Before '91 did Somalia have Beer and wine factory?

[KuwaitiBoy]

Somalis were muslims before 1991, they were just not backward fanatics.

[TheblueNwhite]

No one will deny the civil war made Somalis more religious, much like the palestinians.

i think this is the only thing Somalis benefited from the war.

Somalis still drink alcohol till this day, nothing has changed, if anything it's getting worse. It's brought in from Ethiopia, hijacked ships etc. It's a big business apparently, alcohol smuggling business.

[KuwaitiBoy]

We have been such good muslims since 1991 that we killed 1 million of our muslim brothers and sisters Jajuuuuuuu!

[AbdiWahab252]

Blue Star Bar, it is owned by somali and is a bar which sells alcohol, located on Weston Rd just north of Lawrence Ave.

Cafe Nimo, Near the Wizards Stadium owned by FAH 1223

[Arabmann]

It was very taboo for Somali's to drink

I don't think so. There were habitual drinkers from those (military, civilian) who were trained in Italy during the 50s, those who were trained in the Soviet during the 60s/70s and those influenced by Western culture during thoe 70s/80s. There were many nightclubs for drinking and tumasho. It wasn't uncommon sighting an alkoliiste from time to time. There were also vagabonds who used to drink pure alcohol (I think they used to heat it, to dilute), the kind of alcohol you use to rub on a wound.

[Tiburon]

If anything, I think the only civility that came out of this civil war is secularism and open mindedness. Still a long way to go, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel for us to save us from mad mullahs and religious fanatics.....

Looking forward to sipping a cold lager in one of Somalia's virgin beaches soon without worrying a mad man will terrorize me.