SC - Islamic alchohol?

[Michael Newton]

I don't know about period Islamic brews, but today, it is still forbidden
that any alcohol cross the lips of Muslims. A student of mine at SMSU the
one year I was an instructor came from Brunei, a Muslim country in the SE
Pacific, She told me once that the Kids were becoming Catholics because they
didn't forbid the drinking of Alcohol.

Thorbjorn
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From: "Jeff Gedney" <JGedney at dictaphone.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 8:48 AM
Subject: SC - Islamic alchohol?


> > Alcohol proscription is only common to certain sects of al-Islam.
>
> I have been reading "the Works and Voyages of John Davis, Navigator".
> Last night I have found an interesting reference.
> In the 1580's John Davis was navigator for a Flemish boat making a spice
run to
> the East Indies, and in one of the Malay Kingdoms (Achien), he stated that
the
> markets have many "Aquavitae stillers, which is made from rice, as their
religion
> forbids wine" (Quote may not be exact. I will scan the exact text in my
copious
> spare time)
> He goes on to state that the people were "prodigious drinkers of
aquavitae"
> My question:
> How common was this?
> Was distilled rice alcohol, or other non grape alcohol, common?
> What about beer? or African millet beer? Whiskey?
> Do any recipes exist in mohammedan literature? (Cariadoc?)
>
> brandu
>
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