PanikLIji t1_j63rze8 wrote
Do they generally drink a lot of beer or alcohol in general, or are they specifically Guinness freaks?
exporterofgold OP t1_j63sb1f wrote
A lot of beer, but Guinness is really popular in Nigeria. It's the only beer my grandma takes, lol.
Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_j63v3c7 wrote
Nigeria was a former British colony and Guinness was exported to Nigeria during colonial time then they set up a plant in Nigeria and Guinness consumption continued to grow.
I_Mix_Stuff t1_j640bku wrote
and they have a population of 213 million, the largest in Africa
Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_j645xew wrote
and even with 80 million Muslims that is still a large market.
dw444 t1_j65cn93 wrote
Muslims drink too. Enough that most Muslim countries either have legalized alcohol (Turkey, Malaysia), thriving black markets (Pakistan, Iran), or both (UAE, Qatar).
Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_j65dimq wrote
While some do, the Qur'an explicitly forbids drinking.
dw444 t1_j65dyup wrote
I’m aware of that, having spent the first 2/3 of my life as a Muslim, most of it in arguably the most overtly religious, to the point of having an extremist majority, Muslim majority country on earth. Alcohol was always one phone call away, and you could get pretty much anything under the sun, whether you’re in a big city or a small town. Villagers dying or going blind from low quality moonshine was a common news story. That country was 96% Muslim.
Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_j65ev8e wrote
and Jews can also get their hands on bacon.
dw444 t1_j65h2yy wrote
Which they regularly take advantage of. It’s almost like it’s human nature to want to engage in what’s forbidden, especially when it feels good.
Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_j65h9e3 wrote
Easiest way to make something popular is to ban it.
badamache t1_j65py1y wrote
Does it forbid drinking, or just excessive drinking that clouds the mind?
Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_j65r2zd wrote
O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants (khamr), gambling, [sacrificing on] stone altars [to other than God], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.
Nuffsaid98 t1_j68b5v7 wrote
Christianity forbids sex before marriage. Lots of that goes on in Christian countries.
Inside_Technician806 t1_j64jn8n wrote
Those Muslims are all in the north and too poor to afford it anyways
bolanrox t1_j64ci9e wrote
ironically i guess, the first person i knew to drink Guinness was a Muslim.
dw444 t1_j65huie wrote
Pretty much all of my Guinness/alcohol consumption happened in my Muslim days. In the ten years that I haven’t been a Muslim, I’ve had about as much alcohol as I would in 6-8 months back in the day.
badamache t1_j65ptnk wrote
Yes. I know many Muslims who are closet drinkers.
ayomideetana t1_j67ws8f wrote
Nigerian Muslims drink and do other drugs.
ShortMonth9031 t1_j65hxjx wrote
They have the first/largest Guinness brewery outside of Ireland so effectively it's like a domestic beer to them.
NorthernerWuwu t1_j67r94s wrote
It doesn't hurt that there are a lot of people and the population skews very young.
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