Preserving the Anti-Scientific Linear No-Threshold Myth: Authority, Agnosticism, Transparency, and the Standard of Care

Scientific Authority in Islam’s Political Thought

In Islam’s political thought, principles of “preserving Muslims’ dignity” and “negating domination of foreigners” are of especial importance. Scientific authority is an important necessity for those principles. This article is aimed at clarification of the process of scientific jihad and study of position and infrastructures of scientific authority in Islam’s political thought. Taking Islam’s p...

Isma’ili Thesis on the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy

Though it is widely assumed that Sunni Islam does not have an equivalent to the Christian ecclesiastical hierarchy, Shii groups such as the Medieval Ismailis did have an organised teaching, spiritual, and temporal hierarchy. Evidence gathered from primary sources shows that this Ismaili 'ecclesiastical' hierarchy is strictly intertwined with the Ismaili interpretation of Neoplatonic cosmology a...

A Survey of Invertibility and Spectrum Preserving Linear Maps

The General Rules of Contracts and the Rules of Anti-avoidance and Anti-evasion Paying Taxes (Tax Fraud)

Taxation issues are among the factors which balance between private rights and public interests. But the legal system of contracts also works for the welfare of the people and society. The general rules of contracts and the principles of private law have found their essential functions during the years.  Applying the above rules aimed at preserving public order along with the private rights of ...

Assessment of Transparency Impact of Accounting Information on the Cost of the Audit for each Type of Industry

One of the main instruments of accountability in economic activities is auditing. But despite the extent of audit work, determining the fees for this service in our country is not based on a scientific model and reasonably we cannot claim, according to firm's characteristic and with what cost, the work would be done. In this regard, we have tested the impact of transparency of accounting inform...