Individual freedom from an Islamic perspective (in Arabic) – Taha Hamedani
By Taha Hamedani A discussion about individual freedom from an Islamic perspective (in Arabic).
Economic Freedom: The way Towards Women’s Emancipation in the MENA Region – Souad Adnane
By Souad Adnane Women’s issues have been conceptualized in the international development context in many forms and trends that have affected in a way or another local policies with this regard. Countries of the Arab world, as all the countries who signed and ratified the UN treaties related to gender and women’s issues, have been affected by this…
Religious people and the support of free markets in the Arab and Muslim world – Mustapha Radji
By Mustapha Radji This presentation is based on journal articles based on World Values Survey Database which is a global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social ,economic and political life. This study looks into the impact of muslim religiosity on attitudes conducting to free markets. Mustapha Radji is an Associate Professor…
Secular Politics and Freedom – Peter Welby
By Peter Welby This paper will argue that in order for secularism to be compatible with freedom, it must be a secularism that draws on the religious traditions and history of its political context. It will examine the competing political narratives of the Arab Spring and compare them with debates on the role of religion in society in Europe,…
The Muslim Open Society – Paul L. Heck
By Paul L. Heck The Muslim Open Society is a concept with traction. It’s a society under the banner of Islam where ideas freely circulate without reprisal or recrimination and where citizens have the right to dissent ( حق الاختلاف ). And it’s not an ideal to hope for but an emergent reality on the ground in many…
Civil Society inthe Muslim world: the Moroccan experience (in Arabic) – Mossaab Tijani
By Mossaab Tijani إن المجتمع المدني سواء من حیث المفھوم أو التجارب عرف تطورا عمیقا حیث أصبح معھ یعتبر من سمات الدولة الحدیثة، والمغرب كغیره من البلدان كان یعرف عددا من التجارب سابقة في ممارستھا لظھور مفھوم المجتمع المدني، ھذه التجارب التي كانت غالبا ما تتخذ طابعا تضامنیا أو اجتماعیا؛ فقد عرف المغرب ما قبل…
Property right index as indicator of economic freedom: data from Muslim countries – Lorenzo Montanari
By Lorenzo Montanari An overview of the property right index in Muslim countries.
Islam and entrepreneurship : Why institutions matter? – Hicham El Moussaoui
By Hicham El Moussaoui In this paper, we will use the institutional approach to explain the level of entrepreneurship in Muslim countries. Indeed, the decision to undertake depends on the rules of the game (formal and informal institutions) that frame the entrepreneurial act. We will show that if in the first periods of Islam have flourished entrepreneurship in…