Irak bans alcohol

[onelove2111]

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!

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.

[Perle]

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!

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.

[Kvazimoda]

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.

[wowanstrong]

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

[igorokavg13]

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.

[v1ryspro]

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.

[countryfree]

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!

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?

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.

[Betwrong]

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

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.

[Xenophoto]

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.

[kongosplit]

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.

[mindrust]

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.

[DimidoffVany]

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.

[bryant.coleman]

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.

[Aikonio]

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.

[groll]

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.

[vantyzz]

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.

[crockoo]

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.

[planfox]

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

[Xester]

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.

[Prohodimec]

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