Re:Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa
by mruts on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @11:20PM
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It’s more important than that: jewelry in Islam once given to a wife cannot br taken sway. i.e It become’s her property. Many women in the middle east carry their primary store of value on their body as gold for this reason. That is why gold is so popular, historically speaking.
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Re:Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa
by empyrean on Thursday April 25, 2019 @12:44AM
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Doesn't explain its popularity in India.
Re:Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa
by walrus01 on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:28AM
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the estimated muslim population of india is 172 million, not far off the entire population of pakistan (estimated 195 million). Using gold as a store of value is also popular with Hindu communities.