Meanwhile, our children are learning in our own colleges and universities that the men who made this video have valid points, and that their own civilization is a bastion of racism and oppression, and not worth defending. How do you think this will turn out?
“Worth their weight in gold: ISIS reveals new coins to replace ‘satanic conception of banks,'” Jerusalem Post, August 30, 2015:
ISIS has revealed its plan for minting its own gold and silver coins in it’s [sic] latest hour-long video entitled “The Rise of the Khilafah and the Return of the Gold Dinar,” released on Saturday.
The video, narrated in English with Arabic subtitles, begins with an extensive analysis on “the capitalist financial system of enslavement, underpinned by a piece of paper called the Federal Reserve dollar note,” and the corruption that allowed for the American destruction of the monetary system intended by Allah with the production of paper money used to finance oil trade.
The new ISIS currency comes in several denominations of silver gold and copper. The coins are imprinted with Islamic symbols and “are completely void of human and animal images in accordance with Shariah law.”
The reverse side of one coin shows seven wheat stalks, “representing the blessing of spending in the path of Allah,” says the narrator.
Another coin is imprinted with a map of the world, “representing the extent of territory Mohammad’s reign would reach, including Constantinople, Rome and America,” and another is imprinted with a spear and shield “showing that the source of provision of Mohammad were from jihad in the name of Allah.”…
The video concluded with a three minute lyrical music video showing ISIS warriors fighting against different backdrops. The song runs through different reasons the warriors fight and each paragraph is inter-cut the chorus which sings, “For the sake of Allah we will march through the gates of paradise where our maidens will wait. We are men that love death just as you love your life, we are soldiers that fight in the day and the night.”
Baucent says
That’s rich, not even the most egotistical Roman Emperor issue commemorative coins BEFORE actually achieving a Triumph.
Jon Sobieski says
Well the West is certainly giving them the confidence to think it is a done deal.
Phaidon says
“‘Things which are not’ are indeed mightier than ‘things that are’. In all ages men have fought most desperately for beautiful cities yet to be built and gardens yet to be planted.” -Eric Hoffer
Henry Page says
Once again and straight from the words of the Qur’an, Islam proves that it powerless but to destroy any other culture or civilisation …
Matthieu Baudin says
Unbalanced self deprecation is as harmful for a people as self aggrandisement. Americans are, by and large, an optimistic and generous lot; something easier for outsiders to spot than for the citizens themselves. The United States has earned real friendship with many other nations over several decades and this is a feature at the heart of its political and military alliances. ISIS, on the other hand, is one of the hordes from the past that civilised people had assumed to have passed out of reach and settled into the dust bin of history. How wrong we were.
Angemon says
Indeed. After WWII, the US could have steamrolled any nation they wanted to conquer, and no one could have stopped them. What did Americans do? They helped rebuild the nations who suffered with the war, including nations they warred against.
Arthur says
Ironic that the Islamic State would appeal to its English-reading viewers by claiming they are virtual slaves to an economic system whereas the Islamic State endorses old-fashioned slavery of the chain and forced labor kind.
While the current central bank strategies to manage our western economies certainly have faults and may not represent the will of a mostly ignorant populace, an economy without lending cannot grow at a rate close to an economy with lending. Any presumption that an economy based on precious metal currency without banking will somehow be more “fair” in the distribution of wealth is, I would argue, completely false.
Westman says
“showing that the source of provision of Mohammad were from jihad in the name of Allah.”
A direct confirmation that Daesh is following the example of Muhammad to act as a barbaric marauding band, stealing its provisions on the backs and lives of others. Murder and mahem is not industry.
“For the sake of Allah we will march through the gates of paradise where our maidens will wait.” – imagine the joy of the maidens, waiting for some murderer who will show them all the love and compassion that he had for his canteen, ammo belt, or any other possession. In this Daesh statement Allah seems to be devoid of higher feelings while working his magic at the animalistic level; assigning the human cattle for mating.
RonaldB says
If you think that gold, silver, and other precious metals are going to keep their value more than the dollar, you can buy futures, buy shares, or buy an actual quantity of the metal. You can also buy as much as you wish of “junk silver”, US coins that were minted with actual silver in them.
Historically, precious metals have not done nearly as well as the stock market.
If you want to go a bit more exotic, and separate yourself from government control, you can deal in bitcoins.
The Islamic State, in spite of its coins, still has only the traditional pattern of Islam: spread itself and destroy culture and knowledge. The biggest danger of Islam is getting inside our borders. Israel, a very small country, is left alone by the Islamic State. Why? Because they don’t want to take on a conventional, efficient army and Israel has sealed its borders with a real fence. Almost no Muslim can immigrate to Israel. It is a very real matter of life and death to the Israelis. This is the way Americans need to begin seeing the issue.
duh_swami says
A long time ago the US issued gold and silver and copper coins for public circulation…People were paid in gold…there were 25 cent gold pieces, 50 cent gold pieces, one dollar coins , $2.50, $5.00, $10., $20. The gold was taken away from the public in 1933, silver , and copper in the early 60’s.
We was robed…Now we get paper coupons, redeemable at the grocery store and the gas station as long as the Fed Reserve will honor them. The bankers long ago figured it out, they get the gold, you get interest bearing paper…That’s a good exchange ain’t it? What that means America is that you have been screwed…You have no money unless you have some gold and silver.
Three presidents, Jackson, Lincoln and JFK,. tried to fix that by issuing interest free US notes to compere and drive out the bank notes, Lincolns were called the Greenback…Two of the three were killed, there were attempts to kill Jackson that he thought were banker inspired. This puts us in a bad position, we have to depend on the good will of the Fed, and not what’s in our pockets .
cause we ain’t got no pockets …we got paper and internet entries…
ISIS program with coins may work in their territory but not too well outside it.
because the rest of the world is still on fiat money…Issued precious metal will most likely be hoarded waiting for the international price to go up…
The way they fix that is to charge a good size premium on the metals making their metal value less than the coins denomination…
ConanKong says
One thing ISIS, and other foreigners as well, fail to understand, is that Americans are not slaves to our elites. If ISIS thinks that Americans will roll over to them they are delusional. The elites might capitulate, they might blow up a few buildings and roll into a few cities, but if they have dreams of driving down the highway in their minivans, they are living in a fantasy world. They would be met by convoys of rednecks in pick-up trucks and hummers carrying rifles and shotguns. Any of the dishrags that survives the initial salvo would be dragged down the road by bikers. If they love death as much as they say, they would get plenty of it.
CogitoErgoSum says
Of what use is gold and silver to a dead man? If they love death so much why not show it by putting the skull and crossbones on their money? It has long been recognized as the symbol for poison and death. This is the currency in which they deal. Corruption and rot await all who place their trust in such spiritually bankrupt values as espoused by the false prophet and charlatan, Muhammad. The “best of people” seek to kill and be killed? The thought sickens heart and soul.
Henry Page says
You are men that love death? Does that go hand-inhand with the other thing that you love, bedding pre-pubescent girls?
harbidoll says
Their philosophy/religion is built on a house of cards & has many times thorough out history fallen. Oil $$ has raised them up in our time (arnt we lucky). It will be their biggest & last. (G-d willing).campaign .
mortimer says
The article says a coin will be: “imprinted with a spear and shield “showing that the source of provision of Mohammad were from jihad in the name of Allah.”…
This means plunder is being sacralized by ISIS is the same was as Mohammed did. Meaning: ‘What’s yours is mine.’
This is a message to all Muslim youth to commit theft in the name of Allah.
Henry Page says
Yes, it would appear to be and that is not unusual in Islam.