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prohibition Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic ...
s against
alcohol Alcohol most commonly refers to: * Alcohol (chemistry), an organic compound in which a hydroxyl group is bound to a carbon atom * Alcohol (drug), an intoxicant found in alcoholic drinks Alcohol may also refer to: Chemicals * Ethanol, one of sev ...
. Particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages.


Present

Currently, alcohol prohibition is enforced in many
Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
majority countries,
Indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...
communities (due to alcohol-fuelled violence), certain northern communities in the Canadian territories and some regions of India. They can range from complete ban all the way to bans on sales during certain times. * * (illegal in public, legal in restaurants, bars, hotels and homes) * (legal for non-Muslims and foreigners) * (Non-Muslims over 17 years of age may have limited amount of alcohol, but must declare it to the customs authorities on arrival, and must consume it in private) * ** (in some communities) ** (in some communities) ** (in some communities) ** (in some communities) * (for Muslims during
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) * * (illegal to drink in public places, legal in hotels, bars, and tourist facilities approved by Minister of Tourism) * ** ** ** ** * ( territory only) * (home production legal for Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians; commercial production illegal) * (parliamentary ban, rarely enforced) * (between 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.,) * * * (excluding non-Muslims; some states ban drinking in public) ** ** * (legal for Foreigners at licensed establishments; transport of alcohol illegal) * * (Alcohol must be purchased and consumed in licensed hotels, bars, and tourist areas as well as being sold in most major supermarkets) * (legal for non-Muslim foreigners at restaurants, hotels and bars; at home with license; illegal in public) * (illegal for Muslims; public consumption illegal) * (''De facto'' illegal in the
Hamas Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Bri ...
- controlled
Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...
only, legal in the
West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
) * (legal for tourists at hotels and bars as well as expatriates with permits) * * * (excluding non-Muslims in private) * (sales only banned on Fridays and during Ramadan) * (illegal on trains, airplanes, and ferries as well as sports facilities; sales banned on weekends and holidays unless at bars and restaurants) * (
dry counties A dry county is a County (United States), county in the United States whose government forbids the sale of any kind of alcoholic beverages. Some prohibit off-premises sale, some prohibit on-premises sale, and some prohibit both. Dozens of dry c ...
for sales) * (illegal except for tourists at certain hotels in
Aden Aden ( ar, عدن ' Yemeni: ) is a city, and since 2015, the temporary capital of Yemen, near the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of the strait Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. ...
and
Sana'a Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governo ...
) * (illegal in
Sharjah Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Sharjah is the capital o ...
; public consumption illegal)


Past

*1918–1920 (see
prohibition in Canada Prohibition in Canada was a ban on alcoholic beverages that arose in various stages, from local municipal bans in the late 19th century (extending to the present in some cases), to provincial bans in the early 20th century, and national prohibi ...
) *1907–1992 (see 1907 Faroese alcohol referendum) *1919–1932 *March 21August 1, 1919Sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited (partial ban from July 23). *1915–1935 (see
prohibition in Iceland Prohibition in Iceland went into effect in 1915 and lasted, to some extent, until 1 March 1989 (since celebrated as "Beer Day"). The ban had originally prohibited all alcohol, but from 1922 legalized wine and in 1935 legalized all alcoholic beverag ...
)However beer with an alcohol content exceeding 2.25% was prohibited until 1989. *1962–1990 *1916–1926, distilled spirits banned; 1917-1923 fortified wines banned. *1612–1640 (prohibition by
Murad IV Murad IV ( ota, مراد رابع, ''Murād-ı Rābiʿ''; tr, IV. Murad, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his methods. Murad IV was born in Cons ...
) *March 25May 8, 2020Sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited as part of the social distancing measures against Covid-19. * 1966–1986 * 1790-2009 * and the July 19, 1914 – August 28, 1925; 1929; * (temporary ban to prevent drunken violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa) * – In November 2020, the UAE introduced reforms that include the decriminalisation of alcohol for those 21 and over, except the Emirate of Sharjah. *1920–1933 (see
prohibition in the United States In the United States from 1920 to 1933, a Constitution of the United States, nationwide constitutional law prohibition, prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The alcohol industry was curtai ...
)


See also

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Religion and alcohol The world's religions have had differing relationships with alcohol. Many religions forbid alcoholic consumption or see it as sinful or negative. Others have allocated a specific place for it, such as in the Christian practice of using wine dur ...


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