Three more people have died after drinking homemade booze in South Africa in the face of the country’s controversial ban on alcohol during the coronavirus lockdown. Local media report three people have died in the village of KwaNonibe in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province after drinking home-brewed beer where methylated…
Newsflash/@Policia_HMO These images show the 200-person queue which formed outside a Mexican beer wholesaler as residents broke social distancing measures to get their hands on booze before cops arrived. The images were reportedly taken outside a wholesaler in the city of Hermosillo in the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico…
This senior Islamic cleric has claimed that Muslims who drink alcohol after sunset “have not invalidated the day’s fast”. Cleric Ali Gomaa, 68, who was formerly the Grand Mufti of Egypt, made the comments when speaking on Egyptian TV channel CBC about fasting in Ramadan. The Egyptian cleric said: “The…
Muslims have been warned to avoid using "halal" hand sanitisers which do not contain alcohol because they do not kill bacteria in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Experts have warned that non-alcohol hand sanitisers are "pseudoscience" and insisted that Muslims can use alcohol-based gels without fearing they are breaking…
Newsflash/@llanezap This is the moment a cooped-up Spaniard pours cider from his balcony down to neighbours who have their cups at the ready during COVID-19 lockdown. The show of solidarity was filmed in Cimadevill in the city of Gijon in the northern Spanish region of Asturias, known for its traditional…
