Do educational attainment and income in predominantly Muslim countries affect public support for suicide bombing? Does it make a difference whether the targets are civilians within the respondent's country or Western military and political personnel in Iraq? Dr. Shafiq has studied six predominantly Muslim countries that have experienced suicide bombings: Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, and Turkey. His findings highlight the importance of distinguishing between targets of suicide bombings and the problems with making generalizations about all Muslim countries. M. Najeeb Shafiq is an education economist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Administrative and Policy Studies at University of Pittsburgh's School of Education. He has published more than 20 papers and policy reports on household schooling and child labor decisions; educational privatization; and the relationship between educational attainment and political attitudes. He teaches graduate courses on the economics of education, economic development, globalization, social theories, and quantitative methods.

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