In regard to prevention and care for HIV/AIDS,issues such as stigma, discrimination, misinformation about diseases, poverty, the presence of refugees and economic instability remain strong and may interfere with successful efforts toward tackling HIV/AIDS.4 Prevention modalities, such as condom use, sterile needle programs and methadone substitution therapy, which have been implemented successfully in many non-Muslim communities,continue to be debated and often rejected by some Muslim leaders.