Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Now ISIS Wants to Introduce Its Own Currency: Plans to Bring Back Solid Gold and Silver Dinar Coins Announced in Iraqi Mosques


MAIL ONLINE: ISIS said to be planning to introduce its own currency to areas it controls / Militants allegedly want to bring back the dinar - an ancient Islamic currency / The original dinar currency consisted of purely gold and silver round coins

ISIS wants to introduce its own currency and plans to bring back solid gold and silver dinar coins, it has emerged.

The Middle East terror group apparently wants to introduce its own Islamic currency as part of its attempts to solidify its makeshift caliphate.

Militants are said to want to bring back the original dinar, which is an ancient currency from early Islam, and religious figures in Mosul and Iraq’s Nineveh province have apparently announced its return in mosques.

The currency known as the dinar, which once consisted purely of gold and silver coins, is today used by a variety of countries, but the coins are created from different materials to the originals.

However, the jihadi group is understood to be planning to return to the original gold and silver coins, which were first introduced during the Caliphate of Uthman in 634 CE. Read on and comment » Emma Glanfield for MailOnline | Monday, November 10, 2014