The Baha'i Studies Listserv It also listed various countries with legal drinking ages and the side note illegal for Muslims.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_drug_use > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age Sent from my iPad On Apr 18, 2013, at 15:24, Stephen Kent Gray <skg_z...@yahoo.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Here below is a Wikipedia excerpt. > > Note Libya, Sudan, Afghanistan, Brunei, Bangladesh, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, > Yemen, etc. are listed as completely illegal alcohol status rather than just > Saudi Arabia like you imply. > > Also note Iran and Pakistan are listed as almost completely illegal. > > Also note in Gabon, Gambia, Malaysia, Maldives, etc. alcohol is legal for > everyone except the Muslim minority. > ethanol (ethyl alcohol, commonly referred to as simply alcohol, produced > through fermentation by yeast in alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer) – > legal but regulated in most parts of the world, and illegal in several Muslim > countries such as Pakistan, Libya, Sudan, Iran and Saudi Arabia; not consumed > by members of some religions. It acts as a GABAA receptor agonist. In > chemistry,alcohol can refer to more than ethyl alcohol. Methanol (methyl > alcohol, or wood alcohol) is poisonous. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_drug_use > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 18, 2013, at 15:10, Susan Maneck <sman...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >>> I think only Indonesia is such a Muslim state. All other Muslim states >>> impose Islamic law on all people there, regardless of their actual religious >>> beliefs. India is another state that has religious law that varies depending >>> upon the religion of the person. But for the most, theocratic states and >>> religious states always impose one religions's laws on all people in their >>> territory and citizenship regardless of their religious beliefs. >> >> Dear Stephen, >> I'm talking about the way in which Islamic states have operated >> historically, not how they might operate today. Check, for instance, >> the way the Ottoman Empire was organized. >>> >>> Your alcohol example is actually not the case. Muslim states are completely >>> Prohibitionist. >> >> Wrong. Even wiki knows better than that. See for instance: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_in_Iran >> >> Now countries like Saudi Arabia prohibit alcohol to everyone but they >> are not exactly known for their religious tolerance. But countries >> like Turkey even produce beer. Alcohol is legal in Iraq as well. >> >> In Malaysia Chinese people, Christians, Buddhists, and Hindus are all >> allowed to drink alcohol. It is illegal only for Muslims. In Indonesia >> there are night clubs, restaurants, and pubs that serve alcohol. You >> can even bring a bottle of alcohol with into the country legally. . >> But in certain rural areas it can get you caned. >> >> While you can drink alcohol there on the black market, it is >>> still technically illegal. To clarify, Muslim states are completely >>> Prohibitionist regardless of a person's religion. >> >> Sorry, Stephen but I have a PhD in Middle East and South East Asia >> which focuses on religious minorities in the Islamic context, whereas >> you get all your information from the internet. Which of us do you >> think knows what they are talking about? >> >> Susan >> >> __________________________________________________ >> You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:skg_z...@yahoo.com >> Unsubscribe: send a blank email to >> mailto:leave-697901-1719008.2a3842ae5b2f7d34dd5fdfc724616...@list.jccc.edu >> Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu >> Or subscribe: >> http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st >> Baha'i Studies is available through the following: >> Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu >> Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st >> News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st >> Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net >> New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-697916-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
