In Islam, alcohol consumption is a capital offence alongside adultery, fornication, slander, grand theft and murder, and in some circumstances this even applies to taking medication dissolved in alcoholic substances. Among the 20 greatest sins in Islam, the consumption of alcohol is in thirteenth place. The prohibition for devout Muslims is inextricably linked to Mohammed (570-632), the founder of Islam.
All alcoholic beverages, including wine, were banned forever from almost all countries that adopted the new religion of Islam. Drinking wine (shurb al-chamr) is one of the hadd punishments in Islamic criminal law. These are punishments that are imposed to protect property, public safety and public morals and are considered "legal rights of God". Depending on the school of law, alcohol consumption can be punished with 40 to 80 lashes or, as in Iran, even death if repeated.
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