prime Minister Mudar Badran on Saturday banned liquor at official gatherings and said the government plans to suspend liquor service aboard Royal Jordanian airline flights.
ln principle,we will start banning alcohol on foreign flights to Arab and Islamic countries."Badran said and indicated the government intended to forbid it on all flights later.
The announcements came in response to demands by Islamic activists who won more than 30 of 80 parliamentary seats in last November's general elections.The koran.Islam'
s holy text. forbids consumption of liquor.-
AP