| Muslim shopkeepers stop selling
tobacco |
Muslim shopkeepers in South Africa are losing cash after they stopped
selling tobacco for religious reasons.
The country's Muslim Judicial Council has requested that shopkeepers
stop selling tobacco products because of their harmful affects.
According to the Qu'ran, it is a sin for a Muslim to do anything to
harm the body.
One supermarket in Claremont has lost nearly £4,000 a month since it
became one of the first to stop selling cigarettes in June last year,
reports the Cape
Argus.
"Several Muslims in Claremont got together and we accepted that smoking
is hazardous to your health and because we are religious we have no choice
in the matter," said Yusuf Mohammat from the store.
Story filed: 13:09 Tuesday 10th July
2001
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