Forbidden Foods Quotes
Juvenal was a satirist—a type of comedian of his day. Although cannibalism was not against the law, it was not practiced widely.
al-Mansur Abu Ali. Despite the Koranic prohibition of alcohol, Egyptians at the time drank a wine made of fermented raisins and honey. Previous Caliphs had not strongly attempted to enforce the religious law. The Caliph’s Christian physician, Ibn Anastas, pronounced wine a healthy drink and the population was delighted. He soon died, and the Caliph, in an attempt to return to Muslim fundamentalism, banned all alcohol. He had great difficulty enforcing his prohibition, and finally resorted to banning the sale of the favorite wine making ingredients.
