The militant organization said
Thursday it will mint its own gold,
silver and copper coins to replace
what the group called "the tyrannical
currency system that was imposed on
Muslims and which led to their
oppression."
It was not immediately clear when and
where the coins would be placed in
circulation.
After seizing large swaths of Iraqi and
Syrian territory earlier this year, the
Islamic State group proclaimed a
caliphate on lands under its control
The group has also sought to
implement its harsh interpretation of
Islamic law, and its leader, Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi, has proclaimed himself
the caliph.
Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole ShareThis Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole was born on April 4, 1952 in Iyamoh, near Auchi in today's Edo State. He was born into the humble family of Alhaji Aliyu Oshiomhole of blessed memory and Alhaja Aishetu Oshiomhole. After his secondary education, Adams Oshiomhole proceeded to the Ruskin College, Oxford where he majored in economics and industrial relations. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru. In 1969 before his tertiary education, he had taken up appointment with the Arewa Textiles Company. He was inspired to play an active role in the union because he was not satisfied with the quality of the union's leadership. Oshiomhole's other colleagues in the textile factory elected him as the union secretary after a shop-floor revolution, which he helped to organize. He became a full time trade organizer in 1975. In 1982, Adams Oshiomhole was appointed by the National Union of Textile Ga...
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