List of countries with alcohol prohibition

Currently, alcohol prohibition is enforced in many Muslim majority countries, Indigenous Australian communities (due to alcohol-fuelled violence in young Aboriginals), certain northern communities in the Canadian territories[1] and some regions of India.[2]

•  Afghanistan
•  Australia
  •  Northern Territory (only in some Aboriginal communities, bans on pornography and alcohol exist[3])
•  Bangladesh (legal for non-Muslims and foreigners)
•  Bahrain (legal for non-Muslims, illegal for Muslims)[4]
•  Brunei Darussalam (Non-Muslims over 17 years of age may have limited amount of alcohol, but must declare it to the customs authorities on arrival, and must consume it in private)
•  Canada
  •  Yukon (in some communites)
  •  Northwest Territories (in some communites)
  •  Nunavut (in some communites)[5]
  •  Quebec (in some communites)[6]
•  Comoros (for Muslims during Ramadan)[7]
•  Djibouti
•  Egypt (for Egyptian Muslims during Ramadan)[8]
•  India[9]
  •  Gujarat
  •  Bihar
  •  Nagaland
  •  Mizoram[10][11]
•  Malaysia (excluding non-Muslims)
  •  Kelantan
  •  Terengganu
•  Indonesia ( Aceh territory only)
•  Iran (home production legal for Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians; commercial production illegal)
•  Israel (between 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.,[12] some Israeli Arabs discouraged from consuming alcohol[13])
•  Kuwait
•  Lebanon (in areas controlled by Hezbollah[14])
•  Libya
•  Maldives (legal for Foreigners at licensed establishments)
•  Mauritania
•  Morocco (Alcohol must be purchased and consumed in licensed hotels, bars, and tourist areas as well as being sold in most major supermarkets[15])

•  Oman (legal for non-Muslims foreigners, Muslims can only consume alcohol inside a bar)
•  Pakistan (excluding non-Muslims)
•  Palestine (De facto illegal in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip only, legal in the West Bank)
•  Qatar (excluding non-Muslims)
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Somalia
•  Sudan (excluding non-Muslims)[16]
•  Yemen
•  United Arab Emirates (prohibition is only by the emirate of sharjah)

•  Canada – 1918–1920 (see prohibition in Canada)
•  Faroe Islands – 1907–1992 (see 1907 Faroese alcohol referendum)
•  Finland – 1919–1932
•  Hungarian Soviet Republic – March 21 – August 1, 1919 – Sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited[17] (partial ban from July 23).[18]
•  Iceland – 1915–1935 (see prohibition in Iceland) – However beer with an alcohol content exceeding 2.25% was prohibited until 1989.
•  North Yemen – 1962–1990
•  Norway – 1916–1927
•  Ottoman Empire – 1612–1640 (prohibition by Murad IV)
•  Panama – March 25 – May 8, 2020 – Sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited as part of the social distancing measures against Covid-19.
•  Philippines – 1966–1986
•  Pitcairn Islands – 1790-2009[19]
•  Russian Empire and the  Soviet Union – July 19, 1914 – August 28, 1925; 1929;
•  South Africa (temporary ban to prevent drunken violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa)[lower-alpha 1]
•  United Arab Emirates – In November 2020, the UAE introduced reforms that include the decriminalisation of alcohol,except the emirate of sharjah
•  United States – 1920–1933 (see prohibition in the United States)

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