The newest gold bugs: Hizb ut Tahrir
Two years ago, this same outfit was calling for replacing capitalism with an “Islamic system of economics” based on Shariah.
https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2009/06/21/hizb-ut-tahrir-jihadists-target-capitalism/
Evidently, in Hizb-ut-Tahrir’s twisted logic, that fits in nicely with the Gold Standard…We’re skeptical of the connection…You pretty much need free markets for a true gold standard and Shariah-Compliant Finance is one of the ultimate forms of centralized, totalitarian economics known to mankind…
http://www.hizb.org.uk/islamic-culture/gold-standard-the-future-for-a-stable-global-currency
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