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Adnan Harun Yahya
Of course, every individual has the right to live their lives the way they
wish. The above historical details are in no way to be construed as interfer-
ing in people's choices. However, they are important in that they show how
the production, sales and export of alcoholic beverages in a Muslim country,
with the permission of the Islamic Caliph, set the stage for the moral decline
in society and shook the trust of the Islamic world in the Caliph. Even though
certain circles maintain that alcoholic drinks were produced for non-Mus-
lims at the time, it is clear that not as many non-Muslims were living on Ot-
toman lands at the time that would be able to consume millions of liters of
alcoholic drinks. In any case, many photographs taken during those days
clearly show Ottoman Turks drinking alcohol at beer houses.
Alcoholic beverage production increased so sharply during the rule of Abdul Hamid
II, journalist Ahmet C. Saraçoğlu compared this period to 'a massive tavern.'
