JRPGfan said:
Its apparently not all types of alcohol. The koran names the drinks of alcohol and what their made from, as being banned (its litteral for each exemption). Alcohol made from such and such = banned.
But the prophet never "thought" of alcohol made from Honey. Muslims are allowed to drink "mead" (like the old beer's vikings drank, made on honey), because its not named anywhere that they cant drink it.
Also alot of stuff dont make sense today in the Koran. They are not allowed to eat "pig" because its filthy. Back in old days, they had problems with parasites in pigs, so not eating pig could keep you from getting infected. So the koran says dont eat pig (in the old days, to keep people free from parasites). Today you can buy bacon in the super markets, and its without parasites, and there are no issues with eating it.
Muslims are missing out man, Bacon is amasing. |
Where did you get your information on the Qur'an and what it says?
Qur'an does forbade all intoxicants (really this includes drugs as well) and very similar dietary constraints as Jews; including pork. Don't read in the the filthy terms as being infections. Those are all modern day attempts to reason why it is forbidden. The context has always (Jewish and Muslim) to be unclean religiously for some reason.
Here is a good set of quotes/translations and opinions on the context of intoxicants in the Qur'an if you are curious.
https://www.quora.com/What-verse-in-the-Quran-clearly-states-that-drinking-alcohol-is-strictly-forbidden
