First there was that little matter of jihad genocide, and now there's the really big problem: alcohol sales. From the BBC, with thanks to Adam:
At least 21 people have died in Sudan and another six have been blinded after drinking illegally-produced alcohol, the country's interior ministry says.In a newspaper statement, the ministry warned people of the dangers of consuming contaminated alcohol.
It said a campaign was being launched to close down illegal breweries.
Alcohol sales are banned in northern Sudan under Islamic law, but displaced non-Muslim southerners living around Khartoum frequently brew their own.
Imposing Islamic Sharia law on a population with a sizeable non-Muslim minority has long proved difficult for Sudan's Islamist government, says the BBC's Jonah Fisher in Khartoum.
The unpopularity of Sharia in the mainly Christian south contributed to the 21-year-long civil war - and now the question of alcohol in Khartoum is proving a real headache,, our correspondent says....
Yeah, that 21-year genocidal jihad was tough -- and now comes the real headache: moonshine.
As part of the recent peace deal between the north and south, a commission is being set up to protect the rights of non-Muslims in Khartoum.However, the government has made it clear that Sharia law and the selling of alcohol is not up for negotiation.
So what rights exactly will be protected for non-Muslims? Only, evidently, those of the dhimma: toe the line, bow and scrape, keep your mouth shut, and you might not get brutalized.
It said a campaign was being launched to close down illegal breweries.
What comes out of a "brewery" can't blind anyone. It's what comes out of a distillery that can cause problems. It's a minor quibble, but it sounds like someone's taking the chance given to them by an idiot with a still to crack down on anyone who happened to have some fermentable grain and some yeast.
"In a newspaper statement, the ministry warned people of the dangers of consuming contaminated alcohol. It said a campaign was being launched to close down illegal breweries."
Just an excuse of course, if the Sudanese government was really concerned about the affect of contaminated alcohol AND the human rights of it's citizens it would be legalising breweries and legislating quality control. As usual, the BBC cannot bring itself to address the real issues when it comes to Islam. Instead it plays the Muslim's game and pretends the most thinly disguised of hidden agendas is not relevant.
Robert has it exactly right, and this is the protection sharia gives:
"Be silent, pay the tax, do not protest when you are harassed or when we steal from you, do not disagree with or debate us, and you - may - get to live. If the news from dar-el-Harb isn't bad, of course, like if they had a female muslim leading prayer or something. Then we may have to kill you and your family just to make a point."
Geoff
The blindness is a result of Methyl Alcohol(wood alcohol) most likely.They're either using it to spike some low grade or even using it by itself and just diluting it with water.
JLP
The blindness is a result of Methyl Alcohol(wood alcohol) most likely.They're either using it to spike some low grade or even using it by itself and just diluting it with water.
JLP