The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seems to have minted its own currency, according to Syrian activists.

Anti-ISIS activist Abu Ibrahim Raqqawi, the founder of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” shared the photos of the coins on Twitter and said they would be put into use soon.

The photos show one coin with a detailed image of sheaths of wheat blowing in the wind, whilst another has a map of the world. (Twitter)

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The Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party on Tuesday opposed any move to allow 'so-called' surrendered militants to return home from Pakistan via Nepal or recruit them in security forces or police.

"The so-called surrendered militants should not be brought to J&K from Pakistan via Nepal as NC-Congress government had been doing. This practice is followed by PDP-BJP government in spite of the show cause notices by the Supreme Court," Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh told reporters here.

He also said the government should stop recruiting surrendered militants into the security forces and police immediately. Singh said he had told the MLAs of BJP, which is a partner in the Mufti Sayeed-led coalition government, that they should understand that national interest is always supreme and above party politics which they should not forget.

The BJP MLAs should revolt against the "corrupt, criminal, communal and anti-national government and come out with clean mind and nationalist outlook", he said.

All educational institutions and business establishments remained closed while a thin attendance was witnessed in government institutions.
By: Khalid Gul.

Complete shutdown was observed in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Tuesday against the killing of a civilian and two militants a day before.

Clashes between protesters and police were also witnessed in several areas of the district.

In Kulgam town, Kaimoh, Frisal and Yaripora shops remained shut while transport was off the roads.

All educational institutions and business establishments remained closed while a thin attendance was witnessed in government institutions.

Police and paramilitary forces wearing riot gears and armed with sophisticated weapons were deployed in strength to thwart any attempts of protests in Khudwani and Redwani areas of Kaimoh. “Curfew-like situation prevailed in Kaimoh areas,” locals said.

Eyewitnesses said youth in Khudwani came out and pelted stones on CRPF and police camped in Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences (SKUAST) research institute. The government forces retaliated by lobbing tear gas canisters.

Asif Ahmad Tantray of Redwani village was killed allegedly by security personnel on Monday. While the police claimed that he was killed due to a stray bullet, family members and locals said it was a targeted killing.

Two local militants Javed Ahmad Bhat and Idrees Ahmad Negroo were killed in a 15-hour gunfight with forces in Redwani Bala village of Kaimoh yesterday.

People in large numbers thronged the houses of two slain militants and the civilian in Redwani-Khudwani and Budroo-Yaripora to offer condolences to the bereaved families.

Almost all separatist leaders were detained or placed under house arrest to prevent them from leading protest rallies in the area.

Late in the evening, protesters from Khudwani area marched towards Srinagar-Jammu Highway near Wanpoh and torched a Beacon vehicle. Police and CRPF reached the spot, lobbed tear gas shells and resorted to aerial firing to disperse the protesters. The protesters did not relent and clashes continued. Reports said that several other vehicles were also damaged during the clashes and traffic movement was disrupted for some time on the highway.

With partner PDP unhappy over the "paltry" flood relief amount, BJP today said the Central government will provide all help to Jammu and Kashmir and a delegation of officials from the Centre will soon visit the state to discuss the requirement.

BJP general secretary Ram Madhav insisted that there were no differences with PDP and the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir will complete its full term.
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"There is always pressure of the people on the governments everywhere and not just in Jammu and Kashmir and it is good for them. This government will work with more seriousness and responsibility and I am sure that this government will last for the full term," he told reporters here.

About unhappiness in PDP over the relief announced by the Centre for last year's flood, Madhav said, "A delegation of officials from the Centre will soon visit here to take a full assessment and then hold discussions. The state is slated to get funds under the 14 Finance Commission in good numbers. And so far, the flood relief is concerned, the officials in the central government will discuss whatever expectations the state government has and provide all help to the state."

He said natural disasters have hit other states as well and if any state feels it had not got what it needed, the Centre would look into it.

"The central government is trying to provide necessary help to all the states. And if any state feels that it needed more, but has not got that much, then obviously the Government of India will have a look and do whatever needs to be done," he added.

PDP leader and Member of Parliament Tariq Hameed Karra had recently termed the flood relief package as a "joke" and advised his party to break away from the coalition in the state. Trade organisations, tourism bodies and members of civil society have also termed the package as "paltry" and called upon the PDP to part ways with the BJP.

The ISIL Takfiri terrorists have hung two teenage boys in Syria for eating within daylight hours during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, a monitoring group says.

According to residents of the village of Mayadeen in the eastern Deir Ezzor province, the terrorists hung the two young boys, both under 18, from a crossbar near a Takfiri police headquarters, the so-called the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said on Monday.

"The children have been suspended by ropes from a pole since noon, and they were still there in the late evening," AFP quoted the head of the UK-based group, Rami Abdel Rahman, as saying.
Placards reading “They broke the fast with no religious justification," were placed upon the adolescents’ bodies, Abdel Rahman added.

Deir Ezzor fell into ISIL’s hands last year when the militant group overran large swathes of land in Iraq and Syria.

Based on reports, since Kurdish fighters retook the strategic northern border town of Tal Abyad from ISIL militants last week, the Takfiri group has beefed up its severe crackdown on those who disobey the Takfiri rulings, blaming the defeat on the sins committed by the residents. 

Earlier in the day, the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights announced that 26 people were executed on charges of cooperation with security forces and spying on ISIL in the northern Kirkuk and Nineveh provinces.

According to a statement released by the ministry, one person was put to death in Kirkuk and 25 people were executed by firing squad in Nineveh.