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Those stupid muslims! Irak is a war-torn country, with thousands fighting for their lives, while million others are struggling to make a living, and what is the iraki parliament doing? It just passed a law to make it illegal to sell, to make or to import any alcoholic beverage.

What a sense of priority!

Nothing from middle east, african countries can surprise me anymore... everyday something more ridiculous comes up.

it is not at all a surprise as all the muslim world has some rule or the other to ban alcohol and weed,countries like malaysia and almost all of arab countries will behead you if they find that you possess weed or alcohol ,what a wonderful law

They religion prohibits drinking. Therefore, let observe. I think many traders are now alcohol will remain without money. I do not understand this step

Thank you for sharing it... the western Management System of Multiculturalism must be in total disarray regarding this new legislation... but in a sense nothing new, a lot of streets in the U.K. are de facto alcoholfree. I am curious how the lobby of cultural disintegration will spin this.

This law is a good point to understand the difference between a captive and a slave.

A captive doesn't decide what he put inside (or outside of his body) but doesn't accept it.

A slave doesn't decide what he put inside (or outside of his body) but accepts it.

So the Christians genocide continues in this land.

One sure thing irakis don't yet realize who they chose to confront.

It only confirms my theory of the empty throne: if the rulers of a barbarians land do something contrary to the Empire, the barbarians is offered the possibility of surrendering his legislation. If he doesn't conform and apologize fast, ask the yahoodiz called judeans what happened 1961 years ago...

so isis make cats illegal, those others people fight plants...

It's normal thing in the Arabic, Muslim world.
In their culture, it's prohibited to use alcohol.
I'm surprise that they didn't do it before.
Religious leaders are very powerful in that area, and they influence politicians a lot.
Iraq is even more democratic and liberal country than Iran or Saudi Arabia, for example.
In Saudi Arabia woman are even not allowed to drive cars!
 

I don't think it's a normal thing to do. In Morocco, Algeria, Turkey or Tunisia, alcohol is legal. Muslims shall not drink it, but anyone is able to buy a bottle. This is a sign that the Iraki politicians have no plans to turn their country into a modern democracy where people are free to choose what they want to be.

I guess the number of Irakis trying to emigrate to Europe will only increase...

Well, that's exactly what they want to happen: more immigrants in Europe. It's a plan that has been thought well for a long time. Otherwise, why everything looks like a coincidence to this? I mean come on, almost all the news we've seen recently are only reasons for them to keep coming in a higher and higher number hoping for better. I don't like alcohol but it shouldn't be banned. There are Christians in Irak too, not just Muslims..... This isn't going to end too well.

How can they do that to their own people? No alcohol, no music, no kites, no strip clubs? If they are denying every basic needs, what is it worth living for? That is the reason people are trying hard to cross the Mediterranean or die trying.

what do you mean by irak ,are you talking about the country IRAQ banning alcohol,i thought alcohol is already banned being a muslim country,so whats the issue now,people who needs alcohol will still brew at home

Islam forbids the consumption of alcohol, but it has always been available in Iraq’s larger cities, so if it will be really banned from now on it's something new. I'm not sure people will still brew alcoholic beverages at home because the law, passed late on Saturday night, imposes a fine of up to 25m Iraqi dinars (£17,000) for anyone violating the ban.

Haha because thats one of the main issues right now in Irak.

I don't support a ban on alcohol. But a pet peeve of mine is when someone says they shouldn't be doing this when they have other bad things going on. As if it took all of the country's resources to pass the law.

That's right, alcohol is not the biggest problem in Iraq. It is necessary to solve more important problems, and then worry about the health of the nation

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You can't just change Iraq into a 1st world nation in 5 years. Iraq has serious problems but not something their leaders can solve.

