, reforming and often times repairing Islam. Central to these discourses are two types of “Islam”: At one hand, there is the Islam … that is incompatible with “Western” values and norms. And on the other hand, there is the Islam that share many principles … role of “Rational Muslim often times becomes a moment of contentions within these debates. I term this quest to discover …

Predictors of religion-based terrorism are becoming clearer. By comparing the evolution of Muslim-majority Pakistan and …, ethnicity, culture, and cuisine — this paper develops a theory to describe the radicalization process in Muslim communities. The … proposed theory is that the popularization of certain prominent practices or features of Islam, namely, sharia and jihad, leads …

We develop a continuous time dynamic game to provide with a benchmark theory of Arab Spring-type events. We consider a … institutional change literature. Finally, we emphasize how the theory may help explaining some key features of the Arab Spring. …