After the end of Islamic State from Mosul in Iraq, the indiscriminate sale of alcohol has begun. Mosul city has spent three years in the rule of the so-called Islamic State, where drinking was strictly prohibited . The drinkers were beaten publicly and sometimes even worse than this punishment was given. Now it has been more than a year since the Iraqi forces freed Mosul from the control of Islamic State.In the meantime, liquor shops are flourishing there. Many modern liquor stores are open in the city’s western business district Al Duawas, a bottle is of one and a half thousand Iraqi Dinar, which cannot called expensive.
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TB, who belongs to the Iraqi Jewish community, says that our sales are going on very well nowadays. All the owners of liquor shops in Mosul are either Christians or Yazidi, because in Iraq Muslims are not allowed to sell alcohol.After capturing Mosul in 2014, Sharia law was strictly implemented there by ISI.. Neither did anyone have the permission to sell or buy alcohol and nor to drink. Many local people say that drinking in the city was not completely closed.However drinkers used to some how arrange it through smugling. Alcohol was costly and above all there was lot of danger too.
From July 2017, since Mosul has returned under the control of the Iraqi government, since then, liquor is being sold out here. Tobi says, “When I am at work, I am unhappy, there is no nervousness. The credit goes to current security and freedom in Mosul. “Islam prohibits drinking alcohol, but liquor has been very common in Muslim-dominated Iraq. Two years ago the President of the country rejected the proposal demanding a ban on the production and import of alcohol.There is no restriction on alcohol consumption in Mosul, but those who sell, buy and drink, have to take precautions.Not everyone is happy with the opening of liquor shops in Mosul. Many people say that alcohol stores should be closed for religious reasons. They believe that it is necessary to take this step to save the younger generation. But others say that it will be interference in personal rights of other people.
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33-year-old Hassan works as a painter. He says, drinking wine is personal freedom, which is allowed in the law. It has nothing to do with the difficult situation through which the city has passed. He has heard of the stories of Mosul in the 1960s and 1970s when people used to go to clubs and liquor shops openly. Hassan says, in that era people used to drink openly, without any fear.Local official Zuhair Al Araji says that he has got more than 100 applications for liquor shops licenses and so far 25 licenses have been issued. Meaning Mosul is returning to his old days.