But how does working on one simple thing affect something else. Reminds me of similar case with the police. Something to the effect of someone setting off a bomb. 2 days later spots someone stealing potato chips from a store. He chases after him, and the thief gets hit by a car. And then people start screaming, "The police are going after shoplifter after there was a bomb 2 days ago?" It's a rough example, but similar to past cases. So what are random police patrolling around supposed to do? Let people commit crimes because something more serious happened earlier? Sound like a vacation for a cop patrolling around. Not going to do anything because there was a bomb two days ago, and some how just twiddling my fingers vs doing my job is ok, because something more serious happened. Keep in mind that there are other cops and the FBI dedicated to the bomb case.

You better not poke your nose in their matters as the never interfere in yours.If they are facing war,it is because of stupid US because it had problem with IRAQ selling petrol to Russia.Now you have problem with  there laws.Arn't they should decide what is good for them?

No come on, nothing on your list are basic needs. I'm more interested in economic affairs. Irak's a pretty large country. There were assuredly some brewers or wine producers out there, and people selling alcohol, too. In Algeria, there are some wine producers, selling their wine up to France. I'm afraid several Irakis have lost their job.

Iraq like most governments have many things they should be doing but it isn't really my concern since I don't live there. Especially in this case when the most civilized of countries treat drug addicts as criminals instead of getting them the help they need. Things need to be fixed at home before I can go around criticizing other countries that i couldn't care less about.

the Islamic State prohibits the use of alcohol, cigarettes and other drugs. I am surprised to know that the government of Iraq did the same thing when the Constitution recognizes the rights of non-Muslim minorities and ethnic groups living close to the Islamists in Iraq

it would be unconstitutional? this law takes away employment of many people. How the government intends to compensate these people?

No government will compensate for this. The government do not care about people. It feels like they're just protecting their interests.

What's wrong with that? Muslims have always been opposed to alcohol. Maybe it's right. He always only problems. In the Emirates too dry, but tourists can.

I am not a Muslim, but also an opponent of alcohol. I drink 3-4 times a year. If alcohol was not I would get hurt. Although I know what resulted from prohibition.

In all Arab countries, the problem is to get alcohol. The Koran forbids alcohol, but for tourists in hotels make an exception.

Let them not drink. Who is interested? I drink and I like it. My country does not forbid alcohol. For me the most important thing. To contain the country will sell more oil.

Let's not drink, it is their own business. They are Muslims and they have totally different customs. Fortunately I am a Christian and my country does not forbid alcohol.

I'm not expecting any kind of compensation. Those people have just lost their income, and their job. Maybe the wine producers will try to make fruit juices... Production is illegal, so they cannot even produce for export. This just shows that the Iraki government doesn't care about its people.

I know this, I've heard from my frinds travalling to the Arabian Peninsula that although it is forbidden you still can buy it in a hotel bar. Now I'm wondering will this be the case in Irak? Because it looks like they are going to ban the use of alcohol completely.

It's not 100% wrong you know. Marijuana is illegal when alcoholics have caused more trouble than those people that use marijuana yet marijuana is illegal in most countries and alcohol is not. But I agree with OP that there's far more important things to problematize than alcohol. Apparently, we don't have to problematize their country's government too because we don't live there and it wouldn't affect us directly anyway.

How many muslins did you met in all your life?

I have at my university students that are muslins.

For them this is not a religion. This is a style of life.

Iraq is one of the greatest arabic countries maybe the best.

They are not stupid. You know? There is a quote: "normal means to be the same anormal like the others".

Not sure that I translated it good but it is ok.

In iraq christians are respected. Go and talk with people from that country. Stop reading international news with no personal value of that subject.

And about an above reply, they do not have smoke forbidden.

Arabs are being arab, again.

They ban alcohol because alcohol makes people happy. They don't want people to be happy because if they become happy, they won't obey their  sheikh's shitty rules. Their sheikh is the only one who deserves to be happy. See the Saudi king? See how he trips with naked 19 year old girls in his big yacht? Don't you find it pretty hilarious while it's forbidden to do something like that for regular Arabs but not for the king? Fuck them all.

Alcohol does not make people happy. He makes them bad. But the problem is Muslims. We have not to live and our government has no such prohibition imposes.

