The Baha'i Studies Listserv South Sudan is its own country now. Sent from my iPad
On Apr 18, 2013, at 18:32, Susan Maneck <sman...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> 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. > > I didn't say Saudi Arabia was the only country which completely banned > alcohol, I indicated that this was not the usual pattern for a Muslim > country. The usual pattern is for non-Muslims, but not Muslims to be > allowed to drink alcohol. And what is stated above is not entirely > accurate. In Bangladesh, for instance, alcohol may be purchased from > government warehouses, certain bars and 4-5 star hotels. Yemen does > not really have religious minorities. In the Sudan the prohibition > against alcohol is enforced in the north, but not in the south which > is predominantly Christian. As for Kuwait and Yemen, all of its > citizens are Muslims so it does not feel compelled to make allowances > for non-Muslims. As for Brunei, while alcohol is not sold anywhere > foreign visitors are allowed to bring in up to two liters so long as > they declare it and obtain a permit. > >> 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. > > Apparently you forgot what this whole subject was about, which is the > fact that Islamic law is not imposed on non-Muslims in most states. > The fact that Iran, Pakistan and these other countries allow it only > for non-Muslim minorities reinforces what I was saying all along. > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:skg_z...@yahoo.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-697951-1719008.2a3842ae5b2f7d34dd5fdfc724616...@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-698408-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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
