Remember: if you suggest that some aspects of Sharia may be incompatible with Western society and law, you’re a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.”
“O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, stone altars, and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.” (Qur’an 5:90)
A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: ““Wine is cursed from ten angles: The wine itself, the one who squeezes (the grapes etc), the one for whom it is squeezed, the one who sells it, the one who buys it, the one who carries it, the one to whom it is carried, the one who consumes its price, the one who drinks it and the one who pours it.” (Sunan Ibn Majah 3380)
“Hisbah Seizes, Destroys 260 Cartons Of Alcoholic Drinks In Bauchi – [Photos],” by Richard Ogunsile, Naija News, May 31, 2021:
Bauchi State chapter of the Islamic police popularly known as Hisbah has seized and burnt to ashes no fewer than 260 cartons of alcoholic drinks in the Misau Local Government Area of the state.
The Permanent Commissioner in charge of Hisbah, Barrister Aminu Isah, made this known to newsmen on Sunday evening, Naija News understands.
According to Isah, the action was taken to keep up with the commitment and determination of the organization in ensuring that the provision of Sharia is dully observed in the state without vindictiveness, witchhunt, fear or favour.
The commissioner noted that the exercise was conducted in the presence of security agencies and the Chairman of the Bauchi State Shariah Commission. Isah reiterated that Hisbah acted based on Section 403 of the Bauchi State law which empowers it to stop the sale and consumption of alcohol in the state.
He said: “The state Hisbah command would like to reitrate its commitment and determination in ensuring that the provision of Sharia will continue to be fully implemented across the state and without vindictiveness, witchunt, fear or favour,” the statement reads.
“While we solicit for understanding and cooperation of all and sundry, the state Sharia commission wishes to appreciate the people of the state for their understanding and cooperation which serves as the catalyst for the successes recorded in making Bauchi a crime free society.”
Infidel says
Somewhat related: Nigeria suspends Twitter indefinitely after it deletes President’s tweet about Biafra
Somehow, I don’t know whose side I’m on on this one – Buhari’s or Twitter’s
But I do support an independent Biafra, if it’s making a comeback
Lion heart says
Infidel : by the way , Muhammad and his company did drink alcohol when it was fermented to a fermented degree ! Islamic hypocrisy at its display not to mention that midline would drink wine in their fictional paradise but it’s forbidden on earth !!
James Lincoln says
Makes me wonder if the Bauchi State chapter of the Islamic police squirreled away some alcohol for their own consumption.
Spent some time in Bahrain in the mid-1990s at the Naval Support Activity Bahrain and felt “fairly” safe in the capital city of Manama.
On the weekends, Saudis would take the King Fahd Causeway into Bahrain to get liquored up – where alcohol is legal.
Oh the hypocrisy…
gravenimage says
Yes–this kind of thing is *very* common in the Muslim world.
There was also the Imam in Iran who would get little boys drunk in order to molest them…
Infidel says
That’s fascinating, given that Bahrein is artificially a Wahabi country, even though the majority of the population is shi’a. I thought that only Emirates and Oman were that relaxed. In fact, in the Emirates, I heard that there is/are one or more special shops that are allowed to sell pork, but only to non-muslims
gravenimage says
Hotels and bars sell alcohol in Bahrain:
https://www.smartertravel.com/bahrain-nightlife-clubs-bars-nightlife-tips/
gravenimage says
Nigeria: Islamic police seize and burn 260 cartons of alcoholic drinks
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It’s usually a short step from this sort of thing to murdering drinkers and liquor shop owners.
sidney penny says
“While we solicit for understanding and cooperation of all and sundry, the state Sharia commission wishes to appreciate the people of the state for their understanding and cooperation which serves as the catalyst for the successes recorded in making Bauchi a crime free society.”
crime free society?
What don’t tell me that there is no crime in Muslim majority societies?
gravenimage says
Robbing, kidnapping, raping, and murdering Infidels is not a crime in Islam.
Generally Islamic nations are violence-ridden crap holes.