SC - Islamic alchohol?
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Mon Feb 28 10:32:50 PST 2000
In a message dated 2/28/00 11:28:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
melcnewt at netins.net writes:
<< it is still forbidden
that any alcohol cross the lips of Muslims. >>
This is inaccurate. Only certain popular sects of al-Islam forbid alcohol
consumption entirely. The Prophet himself drank a mild type of date wine
daily. The only proscription in al-Quran refers to not letting a single drop
of wine pass your lips or some such. This proscription is oftentimes adhered
to strictly by pouring the first drop of wine onto the ground and then
drinking the rest.
I have no doubt your friend in al-Islam may have belonged to one of those
sects and was a teetotaler but the generalization of any aspect of al-Islam
is as error prone to generalizations of Christianity or Buddhism or any other
religion which is split into sects.
Ras
More information about the Sca-cooks
mailing list