Empirical studies analyzing the push factors of expat jihadism are scarce and typically give contradictory results. We hypothesize that youth unemployment, as opposed to overall unemployment, is a significant determinant of foreign fighters flow to join Islamic State (IS). Moreover, we also...

This study is the first attempt (in the field of Law and Economics) to apply economic analysis to shari'a or Islamic criminal law, in particular, that aspect of the law pertaining to theft. Shari'a imposes two main punishments for theft; hadd, a fixed penalty of amputation of the offender's...

This study investigates the relationship between constitutionalism from an Islamic perspective and rule of law. Al Azhar, one of the most respected Sunni religious institutions in the world, developed a model of an Islamic constitution. This study uses Al-Azhar's constitution as a model of...

Discrimination has been documented against women in Muslim-majority countries. Constitutions differ among Muslim-majority countries. By using women's rights indicators and exploiting cross-country variation, we find that discrimination against women is more pronounced in countries where Islam is...

Recently, there have been numerous reports about Islamic State (IS) fighters receiving welfare payments from their home countries, sometimes for many years. In this study, we empirically investigate the hypothesis that social welfare has a positive effect on IS recruitment, by increasing...