“…For some women, getting cancer is a matter of destiny, which ultimately decreases breast screening rates (Banning & Hafeez, 2009; Salman, 2012; Shirazi et al., 2015; Zorogastua et al, 2017). Although Islam supports women’s duty to take care of their health ( Siddiq et al, 2020 ), religious beliefs may create fatalism, placing breast health beyond women’s locus of control ( Pinchas-Mizrachi et al, 2021 ). Beliefs in modesty, women’s willingness or tolerance to being physically touched, and a male provider may decrease participation in breast cancer screening and create embarrassment or fear of clinical breast examination and mammography ( Siddiq et al, 2020 ).…”