ISLAM AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY: THE SHORTAGE OF SOCIOECONOMIC WELL-BEING AND RESPONSIVE DEMOCRACY

Islam and Homosexuality: Volume 1-2

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 57-98

  Beckers, Tilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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