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wine in Islam Archives

March 4

March 4, 1193: Al-Nasr Salah-al Din, better known simply as Saladin, meaning the ‘Righteousness of the Faith’, died at Damascus in Syria. This Kurdish general had risen to become Vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-05T05:07:40+00:00Categories: Royalty, Power & Class, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Abraham Izak Perold, Ann Noble, California, Cinsault, Crusades, Drinking in Islam, Egypt, Islam, Jerusalem, Middle Ages, Pinot Noit, Pinotage, Saladin, Saladin Ayubi, South Africa, Stellenbosch University, wine in Islam|

Prohibition of Wine in Islam

Prohibition of Wine in IslamMuslims are often asked about the apparent contradiction between Islam's prohibition of alcohol and its promise of rivers of wine in heaven. If Allah prohibited intoxicants, why would he give […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-15T04:47:25+00:00Categories: Oldest Wine Regions, This Day in Wine History | Articles|Tags: Religion, Wine and Islam, wine in Islam|

Wine and Religion

By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 9 min read No drink is more entangled with the sacred than wine. In one […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-15T04:08:20+00:00Categories: Religion & Faith, This Day in Wine History | Articles|Tags: Religion, wine, wine history, wine in buddhism, wine in christianity, wine in different religions, wine in hinduism, wine in Islam, wine in judaism|

June 12

June 12, 796: Al-Hakam I became the Umayyad Emir of Cordoba in Al-Andalus. Since his older brother passed away at a young age, Al-Hakam was his father's second son. Sulayman and Abdallah, the sons […]

Staff Writer2026-08-12T08:13:58+00:00Categories: This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Al-Hakam I, Bordeaux, Caliphate of Cordoba, Decanter, Islam, Jane Anson, Japan, Oda Nobunaga, Rueda, Verdejo wines, wine in Islam, World Verdejo Day|

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