#26: COINS Never Lie, yet say Nothing about early 7th c. Islam!

Today, whenever someone comes to power, they simply announce it using newspapers, or TV, or the internet. In the 7th century, when these medias didn't exist, in order for a new king or a caliph to announce to his subjects who he was, he only had one vehicle to do so, and that was minting coins. Everybody had to use coins, so what better way than minting them to say who you were. Thus, the information concerning who was in power and who was in charge in the 7th century lay entirely in coins. The Caliph would include an image of himself, along with his name, and a symbol of his religion on the coin he was minting. So, any coins minted between 622 AD and 661 AD, the period of the 'Rightly Guided Caliphs' should be replete with references to these initial Islamic caliphs, such as Muhammad, Abu Bakr, Umar and Ali. At least they should have images of them, and references to them. According to the Standard Islamic Narrative (SIN), Mecca and Medina would have been the seats of power at this time, as it was where the Caliphs lived and reigned. So, there should be numerous coins with these caliphs names on them, and references to something to do with Islam. Yet, all the coins from that era and that place say nothing about any of these 'rightly guided caliphs', nor anything which we could identify as Islamic at all. In fact, all the coins minted around the early 7th century originated far north in the area of Jordan, Syria and Lebanon which were originally the land of the Byzantines. Unlike the more barren and deserted areas of the Hijaz in Arabia (where Mecca and Medina were situated) these northern areas were places where the people actually lived, because of the water that existed there, as well as the ports, and trade, and thus the need for coins. If Muhammad was the first Caliph whose reign began in the early-mid 7th century in the Hijaz of Arabia, why are there no coins supporting him at all, nor any of the next 4 caliphs from that area and from that time? What's more, the coins which are from that era and that place all had crosses on them in the West, suggesting that all the rulers were Christians, while those minted in the East all had Zoroastrian fire alters on them, suggesting that they were Zoroastrians. Even Muawiya, who reigned from 661-680 AD minted coins with his image holding crosses, proving that even he was a Christian. No coins had anything to do with Islam until possibly Abd al-Malik came to power and minted coins in 692 AD with the 'Shahada' on it, but was even this a Muslim coin? Watch as Al Fadi and Dr. Jay dive into the history and evidence of these coins of the 7th century, and see the conclusions they come to. It might surprise you... © Pfander Centre for Apologetics - US, May 5, 2023 (73,120) Music: "Country Girl" by Aleksound, from filmmusic-io-BOUGHT-2022-04-28