Allows us to identify market-wide e ects of gambling behavior. Our choice of religious composition as a proxy for gambling propensity is motivated by the observation that gambling attitudes are strongly determined by one’s religious background. In particular, the Protestant and Catholic churches have very distinct views on gambling.3 A strong. Gambling is a way of obtaining undeserved money which makes man forget his Creator, prevents him from performing prayers, leads him to laziness, eliminates his strength to work and causes grudge and enmity among people. All kinds of gambling, which causes irreparable wounds in individual and social life, are haram in the religion of Islam.
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What Are My Religious Beliefs
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