SC - A Turkish recipe...

Fri Jan 5 20:43:06 PST 2001

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In a message dated 1/5/01 7:26:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, LrdRas at aol.com 
writes:

> 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 
> 

     Thank you, Ras, for the polite explanation.  I doubted my information, 
but it is a pleasure to have someone help to enlighten me rather than 
censure.  

     Khadijah

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<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">In a message dated 1/5/01 7:26:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, LrdRas at aol.com writes:
 
 
 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">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.</BLOCKQUOTE>
 
     Thank you, Ras, for the polite explanation.  I doubted my information, but it is a pleasure to have someone help to enlighten me rather than censure.  
 
     Khadijah
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