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dc.contributor.authorBhala, Raj
dc.contributor.authorKeating, Shannon
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-17T21:00:46Z
dc.date.available2014-07-17T21:00:46Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-15
dc.identifier.citation47 Int'l Law. 343 (2013)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/14784
dc.description.abstractHow do Muslim countries treat importation of goods that Islamic Law (Sharı’a) considers Haram (forbidden), namely, alcoholic beverages and pork products? Why do they do so? What might Muslim countries do, in accordance with the rules of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and World Trade Organization (WTO), to alter their policies? Based on painstaking empirical research of the WTO protocols of accession and schedules of tariff concessions of every Islamic country in the world, this article answers each of these three questions, which may be summarized in aggregate as “diversity within unity.” All of the pertinent countries are members of both the WTO and Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), and a majority of their populations profess adherence to one of the world’s great faiths–Islam. Therein is their unity.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe International Lawyer
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://ssrn.com/abstract=2467786
dc.subjectIslamic law
dc.subjectImportation
dc.subjectAlcohol
dc.titleDiversity within Unity: Import Laws of Islamic Countries on Haram (Forbidden) Products
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kusw.kuauthorBhala, Raj
kusw.kudepartmentLaw
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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