The President of the republic warned yesterday that brewing, selling or consuming alcoholic drinks will be punishable by the lash under the country’s Islamic laws.
President Omar al-Bashir told supporters at the suburb of Um Dawaban that whoever brews, drinks or sells alcoholic stuff in Khartoum will be whipped, regardless of what the UN or human rights groups will say, AFP reported.Shops in Khartoum do not sell alcohol, but women who have moved to the capital mostly from the south, Darfur and the east make alcohol drinks out of dates.
Mr. al-Bashir’s comments came in a speech in the capital’s suburb of Um Dawaban, a stronghold of the Sufi Qadariyaa movement.
Under the Sharia law, consumption or sale of alcohol is punishable with 40 lashes.