The Koran does not permit Mohammedans to drink. Their natural instinct…

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The Koran does not permit Mohammedans to drink. Their natural instincts do not permit them to be moral. They say the Sultan has eight hundred wives. This almost amounts to bigamy. ✨ Mark Twain (1984). The Innocents Abroad ; Roughing it, p.290, Library of America
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