This report has been commissioned by the COMCEC Coordination Office to Professor Dr. M. Kabir
Hassan, University of New Orleans, USA in collaboration with Dr. Ali Ashraf, Frostburg State
University, USA, Mamun Rashid, Nottingham University, Malaysia, William J. Hippler, III, University of
La Verne, USA and Umar A. Oseni, International Islamic University, Malaysia and with help from
graduate assistants. Views and opinions expressed in the report are solely those of the author(s) and
do not represent the official views of the COMCEC Coordination Office or the Member States of the
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