Alcohol puts Brunei out of Tiger Cup

Fri, 29 Sep 2000, 00:00 WIB | Source: AP

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Brunei's national soccer squad pulled out
of the Tiger Cup, Southeast Asia's premier tournament, because a
Singapore brewery is sponsoring the event, a newspaper reported
Thursday.

The oil-rich Muslim sultanate has been embroiled in
controversy for months over whether to send a team to the third
Tiger Cup championship, in Thailand on Nov. 4-18, the Borneo
Bulletin daily said.

The newspaper said that religious authorities in Brunei issued
a ruling in 1998 which "clearly prohibits Muslims from
participating in soccer matches at home and abroad" which are
sponsored by alcohol producers. Islam forbids the consumption of
alcohol.

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