAIDS 2008). Despite its relatively low prevalence in Muslim countries, Muslims are not exempt from the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS 2007 and Iliffe 2006). Much of the existing literature on AIDS epidemiology emphasizes that the reactions of Islamic countries and religious institutions to the HIV/AIDS epidemic have been characterized by stigma, denial, silence, and inactivity (Maolidi 2003a, IRIN 2006, Positive Muslims 2004, UNAIDS 2007, Iliffe 2006, and Lenton 1997). Tanzanian Muslims' reactions to the epidemic are consonant with these trends.
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