SC - A Turkish recipe...

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/5/01 6:26:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, RButler96 at aol.com 
writes:

<< Wouldn't period Turkish food be Islamic and thus negate the possibility 
 of alchohol?  Or, am I taking a modern dietary law interpretation to 
medieval 
 food?
 
      Khadijah >>

Yes and no. At least one sect interprets the prohibition  of  alcohol 
literally. They simply pour the first drop of of  the alcoholic everage on 
the ground thereby fulfilling the letter of the Koran which  forbids A DROP 
to pass your lips. :-) Other sects consume  strong distilled spirits and 
beverages fermented from things other than grapes. Al-Islam is a religion  
which like Christianity (or any other) is composed of many sects and schools 
so blanket statements seldom hold true for all adherents of Islam except in a 
most general way.

Ras