constitutional rules on social outcomes. We find no evidence that Islam encourages minority discrimination if it is not …This study examines the effect of formal institutions, specifically constitutional provisions, on minority … discrimination in Muslim societies. We hypothesize that those Muslim countries in which (political) Islam constitutes an important …

-majority countries. However, we find no evidence that Islam is inimical to democracy when not entrenched in the constitution …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 …

Most of the literature published under the nomenclature of ‘Islamic economics' deals with Islamic guidelines that … Islamic economics as a social science from these statements. For sake of illustration, the paper first presents a selection of …

attitudes: strong beliefs and feelings towards religion lead to a more positive attitude towards entrepreneurship – but it does …