# Which Islamic Countries Are Dry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 26, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-islamic-countries-are-dry/177599 "2003-05-26T17:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-islamic-countries-are-dry/177599/21 "2003-05-29T18:51:39Z")
Most Muslim countries are dry, although most have areas that are not. I also understand that6 Malaysia can get quite humid. What? ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-islamic-countries-are-dry/177599/22 "2003-05-29T19:07:20Z")
My boytoy actually teetered on the edge of alcoholism while growing up in Pakistan – it was apparently pretty easy to get ahold of the stuff, and he and his friends would hang out and smoke cannabis while getting drunk, too. He grew out of that before coming to the States, but saw lots of his friends go hog-wild when they got to America – liquor, drugs, women, etc. are so easy to get that they don’t know when enough is enough. He says he lost his taste for that nonsense back in Pakistan. .:Nichol:. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-islamic-countries-are-dry/177599/23 "2003-05-29T23:37:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by istara \* > **In Dubai and Abu Dhabi, legally one can buy drink at the Airport duty free on arrival into the country, one can buy drink in a hotel restaurant or bar, and one can buy drink from a few alcohol shops if one has a licence. The amount one can buy with this licence is limited, up to a maximum, and the amount is scaled according to one’s salary.** A rather entrepreneurial friend of mine who worked in Dubai for a number of years started an underground company there called DTM (“Don’t Tell Muhammad”). They staged enormous parties out in the middle of the desert on the hush-hush, mainly for the benefit of expats he said, so I’m not sure if many locals turned up for the events. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-islamic-countries-are-dry/177599.md?page=1)