America created the most powerful empire building tool ever created - the Dollar

They created a game that everyone began to play. And while the game continues the empire remains unassailable. But what happens if the world stops playing the game?

We discuss the full history - a complex financial architecture that gave America an “exorbitant privilege”

SOURCES

Bretton Woods Federal Reserve History https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/bretton-woods-created

Nixon ends dollar-gold convertibility, August 15 1971 Federal Reserve History https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends

De Gaulle & France repatriating gold The Gold Observer https://www.thegoldobserver.com/p/how-france-secretly-repatriated-all

Kissinger-Saudi petrodollar arrangement LegalClarity https://legalclarity.org/the-kissinger-petrodollar-system-history-and-impact/

No single formal petrodollar treaty the system emerged from a series of agreements NextBigFuture https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/06/the-actual-1974-saudi-arabia-and-us-agreement-on-cooperation.html

Carter Doctrine (1980) Baker Institute https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/carter-doctrine-30-evolving-us-military-guarantees-gulf-oil-security

“Exorbitant privilege” coined by French Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ECB https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/ire/article/ecb.ireart201906_02~9c8301aace.en.pdf

SWIFT: 11,500 institutions, 200+ countries Stripe https://stripe.com/resources/more/what-is-swift

Dollar = 58% of global foreign exchange reserves (2024) Federal Reserve https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/the-international-role-of-the-u-s-dollar-2025-edition-20250718.html

~20% of global oil trade in non-dollar currencies (2023) OilPrice.com https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Fifth-of-Global-Oil-Trade-Used-Non-Dollar-Currencies-in-2023.html

Will Iran Collapse

Why has Hajj become harder while the Ummah is told to remain silent?

When access to the House of Allah becomes tied to money, permission, power, and political loyalty, something far deeper has gone wrong.

Is the path to Allah’s House truly open — or has it been surrounded by wealth, borders, politics, and control?

The Sheik confronts the uncomfortable reality behind our sacred obligation and the solution.

The Mihna refers to an event during the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate where ulema were pressured to accept the Mu'tazali view of the Qur'an as being created, rather than the mainstream position of it being the Word of Allah.

Sheikh Muhammed Shirazi recounts Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal's stand against this oppression and the importance of standing for the truth.

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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - When Scholars Stand for Truth 07:17 - Mu'tazilah & the Abbasids 13:50 - The Mihna Begins 17:56 - Imam Ahmad in Prison 24:32 - Mu'tasim Comes to Power 30:19 - The Final Trial 35:27 - Release from Prison 41:18 - Conclusion

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Traslatiion (English) -

Every Eid al-Adha, millions of Muslims revive the rituals of Ibrahim عليه السلام. We sacrifice. We make takbeer. We remember submission to Allah سبحانه وتعالى. But Ibrahim عليه السلام did not leave behind rituals alone. He left behind a legacy of leadership, sacrifice, and obedience to Allah سبحانه وتعالى in every aspect of life.

The Prophets after him did not only teach people how to worship privately. They governed by revelation. They carried justice to society. They ruled by what Allah سبحانه وتعالى revealed.

From Dawud عليه السلام to Muhammad ﷺ, Islam was never separated from authority, leadership, and the responsibility of caring for the affairs of humanity. And the Prophet ﷺ did not leave this Ummah as an Ummah of scattered individuals. He established a state in Madinah that carried Islam to the world as mercy, justice, and guidance.

But today, more than 100 years after the destruction of the Khilafah, look at the condition of the Ummah. Gaza burns. Al-Aqsa remains occupied. Sudan bleeds. And humanity itself suffers under systems built upon greed, oppression, and power.

This Eid is not only a celebration. It is a reminder of responsibility. A reminder that this Ummah was meant to lead. Meant to carry Islam completely. Meant to revive the deen in society, governance, and life.

The rituals of Hajj teach us unity. The sacrifice of Ibrahim عليه السلام teaches us submission. The takbeer reminds us that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is greater than every tyrant, every empire, and every false system that dominates the earth today.

So let Eid not end with celebration alone. Reconnect yourself to the mission of this Ummah. Reconnect yourself to the Quran. Reconnect yourself to the work of dawah and revival. Reconnect yourself to the obligation of working for the return of Islam as a complete way of life.

May Allah سبحانه وتعالى accept our sacrifices. May He unite this Ummah once again. May He allow us to witness the return of dignity, justice, and the banner of Islam raised once more.

Eid Mubarak to the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ 🌙

Abu Huraira narrated that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If one says one-hundred times in one day: ‘Laa 'ilaha illallahu wahadahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa Huwa 'ala kulli shay'in Qadir.’ (None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Alone Who has no partners, to Him belongs Dominion and to Him belong all the Praises, and He has power over all things (i.e. Omnipotent)), one will get the reward of manumitting ten slaves, and one-hundred good deeds will be written in his account, and one-hundred bad deeds will be wiped off or erased from his account, and on that day he will be protected from the morning till evening from Satan, and nobody will be superior to him except one who has done more than that which he has done." (Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim)

SubhanAllah!

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