@article{471004,
      recid = {471004},
      author = {Fish, M. Steven},
      title = {Are Muslims distinctive? : a look at the evidence /},
      publisher = {Oxford University Press,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {xvi, 385 p. :},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Are Muslims Distinctive? represents the first major  scientific effort to assess how Muslims and non-Muslims  differ--and do not differ--in the contemporary world. Using  rigorous methods and data drawn from around the globe, M.  Steven Fish reveals that in some areas Muslims and  non-Muslims differ less than is commonly imagined. Muslims  are not inclined to favor the fusion of religious and  political authority or especially prone to mass political  violence. Yet there are differences: Gender inequality is  more severe among Muslims, Muslims are unusually averse to  homosexuality and other controversial behaviors, and  democracy is rare in the Muslim world. Other areas of  divergence bear the marks of a Muslim advantage: Homicide  rates and class-based inequities are less severe among  Muslims than non-Muslims. Fish's findings have vital  implications for human welfare, interfaith understanding,  and international relations.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/471004},
}