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in the case of the article, i think people need to realise that the religious prohibition in islam on alcohol runs a little deeper than the responses ive seen so far.
although islam prohibits intoxicants in the Quran, the hadith has gone further to prohibit those that make it, procure it, deliver it and drink it. some even go as far as to say that even being in its presence is prohibited and that you share the sins of the drinker because presence is considered an endorsement of other peoples sin. I could go into the nitty gritty details of it, but i dont think it's for this thread.
in any case, thats the basis of why the observant brother does not want his sister to drink in his or his childrens presense.
as a person who grew up in an observant muslim family and who wasnt exposed to alcohol till my very late teens, i dont see any hindering effect on the child. im an example of that, the important thing here is educating the kids about alcohol instead of pretending that it doesnt exist. i chose not to drink as an adult, and i dont think there's any short comings as a result. i abstained for various reasons, some partly religious, others for health reasons. I think the observation that non drinkers are boring is quite offensive. i could use the same brush and say that slurring and sleeping drinkers make no sense and are equally or more boring than non drinkers.
in any case, as a non drinker, when people come to my house there's a non drinking rule. when we are out, i have no mandate to tell people what to do.
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