Wine Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Islam === [[File:Mei.jpg|thumb|upright|All alcohol is prohibited under [[Sharia|Islamic law]], although there has been a long tradition of drinking wine in some Islamic areas, especially in [[Iran]].]] {{Main|Islam and alcohol}} Alcoholic drinks, including wine, are forbidden under most interpretations of [[Sharia|Islamic law]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Frances |last=Harrison |title=Alcohol fatwa sparks controversy |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7342425.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=11 April 2008 |access-date=31 July 2010 |archive-date=12 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512181043/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7342425.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In many Muslim countries, possession or consumption of alcoholic drinks carry legal penalties. [[Iran]] had previously had [[Viticulture in Iran|a thriving wine industry]] that disappeared after the [[Iranian Revolution|Islamic Revolution]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Tait |title=End of the vine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/12/worlddispatch.iran |work=The Guardian |date=12 October 2005 |access-date=26 June 2008 |location=London |archive-date=29 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829184544/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/12/worlddispatch.iran |url-status=live }}</ref> In [[Greater Persia]], ''[[Persian wine|mey]]'' (Persian wine) was a central theme of [[poetry]] for more than a thousand years, long before the advent of Islam. Some [[Alevi]] sects β one of the two main branches of Islam in Turkey (the other being [[Sunni Islam]]) β use wine in their religious services.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} Certain exceptions to the ban on alcohol apply. Alcohol derived from a source other than the grape (or its byproducts) and the date<ref>Sahih Muslim Book 043, Hadith Number 7186.</ref> is allowed in "very small quantities" (loosely defined as a quantity that does not cause intoxication) under the Sunni [[Hanafi]] ''madhab'', for specific purposes (such as medicines), where the goal is not intoxication. However, modern Hanafi scholars regard alcohol consumption as totally forbidden.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.central-mosque.com/fiqh/perfalc.htm |title=Alcohol based Perfumes, Deodrants and Creams, Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam, Darul Iftaa, Leicester |publisher=Central-mosque.com |access-date=17 May 2014 |archive-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213042003/http://www.central-mosque.com/fiqh/perfalc.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page