The 2001 Freedom House Survey: Muslim Countries and the Democracy Gap

Issue Date January 2002
Volume 13
Issue 1
Page Numbers 99-112
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The year 2001 saw modest gains in the strengthening and consolidation of democracy worldwide, but in predominantly Muslim countries-especially the Arab states-the status of freedom and democracy lags far behind the rest of the world. 

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