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10 Ottoman Myths Debunked with Dr Yakoob Ahmed

The Thinking Muslim

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The Ottomans' Ban on Coffee

The way knowledge production happened in Ottoman territories was completely different to how we imagine knowledge production today. In actuality, coffee from time to time was banned in the Ottoman Empire but the substance wasn't banned itself. There are some Ullima who are intrigued about the possibility and we have to be fair to them. The fact was actually the banning of the coffee houses because the fires that they use to make coffee were dangerous. They didn't actually ban tobacco after the substance itself.

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