How islamic are islamic countries?

Global Economy Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Rehman, Scheherazade S ^a   Askari, Hossein ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Economics; Finance; Index; Islam; Law; Politics; Religion; Social

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953086079     PISSN: 15245861     EISSN: 15245861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1524-5861.1614     Document Type: Article

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