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Saudi Arabia is lifting the alcohol ban for wealthy foreigners (www.bbc.com)
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[–] canuck666777@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago

Lol. looks like allah's gonna exempt those with foolus in saudi arabia.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Reminds me of the Qatar World Cup banning booze at the absolute last minute. I’m sure those big alcohol sponsors want a piece of the pie.