KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian state Thursday launched the Islamic dinar and dirham as an alternative currency, allowing the golden and silver coins to be used as legal tender alongside conventional banknotes.
Authorities in northern Kelantan state, which is ruled by the Islamic opposition party PAS, said the Islamic currencies would be used in many shops in the state in addition to the national currency, the ringgit.
"We have over 1,000 shops that have signed up to our campaign and agreed to accept the dinar and dirham for the purchase of goods," state cabinet minister Husam Musa told AFP.
He said signboards have been erected in the main market in the state capital Kota Bharu to show the conversion table between the dinar and ringgit, and participating shops will display stickers to encourage people to use the coins.
"The response has been very positive and all the coins which were worth a total of 2.0 million ringgit (629,000 dollars) have been sold out at the launch today," said Husam, who is in charge of economic and finance planning.
According to Islamic law, the dinar measures 4.25 grammes of gold, while the dirham is 3.0 grammes of pure silver.
A golden coin is equivalent to about 582 ringgit (183 dollars) while the silver coin is worth around 13 ringgit but their values fluctuate according to market prices.
Husam said the dinar and dirham currencies can also be used dealings with state goverment agencies, such as paying "zakat", or alms for the poor.
There has been a long debate in Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country with large ethnic Chinese and Indian communities, to introduce the coins as legal tender nationally.
Former premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, whose administration promoted a moderate form of Islam that emphasised economic and scientific development, shot down the proposal to use the Islamic currencies.
But his predecessor, Mahathir Mohamad, was an advocate of the dinar system and urged Muslim countries to use it as a trade instrument.
The debate has died down since current Prime Minister Najib Razak came to power last year.
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Di malaysia eksyar itu emang berkembang pesat ya kak?
ReplyDeleteyup, lebih pesat daripada indonesia..
ReplyDeletedukungan pemerintahnya sangat kuat..
adapun Kelantan, penguasa negerinya dari partai Islam, jadi syariat Islam ckp kuat diterapkan di sana.
its great, !
ReplyDeletekalau di indonesia nabung dinar dimana yah?
ReplyDeleteyeah !! ^^;
ReplyDeletemungkin bisa coba lewat gerai dinar, Teh.
ReplyDeletebisa kontak ke geraidinar.com.
atau beli emas sendiri lewat PT Antam di jakarta, trus simpen sendiri..hehe
walah simpen sendiri sih, repot
ReplyDeletebank syariah belum ada yah dalam dinar :D
makasih infonya
klo gitu pake jasa gerai dinar aja, Teh.
ReplyDeletemereka melayani tabungan dalam emas (M-Dinar)
saya kurang paham sistemnya, krn setahu saya mereka bukan bank.
bisa coba kontak agen gerai dinar bandung di
http://www.dinarbandung.com/
atau sekalian ummu thoriq daftar jadi agen? :)
klo bank syariah memang belum ada..
mungkin izinnya juga masih sulit keluar klpun pengen bikin..denger2 sih ada unsur politik jg.
seperti kembali lagi ke zaman Rasulullah, mungkin jika beratnya sama ngitung zakatnya bisa jadi lebih mudah
ReplyDeletesepertinya sih berat dan karakternya sama dg di Zaman Nabi saw, mas.. krn isu yg diangkat memang permberlakuan dinar emas spt di zaman Nabi saw
ReplyDeletebahkan peruripun mengeluarkan dinar, namun dinar antam bisa diperoleh juga di http://www.indonesiadinar.com
ReplyDeleteya, banyak yg mengeluarkan dinar-dirham.. tapi yg menggunakannya sbg alat pembayaran resmi (oleh pemerintah bukan organisasi), mungkin baru Kelantan..
ReplyDelete