Feb 11 2019
Not happy with the name of booze, Turkey’ top religious body takes company to court
Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate is taking a company to court over the name of one of its alcoholic beverages, which it says is blasphemous, Euronews Turkish reported on Monday.
Yeni Rakı’s more recent alcoholic drink Âlâ, an Arabic word meaning “greatness,†is one of the attributes of God according to Islam, Turkey’s state-run top religious body said and requested the name be banned.
The directorate initially took the matter to its Religious Matters High Committee which ruled that using one of God’s names for product which is Islamically impermissible is not right, Euronews said.
https://ahvalnews.com/directorate-religious-affairs/not-happy-name-booze-turkey-top-religious-body-takes-company-court
