is more pronounced in countries where Islam is the source of legislation. Constitutions changed in only four Muslim …

discrimination in Muslim societies. We hypothesize that those Muslim countries in which (political) Islam constitutes an important … words, as Islam becomes a constitutionally prescribed source of legislation in Muslim societies, it is expected that … supremacy of Islam and Shari'a is constitutionally entrenched, religious minorities are indeed likely to face more …

piracy is conducted. As Islam generally prohibits IPR piracy, a set of policy recommendations based on new institutional …

There is an ongoing debate on the relationship between Islam, oil wealth and (lack of) democracy. Considerable … literature shows that Islam, represented as an informal institution by Muslim population share, has a negative effect on … Islam is incorporated in constitutions. Our empirical results show the constitutional entrenchment of Islamic supreme values …