[dalereed]

"all they would have to do is make it a requirement for every follower to buy 1oz of gold"

There's already talk of some muslim countries switching from paper to gold coin. If they carry through, it would have the same effect.

[steveegg]

Would you be refering to Indonesia's imminent switch to using the gold dinar for inter-Islamic trade? This speech by the Prime Minister of Malaysia suggests that's exactly the intent of the Islmaic gold dinar.