The paper will discuss the problematic approach of ancient landscape reconstruction, stressing the importance of data and information sharing through the web. Thanks to new possibilities offered by Open Source approach and, in specific, by some tools, such as Virtual Terrain and OpenSceneGraaph, it’s now possible to construct a web-based shared system, allowing users and experts to interact dyn...

Islamic finance has gripped the world with a strong fervor and passion. Interest in this discipline has proliferated to almost 60 countries, going beyond the Islamic world to the leading global financial centers. For quite sometime, United Kingdom has adopted an open door policy and provided a level playing field to Islamic finance and now Singapore is following its lead. Every day, Islamic fin...

There is a serious lack of empirical studies on Islamic banking. This paper attempts to fill that gap to some extent. Using data for the 1990-98 period, several hypotheses and common perceptions about the practice of Islamic banking have been tested. The performance of Islamic banks has been evaluated using both trend and ratio analyses. For this purpose, some objective “benchmarks” for various...

Trenggalek Regency is one of the regencies East Java Province located in southern part Island. surrounded by Tulungagung, Pacitan, and Ponorogo Regencies which have abundant cultural heritage potential, has potential for archaeological remains as many 17 points. Archaeological research was initiated Yogyakarta Center 1983 form surveys or excavations that continued until 2020. The purpose writin...

Islamic art is unique because its form and function permeate both distance and time. Since the birth of Islam, Muslim artists around the world have created pieces of art that share an uncanny resemblance to pieces created by other Muslim artists through common themes, appearances, and applications. These similarities include calligraphic elements, exaggerated depictions of plants and animals, a...

This paper presents an interactive, collaborative virtual heritage system that employs tangible interfaces to make learning experience more interesting and effective. The system is designed for a group of users collaboratively play games to learn a Korean cultural heritage site, the ‘Moyang’ castle. While most virtual heritage applications focus on the reconstruction of objects or places, it ai...

The impact of foreign banks entry on the banking sector has been well documented in the literature. However, these studies have been confined to the conventional banking sector. On the other hand, virtually nothing has been published in respect to the impact of foreign banks entry on the Islamic banking sector. The purpose of the present paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact ...

This paper exposes the “roadmap” of how modern Islamist terrorism is financed, through both legitimate and illegitimate means: the networks and linkages between financing obtained on the one hand through sympathetic Islamic governments, Islamic charities and banks, seemingly legitimate businesses operating as fronts, and on the other hand through criminal activities running the full gamut from ...

This scoping review examines the benefits of Quranic engagement, encompassing recitation, listening, and memorisation. From a pool 1,739 articles, 21 relevant studies were analysed. Recitation Quran provides solace inner peace while listening to it reduces stress promotes overall well-being. Memorisation enhances cognitive abilities fosters deeper understanding Islamic principles. engagement al...