I sat down next to a guy at a bar in Paris a couple of years ago. When I ordered a beer he heard my accent and asked me where I was from, I said the U.S. He was from Iran and had a beer in his hand along with two empty glasses sitting on the bar in front of him. He was a pretty nice fellow so we sat there and talked for a bit. After a bit I said to him “so what about the islamic prohibition on drinking?”. He shrugged and said, “the Catholics say they don’t have sex before marriage, muslims say they don’t drink” with a grin on his face. He then said that despite what the Iran government puts out they have all the same problems as we do. Drugs, unwed motherhood, etc., they have it too. They just don’t advertise it like we do.
I’ve also drank in bars in Bahrain surrounded by muslims that were plastered. Anybody telling you muslims don’t drink is full of chit, they just go to bigger lengths to hide it.
Saudi businessmen wait for the plane to leave Saudi airspace, and then they proceed to drink all the liquor on the plane.
And when the plane lands, they make a beeline for the Nudie Bar.