tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176172832112175300.post3132734284610064711..comments2024-03-25T19:02:09.802-07:00Comments on Adil's World: A drinker's guide to Islam..Adil Abdallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04787590145405832089noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176172832112175300.post-67820341861808707112011-10-14T04:54:17.236-07:002011-10-14T04:54:17.236-07:00Jehad Makhoul:
True that consumption and trading a...Jehad Makhoul:<br />True that consumption and trading alcohol is considered a major violation of Islam that entails a major punishment ...yet many in Moslem countries alcohol is available under ligitimate procedure for trading and obtaining it ... some countries with predominently Moslem countries (specifically the Syrian enclave countries, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Lebanon) manifacture and trade alcohol pub...licly and without restriction (some Asian and African Moslem countries do so as well). The prohibition is strict is KSA, Iran and with some restriction in the GCC. With the tide os Arab Spring with evidence that Islamists could be a major beneficiary of the changes, moderate and liberal Moslems who are ready to take the punishment of consuming / trading in Acohol as well as Christian minorities worries that the revolutions may lead to a secular grip on the lifestyle to the extent of applying KSA or Iran lifestyle after the take over. The Syrian enclave was always considered as an escape or a s...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176172832112175300.post-53427224213089385312011-10-14T04:15:11.007-07:002011-10-14T04:15:11.007-07:00My dear friend.. I had put it in simple demographi...My dear friend.. I had put it in simple demographical context.. Average urbanism worldwide is 40%, while almost half across 3rd world and Muslim countries.. This is why development programs failed, by addressing the wrong questions and assumptions.. This is how the definition of Islamic culture would get its momentum, with majority illiterate, ill and poor.. Some among would use local filtered Alcohol, but such practice is never honored nor drinking.. On the contrary, in Cities and urban settlement, Alcohol is consumed in much easier manners.. I agree, Urban centers are the growing ones.. Yet, the rural-alike trends among troubled societies; ask: where the domination should be considered..? Would rural defeat urbanism..? A big question..!!Adil Abdallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04787590145405832089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176172832112175300.post-46923248082507815462011-10-14T04:14:37.297-07:002011-10-14T04:14:37.297-07:00Elfatih Abdelghafour:
The question will be how ca...Elfatih Abdelghafour: <br />The question will be how can we decide which is the dominant trend within a society .urbanism is part of the general cultural trend ,so does newly evolved ways of living ,trends ,tradition .We always think in terms of extreme dualism ,and t...hat is the danger ,either this or that ,but life is about this and that which is the healthy balance dictated by the influences of history, fashion,trend ,events and contact with the other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com