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Paper:
"Khums: A Support for Financial Independence, part 1" Written by Nasir Makarim Shirazi
The Islamic Bayt al-Mal, which had been founded upon the arrival of the Prophet (S) to Medina and his establishment of an Islamic government, consisted of funds such as zakat, khums, anfal (spoils and public resources), kharaj (Islamic tax on agricultural land) and jizyah (tax taken from religious minorities).
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Paper:
"Determinism and Free Will in the Qur'an" Written by Mahdi Gorjian
Neither man is forced to act nor does man have full control over everything. Neither God is retired and indifferent nor He forces us to act in a certain way.
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Book introduction:
"Are you Free or Slave" wtiten by Muhammadi Reyshahri
If a person's beliefs are correct and in accord with reality his life will follow a correct course, and if they are false his life will lead to a cul-de-sac. For this reason Islam attaches greater importance to the question of correcting beliefs than to anything else.