Anything above a certain threshold can be bad. Alcohol itself is not bad. The problem is with those drunkards who get addicted to it. But here, the issue is a different one. Iraq is a multi-ethnic state with significant non-Muslim population. A prohibition on alcohol means that the human rights of these minorities are being infringed.

That's right - a violation of human rights to free choice of products. The government has no right to make such bans. This is the same that ban in law to sell pork there.

If the US did not interfere on other countries then Iraq would still be a rich country.  They made an issue about nuclear weapon but after their search there were no shadow of that deadly weapons.  Drinking alcoholic beverages is the thing of the past.  It is in their tradition and culture.  And it is absurd if they ban the drinking of this beverage.

Let the Muslims do not drink. It is their tradition and if they take it that is their problem. And Iraq was never a rich country. Don't blame everything on the Americans.

I support the prohibition of alcohol. From him the world can sometimes be trouble. I'm not Muslim but also don't drink alcohol. As you can see is not dead.

But you yourself have made your choice and give up alcohol. And the Iraqi government has forcibly imposed their will on the people by depriving it of the right to choose

Iraq was good before the US did their usual business of breaking a country and starting a war.  They said that Iraq possesses and manufactures nuclear weapons and so that starts a war and fall of Iraq.  In the issue of banning alcohol, maybe they think that by doing that it will help their country to atleast lessen criminality and other issues.  It is their government's right to proclaim those thing as it is their own.  I am sure you are not an Iraqi and then just let them do what they want to do.

Maybe this will give some positive effect, but it will be insignificant. More disturbances in the society than good

What you say is cool! I understand and agree with you. However isn't it possible to have a dual strategy in one like you said caring first on self and the second being more international? Today i think that the problem is that the internationalist wing strategy damages the home front or at least in its perception examplified by a treasonous (at least domestic enemy group) org like the Clinton foundation...

More interestingly why does the exploitative class choses to oppose psychoactives? This is the corner stone of understanding their ideology. The problem that at one point the understanding leads to dark corner... no fear!

Anyway those nations are fighting the market... when there is a will there is path. What does Watson thinks about psychoactive? That's the only thing really relevant, on which side the AI will be on the war against life. Cool things the war on psychoactive predate the AI creation/birth.

it would be the biggest problem for Iraq, I would have approved such a move. but knowing that there is a completely different problem, I do not understand it. why deprive people of income and make their people unhappy

the government manipulates the people. And if they decide - then did it for any of their purposes. And they do not care that the people suffering from it

Irak is not a country.

If you meant Iraq, then Iraq consists of many religions, including Christianity. Not all Arabs are Muslims, not all Muslims are Arabs. Seriously, why are people still getting this mixed up?

Pls don't blame the Muslim ,,it is just that there are some leaders that don't have the fear of God and they use people  for political benefits, it is the people's that suffered

that's for sure. Due to the political leaders of all the people affected. And the government, instead of making people happy, take his last

This will may have some real changes in other countries

It seems to me that such a comparison is inappropriate in this case. They could just raise the price, without prohibition. But the government has decided to take it that way, so they want to do to get rid of alcohol. Now it will be sold illegally

Most times, when government makes some decisions, its more haphazard than what they intend for it to achieve. what they do most times is that those decisions are made as a result of bowing to pressures of some set of people who probably are the majority and also for them to be able to appease them and not outrightly because they love the decision. Its their country and they can make any law they so wish to make. Some other country believes that gambling is wrong and they ban it outrightly other places they say if you are not above 18, its ileegal for you among others...

Practice shows that the government cares about its people. His only interested in tax. And the use of young people for war

Don't say some hard words with muslims not all muslim are really stupid some are really good and they don't want this to happen and yeh irak is a war torn country and some country are making money with war and the way is in that country fighting and wasting for there lives for nothing and they believing that they are going to encarnate.

Correctly never offend other people. You do not know how to turn life. If the Iraqi government has taken such a decision means he had a reason for it

The government never cares about its citizens. It's just that sometimes their interests coincide. And the struggle with alcoholism is the merit of the Quran.

Alcohol always leads to trouble but the ban does not mean defeat. I think every man needs to limit the consumption of alcohol.