http://talkislam.info a crescent waxing eloquent Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:45:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en http://talkislam.info/2008/05/11/skimming-self-and-sovereignty-individua/ http://talkislam.info/2008/05/11/skimming-self-and-sovereignty-individua/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 02:57:34 +0000 razib http://talkislam.info/2008/05/11/skimming-self-and-sovereignty-individua/ skimming Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam Since 1850. mentions a self-avowed “half-muslim” urdu poet from the early 19th century who drinks wine but does not consume pork. so what’s up with muslims and alcohol? my reading of history shows that elite muslims drink alcohol quite often; to the point of making a note when a particular caliph did not drink. jehangir and a recent king of saudi arabia were alcoholics. i believe there are references to wine in babur’s poetry. has alcohol consumption actually decreased in frequency as islam has become more populist???

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