iran-korea historical relation has not a long record. although the scholars of both countries and other orientalists have conducted many studies on this field, there have still remained some unanswered questions. the publication of “koushnāmeh” which holds the story of pre-islamic iran-korea relationships made it clear to the researchers that the relation between these two countries dates back ...

1. introduction metaphor definition in islamic rhetoric has similarities with the theories of metaphor in the west. these similarities do not mean that the traditional definition still works so that rethinking of definition and providing new definitions is not necessary anymore. such an approach certainly will not be promising. the result of these efforts will enclose metaphor in the realm of r...

There is a longstanding debate in the literature about if, and where, recursion occurs prosodic structure. While there are clear cases of genuine at phrase level above, very few convincing word-level recursion. Most are—by definition—not recursive instead best analyzed as different constituents (e.g., Composite Group, Prosodic Word etc.). We show that two can easily be reanalyzed without if pho...

Banks are the financial institutions accepting deposits from the people and lending to the needy people, areas and regions for various purposes. Banking industry can be divided into two types of banks— Islamic and conventional banks. The operations of conventional banks are based on interest (sood/riba) and therefore interest constitutes the main source of earnings of these banks. While on the ...

Islam is a comprehensive religion guiding the lives of its followers through sets of rules governing the personal, social, and public aspects through the verses of the Holy Qur'an and Hadiths, the compilation of the traditions of Prophet Mohammed (pbuh), the two main documents that serve as guidelines. Islam is explicit with regard to using animals for human purposes and there is a rich traditi...

The call of giving all subscribers a greater opportunity in the Islamic banking systems is well documented in the literature of the first decade of this millennium. Many banks and financial institutions across the world have attempted to implement programs aiming at increasing the customer’s involvement in terms of investment and financing with varying degrees of success. The study describes th...