-majority, EU applicant states, Turkey and Albania. The analysis suggests that Islamic actors endorsed democratic rules based on a … contrast, Turkey's considerably stronger, Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party supported democracy and EU conditions … highlight the strong relationship between Islamic actors' political power considerations and support for democracy. -- Islam …

legal ruses to disguise their compromises. Turkey's experience with credit cards offers a revealing case of the obfuscation … in question. Having denounced credit cards as un-Islamic, Turkey's Islamic banks have all proceeded to issue credit cards …