In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DRUZE
Druze, Druse
(noun) an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God; “a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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