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Alcohol Divides Basra
BASRA – The government's decision to backtrack on banning alcohol sale and consumption in Basra drew mixed reactions from people in the southern city.
"I don’t agree with the lifting after everything was smoothly working," shopkeeper Ahmed Obeidi, 43, told IslamOnline.net.
"I don’t agree with the lifting after everything was smoothly working," shopkeeper Ahmed Obeidi, 43, told IslamOnline.net.
"Drinking alcohol is common in western countries but not in Muslim ones.
"It is true that many Arabic countries allow liquors to be sold anywhere but Iraq has an Islamic history and allowing alcohol is an offence," he fumed.
Basra provincial council passed a decree in August banning the sale of alcohol in the southern city.
But local authorities changed heart earlier in December after protests from non-Muslim minorities and NGOs.
"For the first time the local government had done something in benefit of the future Muslim generations," said Obeidi.
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"It is true that many Arabic countries allow liquors to be sold anywhere but Iraq has an Islamic history and allowing alcohol is an offence," he fumed.
Basra provincial council passed a decree in August banning the sale of alcohol in the southern city.
But local authorities changed heart earlier in December after protests from non-Muslim minorities and NGOs.
"For the first time the local government had done something in benefit of the future Muslim generations," said Obeidi.
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