This study investigates whether Islamic finance has an association with United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs). Analyzing the extant literature, we find that and SDGs have a close relationship. The also suggests avenues where may contribute to SDGs' achievement. These include financial sector stability, reducing vulnerability risk, inclusion, infrastructure resolving environmental...

This paper investigates the ways in which terrorism is linked to education and poverty using data newly culled from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) documentary sources. The paper presents a statistical analysis of the determinants of participation in terrorist activities by members of the Hamas and PIJ between the late 1980s and May 2002. The resulting evidence suggests that both high...