Why Syria's new alcohol ban is about much more than beer
(www.dw.com)
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It’s crazy how I really see that hat as a hate symbol now. I used to be neutral and have an understanding of chaos. Now I see it’s not chaos, it’s organized crime.
We should all be realizing the nations are just tools for criminals to abuse. Maybe they never actually were for the people.
“The alcohol debate […] is not merely about a beverage or lifestyle. It symbolizes deeper questions about governance, societal values and the balance between religious and secular ideologies,” Ammar Abdulhamid, a Syrian pro-democracy activist now based in the US, previously wrote in an op-ed for the online magazine, Newlines when an alcohol ban was first discussed in 2024."
Somebody is imposing more and more restrictions.