Explanation: In the lectures, wine is treated as an intoxicant associated with “wanton diversion and amusement” and as something religiously proscribed, which is why public drinking spaces (taverns) are framed as socially marginal in Islamic contexts. (Reading: Grehan, Smoking and sociability in the Ottoman Empire). Quote: “Any drinks consumed solely for wanton diversion and amusement were strictly forbidden.”

לא יודע למה א' ,זה ההסבר היחידי הוא לא תומך ב-א' Explanation: In the lectures, wine is treated as an intoxicant associated with “wanton diversion and amusement” and as something religiously proscribed, which is why public drinking spaces (taverns) are framed as socially marginal in Islamic contexts. (Reading: Grehan, Smoking and sociability in the Ottoman Empire). Quote: “Any drinks consumed solely for wanton diversion and amusement were strictly forbidden.”