The modern gold dinar was first struck again in 1992. This is the road from there to here: the movement's landmarks on one side, Dinar Wakala's on the other.
The Murabitun of Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi establish the World Islamic Mint and, under the Muslims of Granada, strike the first modern gold dinar. The Sunnah currency is back in circulation.
People begin to save and trade in dinars at the grassroots. Umar Ibrahim Vadillo publishes The Return of the Gold Dinar, and the following year presents his White Paper on the Gold Economy to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
A mint for Indonesia, run partly as waqf. In the same year PAS becomes the first political party to openly endorse the gold dinar.
An electronic payment system on the gold dinar launches from Malaysia, and the Islamic Mint in Dubai begins large-scale production. By 2009 e-dinar's coin turnover passes 150,000 pieces a year.
Its first batch of gold dinars. The Far East becomes the hub of the movement, with a Gold Dinar Research Group at Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Introduced to the idea of the gold dinar, he leaves other volunteering to work on one thing: bringing the dinar and dirham to Pakistan.
Registered as EGold (Pvt.) Ltd with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan: the first organisation in the country to sell dinar and dirham coins, at first imported from the e-dinar mint in Malaysia.
Mahathir Mohamad, out of office but not out of the argument, is guest of honour at the first World Riba Conference.
A documentary on the religious and economic case for the dinar, its history from Madina to the fiat era, and the movement to revive it. Produced by the founder; released 27 November.
Watch the documentary →A proposal to a Pakistani political party to adopt the gold dinar, setting out the three reasons it should be any party's priority.
8 March. Dinar Wakala LLC in Texas, with Amir Ismail Bryant and the Muslim community of North Carolina, strikes the first silver dirham in North America: 2.975 grams of fine silver, minted by AOCS and certified by the World Islamic Mint.
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6 December. The first gold dinar medallion ever produced in North America completes the gold and silver portfolio.
Read the press release →Silver dirhams at cost so that zakat can be paid in real value, then a sixth-of-a-dirham coin for everyday trade. Later that year, a bailment network for trading in metal.
The first book in Urdu on the revival of the gold dinar: the economic and religious arguments, the history, the objections answered, and a roadmap.
The book →When ISIS announces a gold coinage, a public explanation of why a decades-old, apolitical currency reform must not be confused with it.
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1436 AH. Five dirhams in one coin: the Kaaba on the obverse, the word peace on the reverse. 14.875 grams of fine silver, struck in the USA.
The coin →
1 September. One troy ounce of silver carrying El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz as a permanent icon of the movement, not a one-off commemorative.
The coin →An online course on the principles of Islamic muamalat, the nuances of riba, the monetary system, and where contemporary Islamic banking falls short. Taught by the founder in English and Urdu sessions.
The coins priced live from the metal, ordering with a fifteen-minute price lock, and the movement's writing, film and photographs in one place.
The coins →